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Upcoming Educational Events

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For Info on these upcoming Educational Events at Cottonwood Ranch, please visit the PR website! PFC Riparian Workshop Facilitator: Dr. Sherman Swanson June 21 • 9am & June 22 • 4pm Range Plant Identification Workshop Facilitator: Gerald Miller July 7 • 10am & July 8 • 12pm Soil & Health Management Workshop Facilitator: Dr. Nicole Masters July 21 • 9am-4pm & July 22 • 8am-3pm SAGE GROUSE FESTIVAL at Cottonwood Ranch August 4th, 5th and 6th Sponsored by Western SARE, the Northeast Elko Conservation District, UNR & Cottonwood Ranch Follow us on Facebook!

2 Upcoming Educational Events 3 NCA | President’s Perspective 4 NCA | Spring Update 6 NBC | CheckOff News 7 NBC | Beef Recipe 9 E&E News | Sage Grouse

Changes / Grazing Rule 10 Eye on the Outside 11 Editorial | Budd-Falen Law 12 Editorial | Let’s Talk Ag 14 SRM | Water Outlook: Water

Availability Via Snow Survey and Farm Bill Programs 18 NFB | Coping with Another

Year Of Drought 19 NFB | Scholarship Available! 20 NFB | Grassroots Newsletter 22 Idaho Rangeland Conservation

Partnership Annual Meeting 24 NDA | American Rescue Plan 25 UNR | College Prep Summer

Camp for Indian Youth 25 High Desert Grange | Fitting & Showmanship Youth Clinic 26 UNR Extension | Prepare for

Wildfire, Smoke & Ozone 27 Wells FFA | Golden Legacy 28 NDA | Nevada Food and Ag

Trade Report (2021 Q4) 29 USGS | Walker Basin Hydro

Mapper available online 30 2022 Churchill County Junior

Livestock Show & Sale Results 32 Public Lands Council |

Capital Issues 34 Smith & Mason Valleys

Water Rights & Groundwater

Conditions PowerPoint 39 Churchill County Cowbelles -

Mongolian Beef Recipe

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