Range Academy

KACD and Kansas Grazing Lands Academy team up to offer range training.

Typically, the following range academies are held throughout the state:

Topics

Plant identification and grassland ecology
Kansas Rangelands: Being Prepared, using adaptive management to be ready for whatever comes your way!
Interactive Ecology...Know your plants
Reclaim the Range: Tools and Strategies
The Range Roadmaps: Getting Directions
Landscape Art and Economics
Planning the Future-Understanding the Past
Rangelands Resources: Can you see harmony?
Management Decisions: Beyond Educated Guesses
Planning with Purpose: Putting it all Together
Range Developments: Location, Location, Location!
Managing rangelands for wildlife
Managing rangelands for livestock types
Forage and animal balance
Sampling, measuring, and monitoring...evaluate what you have, decide what you want, check to see if you are making progress.
Learn with your neighbors! Receive expert instruction from ranchers as well as agency and university staffs!