Grazing workshop set for Jan. 11

Havre Daily News staff

A grazing workshop is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 11, from 1 to 5 p.m. in the Meeting Room at the Northern Agricultural Research Center off U.S. Highway 87 southwest of Havre at Fort Assinniboine, 3710 Assinniboine Road.

Topics at the workshop are

• Grass Growth Response to Grazing, presented by Rick Caquelin, USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service Great Falls-area range management specialist;

• Grazing Management and Decision Making Following Drought and Fire, presented by Clayton Marlow, Montana State University Animal and Range Science Department, and

• Grazing Management and WildlfeL Chronic Wasting Disease, presented by Josch Schrecengost, Great Falls-area biologist with NRCS.

Refreshments will be served at the workshop, which is sponsored by the Hill County Conservation District, NRCS and Montana State University Extension.

For more information on the workshop, people can call Hill County Extension Agent Shylea Wingard at 265-5481, ext. 233, or Kailee Calnan of NRCS at 265-6792, ext. 3.

People who need special accommodations to attend can call 265-6792, ext. 3.