Organization offers seminar on resilience for ranchers

In light of the recent devastating fires and other challenges facing northwest ranchers, the Pacific Northwest Center for Holistic Management (PNCHM) presents a complimentary three-hour seminar on September 6, 2014 for ranchers and land managers. This introductory session will provide some tools and insights on how to:

• Deal with and recover from crisis including fire, floods, and other disasters

• Manage the replacement of fencing

• Pre-plan for drought or other crises

• Use holistic planned grazing to improve forage production, biodiversity and soil health

• Enhance profitability

• Manage the constant change in markets, land and people and create stability

• Improve communication and teamwork

• Be proactive to address concerns on the ranch and prevent issues with regulation

• Create more effective policies

• Work through conflict as well as family/social issues

• Find and evaluate options

• Monitor progress

• Discover resilience in the ranching business

The seminar will be held at the Washington Cattlemen’s Association Board Room located at 1301 N. Dolarway Rd. in Ellensburg on September 6, 2014. Sign-in begins at 8:30 a.m., and the seminar begins promptly at 9 a.m. and runs until noon. There is no charge to participate but an RSVP is requested.

The Center is part of a global network of organizations created to promote the large-scale restoration of the world’s grasslands. The not-for-profit group is the product of the collaborative effort of Managing Change Northwest, the Savory Institute, ranchers, farmers, university and extension educators and other sustainability activists.

Using the principles of holistic decision-making and planned grazing, the Center works with ranchers, agencies, organizations and policy makers toward rejuvenation of the grasslands, increasing biodiversity, sequestering carbon and reversing desertification. In addition, farmers and ranchers can use holistic financial planning to become more profitable so they can continue to stay on the land and recover from setbacks. Finally, the holistic decision-making framework guides people in creating the kind of life and business they desire.

For further information, contact Sandra Matheson, President, Pacific Northwest Center for Holistic Management at 360-220-5103 or Craig Madsen, Vice President at 509-990-7132, or via email at info@pnchm.org.