The Pest and Nutrient Management workshop brought in many field office employees (F.O.) for the week long training that covered both the technical side of creating a management plan as well as what to expect when communicating with producers. Both skills are extremely important when trying to create a plan to improve the producers land and the environment.
I sat in on part of the technical training to gain a better idea of the daily routine the F.O. employees have when creating a management plan like this. Most of the information was very in depth and out of my educational area, but I still found similarities in some of the basic principles. Going to trainings like this has shown the importance of having a rounded education and open mind to new ideas and techniques.
Several days were spent in the Casper S.O. learning the technical program, its function, and the information needed for each step of the process. On June 5, we spent half of the day out on the Grey Reef Ranch west of Casper. This part of the training has a pseudo-producer where the field office employees worked on their communication skills to obtain information for the technical program and look at the resource to evaluate the condition and needs of the area.
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| Field office employees from around the state take notes during the pseudo-producer talk at the Grey Reef Ranch. |
The F.O. employees broke into groups to better assess as a group what they believed some challenges are and what they would expect to be issues for the landowner such as wildlife interaction and erosion.
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| Several groups talked about considerations when creating a management plan. |
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| One critical consideration is wildlife interaction with the resource. |
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