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Managing Complexity on Working Landscapes Across the West: Building Capacity to Reduce Human-Wildlife Conflict

Extension Education

Tracy Schohr
Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
University of California
Quincy

Abstract

Ranchers are a primary source of information for other ranchers, and previous experience coping with complex challenges is a key driver of the adoption of adaptive management practices. Strong, collaborative networks create opportunities for formal and shared learning, and good leadership within these networks is critical. Given the important role that peer-to-peer learning plays in adapting to natural resource related challenges, ranchers and UCCE advisors from Northeastern CA visited several ranchers in Idaho and Montana to learn more about how they have adapted their operations under increasingly complex, and compounding, challenges over the past two decades. One of these challenges is increasing apex predator pressure. Here, we present information gained during small-group discussions and ranch tours, specifically about the impact of non-lethal tools and management strategies implemented to reduce livestock-predator interaction within these operations.

Land manager experience is an important aspect of developing applied solutions to complex land management challenges. The perspective shared by Rocky Mountain ranchers, in addition to the perspective of California ranchers, can help inform realistic and effective on-the-ground management solutions to predator related challenges for livestock producers, extension agents, and government officials. 

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Authors: Tracy Schohr, Grace Woodmansee , Laura Snell , Dan Macon, David Lile
  1. Schohr, T. Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor , University of California Cooperative Extension, California, 95971
  2. Woodmansee , G. Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor , University of California Cooperative Extension, California, 96097
  3. Snell , L. Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor , University of California Cooperative Extension, California, 96101
  4. Macon, D. Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor , University of California Cooperative Extension, California, 95603
  5. Lile , D. Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor , University of California Cooperative Extension, California, 96130