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Wednesday, January 4, 2018

7:00 pm                 General Membership Meeting

Thursday, January 5, 2018

7:00 am                 Registration

Thursday Morning Session: Showcasing the Work of Our Native American Young Professionals

8:00 am                 Welcome from the San Carlos Apache Tribe

8:15 am                 Identifying Disconnects in Education to Careers in Rangeland Management - Erin Boyd 

9:00 am                  Collaborative and Multi-disciplined Approaches to Achieving & Maintaining Animal and Environmental Health - Santana Nez, University of Arizona 

9:40 am                 Potential for Raising High Quality Beef Cattle on Native Rangelands - Kimberly Yazzie, LaBatt Foods/Native American Beef Program 

10:20 am               Break

10:40 am              Hualapai Forage Analysis - Jessica Orozco, Range Specialist, Hualapai Department of Natural Resources, Hualapai Tribe, Peach Springs, Arizona 

11:20 am              Range Management on White Mountain Apache Tribal Land - Sisto Hernandez, Range Management Specialist, White Mountain Apache Tribe, White River, Arizona 

12:00 pm              Lunch

Thursday Afternoon Session: Ranching on Native Rangelands

1:15 pm                 Ranch History & Operation - Steve Titla, President, Point of Pines Livestock Association, San Carlos Apache Tribe, San Carlos, Arizona 

2:00 pm                 14R Ranches & the Navajo Beef Program - Elwood Pahi, Nahat’a Dziil 14R Ranch Corporation, Navajo Nation, Nahat’a Dziil, Arizona 

2:45 pm                 Break

3:00 pm                 Livestock Associations on the Tohono O’odham Nation - Homer Marks, Sr., Rancher, Tohono O’odham Nation, Sells, Arizona

3:45 pm                 Ranching on the Hualapai - Clay Bravo, Rancher, District 1, Hualapai Tribe, Peach Springs, Arizona 

4:30 pm                 Closing Remarks – Iric Burden

5:30 pm                 Membership Social and Auction

7:00 pm                 Banquet Dinner and Awards Presentation

Friday, January 6, 2018

7:00 am                 Registration

Friday Morning Session: Agency and SRM Involvement on Native Rangelands

8:00 am                 The State of Native American Rangelands - Delane Atcitty, Arrowhead Resource Management and the SRM’s Native American Rangeland Advisory Council - Kenneth Gishi, State Rangeland Management Specialist, Arizona NRCS

9:45 am                 Break

10:15 am               Western Navajo Agency Land Management District 3: Range Management Plan and Environmental Assessment - Casey Francisco, Rangeland Management Specialist, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Tuba City, Arizona 

11;00 am               Water Conservation at Indian Springs - Millie Titla, District Conservationist, NRCS and Howard Hooke, President, Ash Creek Livestock Association, San Carlos Apache Tribe, San Carlos, Arizona 

11;45 am               Adjourn

1:00 pm                 AZSRM Native Range Committee Strategic Planning Meeting - Moderated by Delane Atcitty