collaborative strategies - denise defreese - stewardship working group

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On June 18 2014 we convened over 50 people to talk about rangelands and dealing with challenges across jurisdictional lines. More about it on our blog: openspacecouncil.org/blog/swgjune2014/

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Collaborative Strategies

East Bay Regional Park District

• 114, 287 acres of parklands in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties

• 72,700 acres of grazed lands• 39 Lessees• 58 Grazing units

Communication and Trust

Grazing License Terms• Termination rights

• Carrying Capacity (AUM)

• Type/number animals or period of use

• Refers to grazing plan

Flexibility

• “reasonable discretion”• Supplemental feeding/sacrifice areas• Stock numbers• Water development• Adaptive management

Flexibility

• Tenants are partners

Flexibility in Partnership• Follow the license

• Use reasonable discretion

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