NE Washington Grazing, Agriculture, & Forestry
- Location: Chewelah, WA
- Headquarters: Mistequa Casino Hotel (pronounced Mist-a-quah)
General Information
Registration is now open for PNW Section Summer Meeting and Tour, May 29-31, in Chewelah, WA.
- Forest grazing, cover crop grazing, silvopasture, hay production, seedstock beef production, water quality, apex predators, tribal history and issues
- Headquarters: Mistequa Casino Hotel (pronounced Mist-a-quah), 2545 Smith Rd, Chewelah, WA 99109
Meeting Schedule
| 5/29/24, Wednesday, 3-5 p.m. | Mistequa Casino Hotel (pronounced Mist-a-quah), 2545 Smith Rd, Chewelah, WA 99109 | PNW Section Board Meeting |
| 5/29/24, Wednesday, 5:30-9:30 p.m. | Mistequa Casino Hotel, Chewelah WA | Welcome Social: finger food, no-host bar, good company with old friends and new ones to be made. Collaborations,issues and progects of the Upper Columbia River Tribes, D.R. Michel, Upper Columbia River Tribes (UCUT) |
| 5/30/24, Thursday, 8 a.m. | Mistequa Casino Hotel | Depart for WSU Vetter Demonstration Farm and Forest |
| 5/30/24 Thursday, 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | WSU Vetter Demonstration Farm and Forest, 5281 Hattery-Owens Road in Deer Park, WA 99006 | Debra Hansen and Andy Perleberg, WSU Darla Clowser and Jack Wolf, SCCD; Loren Lentz, Lazy L Farm Service - Silvopasture - Covercrops - Silviculture - Hay production - Grazing |
| 5/30/24 Thursday, 11:00 a.m. | Depart for Hagen Cattle and Hay, 2431 Heine Rd, Chewelah, WA 99109 | |
| 5/30/24 Thursday, 11:30 p.m to 1:30 p.m. | Hagen Cattle and Hay | -Hay and Cattle Production in the Chewelah Valley. Loren, Pauline, and Matt Hagen (Parents-son) -Lunch |
| 5/30/24 Thursday, 1:30 p.m. | Depart for Forest Service Grazing Allotment | |
| 5/30/24 Thursday, 2-4:30 p.m. | Forest Service Grazing Allotment Bisbee Meadow Dispersed Campground, 48.3496424, -117.5819241 | -Forest Service Grazing, Brandon Weinman and Tammy Cheshier, US Forest Service: Grazing history, Allotment management and grazing strategy, Grazing complex decision and implementation, Planning area and vegetation treatments, Administering an allotment to standards/monitoring, Meadow livestock use, Riparian monitoring. -Apex predators, Scott Nielson, Cattlemens Associations, Larry Sweat, Permittee, and Jeff Flood, Wildlife Specialist: wolves, cats, bears and cattle |
| 4:50 p.m. | Return to Mistequa Casino Hotel | |
| 6- 9:30 p.m. | Mistequa Casino Hotel | -Banquet History and culture of the Spokane Tribe of Indians, Warren Seyler, Spokane Tribe of Indians |
| 5/31/24 Friday, 7:30 a.m. | Depart for Spokane Convention Center Parking at Davenport Grand Hotel, 203 N Washington. | |
| 5/31/24 Friday, 8:30-10 a.m. | Spokane Convention Center. Meet in the Breezeway between the Convention Center and the First Interstate Center for the Arts, 11 W Spokane Falls Blvd. Convention Center Meetup Location and Parking | -Preview of 2025 SRM International Meeting venue and discussion |
| 5/31/24 Friday, 10:00 a.m. | Depart for Hillview Farm JV, 13501 S Betz Rd, Cheney WA 99004 | |
| 5/31/24 Friday, 10:30 a.m. | Hillview Farm JV, Cheney WA | Integrating cover crops and grazing in grain production systems, low stress cattle handling. Challenges and successes. Dave Dobbins, owner; Chris Schachtschneider, Lightning S Livestock Solutions. |
| 5/31/24 Friday, 12:30 p.m. | Sack lunch and adjourn |
Lodging
Headquarters: Mistequa Casino Hotel, $107 plus tax (ask for this SRM rate). Make your reservation now. Room block extended to May 21, 2024.
833-632-0342
509-936-9366
2545 Smith Rd, Chewelah, WA 99109
Registration, US$
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- Individual by May 20th, $195
- Student, $125
- Thursday tour and banquet only, $165
- Thursday banquet only, $50
- Late registration (after May 20th) add $15
- Cancellation: 90% refund if cancellation occurs by May 20th. Thereafter, cancellation and refund requests will be considered on a case by case basis upon request made to the planning committee. Please understand that we will have incurred expenses on your behalf.
Online Registration
- Zoom information for Board Meeting:
Join. https://wsu.zoom.us/j/99227919136
Meeting ID: 992 2791 9136
Date & Time: May 29, 2024 03:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Note: You will be required to login to your Zoom account in order to join this meetings. Please have your Zoom login credentials handy.
Late Notes:
- Spokane Convention Center Map
- Agenda: Bisbee Meadow Forest Service allottment, Thursday afternoon, 5/30/24
