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PNW-SRM MEETINGS

PNW SRM Section Annual Meeting and Tour, September 25-27, Chehalis WA

Grazing to Conserve Threatened and Endangered Species

Grazing to Conserve Threatened and Endangered Species in Western Washington:

  • Tracking Y Ranch, Grass and Grain Finished Beef; Partnerships for Native Species
  • Riverbend Ranch, Managing Livestock in Urban Interface; Farm Direct Market Meat
  • Colvin Ranch, Grassland Reserve Program Easement; Wildlife Partnership
  • Mallonee Farms, Organic Dairying and Native Species Protection
  • Revisiting Mt. St. Helens: Disturbance Ecology and New Geological Insights 45 Years after the Blast (evening presentation)
  • Annual Meeting

Need help? Contact SRM WA Chapter

Meeting Schedule:

DayTimeActivityNotes
Thursday, September 252 p.m.Committee MeetingsBest Western Plus Chehalis
3 p.m.Board Meeting
5:30 p.m.Social and Sandwich Bar
Friday, September 266:30 a.m. BreakfastBest Western. Included for guests, $12 for others
7:45 a.m.Arrange Carpools for TourBest Western Plus Chehalis
8:00 a.m.Depart for Mima Creek PreserveMap: Mima Creek Preserve 9840 Gate Road, Rochester WA
8:30-10:00 a.m.Sanders Freed, Center for Natural Lands Management, Restoration Manager
Sarah Hammond, Ecostudies Institute, monitoring
Jake Yancey, Tracking Y Ranch, grazing management		Mima Creek Preserve (part of Black River Preserve)
Ecostudies Institute
Tracking Y Ranch
10 a.m.Depart for Riverbend RanchMap: Riverbend Ranch 2841 184th Ave SE Tenino, WA
10:30-12:30Kevin Jensen, Riverbend Ranch Manager
-Managing livestock in urban interface
-Grass-fed genetics
-Meat processing and direct marketing
-Riparian Management
-Grazing Managment
-Tree farm
Sierra Smith, WSU Extension
-Grazing School
-Changes following switch to rotational grazing
Riverbend Ranch
12:00 NoonBox lunch at Riverbend Ranch Simply Organic Cafe and Catering
12:45 p.m. Depart for Colvin RanchMap: Colvin Ranch 16816 Old Highway 99 SE. Tenino WA
1-2:30 p.m.Colvin RanchColvin Ranch
Jennifer Colvin
-Conservation grazing
-Local marketing of value-added products
-Ranching on the “urban fringe”
-Grassland Preserve Easement: transition to next generation
Bill Kronland, Manager Black River Wildlive Area
-WDFW partnerships
2:30 p.m.Depart for Mallonee FarmsMap: Mallonee Farms 2066 Wildwood Rd, Curtis, WA
3:15 -4:45 p.m.Maynard Mallonee
-Grazing Management to protect Kincaid’s lupine, host to Fender’s blue Butterfly
-Summer annuals for soil quality and health
-Automatic milking
-Manure management		Mallonee Farms
4:45 p.m.Depart for Best Western PlusMap: Best Western Plus Chehalis
6-7:30 p.m.Dinner at Best WesternLa Dona
7:30 -8:45 p.m.Donald Brown, USFS Research Ecologist and lead scientist for Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens: A living laboratory for disturbance ecology
Pat Pringle, Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences at Centralia CollegeNew geologic insights from the learning laboratory of Mount St. Helens
Saturday, September 278:30 a.m.Annual Meeting
10:30 a.m.Adjourn

 

Lodging:

Best Western Plus Park Place Inn & Suites, Chehalis

 

Registration

    • Student: $65 (inclusive of all activities)
    • Regular: $130 (inclusive of all activities)
    • Friday, September 26 only: $100 
    • Extra Banquet Meal: $25
    • Late Fee: $15 (added to registration fee after September 17, 2025. Meals cannot be guaranteed after this date.
    • Cancellation: Full refunds for cancellations made by September 17.  No refunds thereafter. Special consideration will be given for emergencies and illness.

     


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    Advisory Council Meeting, September 25, 2 p.m.
    Committee Meetings 1 September 25, 2 p.m.
    Committee Meetings 2 September 25, 2 p.m.
    Board Meeting, September 25, 3 p.m.
    Mt. St. Helens Presentations, September 26, 7:30 p.m.
    Annual Meeting, POSTPONED UNTIL A LATER DATE to be set by newly elected Board at its regular Zoom meeting on October 13 at 9:00 a.m. You will be required to login to your Zoom Account in order to join Board meeting. Please have your Zoom login credentials handy in advance.
    Agendas: see Agenda Tab