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Holistic Management Intensive - March 2024
This 10-day immersive experience is designed for someone who wants to learn the whole of Holistic Management in one session. This unique framework builds your understanding of the whole you are working within and guides you in developing a context appropriate pathway to management for ecological, economic, and community health. There will be a mixture of inside course and individual work time, as well as outdoor, hands-on experience.
"All-Hands-On" Plant Propagation Workshop
Cultivating Biodiversity: Native Plant Propagation to Support Regional Food Systems
WITH GUEST FACILITATOR ALEJANDRO LEMUS OF
SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN
Biodiversity is key to a thriving food system. Join us to discover how native plants can play a crucial role in supporting the local ecosystem and enhancing crop resilience. Learn the principles and skills needed to propagate native plants on your own landscape and integrate them into your agricultural systems for increased resilience and ecological health.
When: 9am - 4pm on Saturday, November 4, 2023
Location: Jalama Canyon Ranch
Cost: Sliding Scale $175 - $300
* Delicious Lunch is included! Instruction will be in classroom and outdoors.
Get Hands-on! You'll participate in a variety of seed preparations, harvest cuttings and prepare them for propagation, and make root divisions. Through our in-field practicum, you'll learn how to support these newly propagated plants through soil mixes, care, and repotting.
Come away with:
An understanding of the benefits of native plants in cropping systems
Hands-on experience in propagation techniques including seed preparations, cuttings, and root division
Resources for procuring tools, supplies, and plants
Design strategies for native plant integration
Registration is now closed as the course has been filled.
The goal of our “All-Hands-On” Program is to support land STEWARDS, managers, and landscape designers to implement regenerative principles and practices while helping to achieve regional climate goals.
We are pleased to be offering this course in partnership with:
As the first botanic garden in the nation to focus exclusively on native plants, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden has dedicated nearly a century of work to better understand the relationship between plants and people. Growing from 13 acres in 1926 to today’s 78 acres, the grounds now include more than 5 miles of walking trails, an herbarium, a seed bank, research labs, a library, and a public native plant nursery. Amid the serene beauty of the Garden, teams of scientists, educators, and horticulturists remain committed to the original spirit of the organization’s founders – conserve California native plants and habitats to ensure they continue to support life on the planet and can be enjoyed for generations to come.
About the Facilitator: Alejandro Lemus, Horticultural Educator at SB Botanic Garden
As the Garden’s horticultural educator, Alejandro develops and implements horticultural education programs for residential gardeners and professional landscapers. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he has fond memories of helping his family with their landscaping business. Gardening has instilled Alejandro’s appreciation and curiosity for the natural world, whether pulling weeds or stumbling upon new insect friends.
Alejandro graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a bachelor’s degree in biology with a focus in ecology and evolutionary biology. He has worked for land trusts, nature centers, and native plant nurseries, advocating California native plants. Alejandro comes to the Garden with experience in habitat restoration, landscaping, native plant nursery management, propagation, and education.
QUESTIONS? PLEASE CONTACT PROGRAMS@WHITEBUFFALOLANDTRUST.ORG TO LEARN MORE.
Trail Building Volunteer Day
Join us for a Trail Building Volunteer Day at Jalama Canyon Ranch
When: 9am - 1pm on Saturday, July 8, 2023
Location: Jalama Canyon Ranch, Lompoc, CA
If you are ready for a fun day of work on the land, come join us! Dillon Osleger of SAGE Trail Alliance will be leading us as we continue to build a special trail through the oak woodlands to create more access opportunities for visitors. Discover how these pathways can be designed to improve ecological health and take part in the implementation process.
Please note that sign-ups are first come, first serve with only 15 spaces available. More details will be shared upon rsvp. If you have any questions, please email us at programs@whitebuffalolandtrust.org.
A special thank you to Third Eye Headlamps for sponsoring this volunteer day. All participants will receive a promo code for Third Eye merchandise and will be entered into a product giveaway! Snacks and drinks will be provided courtesy of our sponsor.
Questions?
Please contact programs@whitebuffalolandtrust.org to learn more.
"All Hands On" Trail Building Workshop
“All-Hands-On” Workshop: Trail Building
WITH GUEST FACILITATOR DILLON OSLEGER OF SAGE TRAILS ALLIANCE
When: 9am - 4pm on Saturday, May 20, 2023
Location: Jalama Canyon Ranch, Lompoc, CA
Cost: Sliding Scale $175-$275 *Delicious Lunch is included!
Join us for a new workshop topic of our “All Hands On” Program series!
Take a deep dive into the world of trail planning and building. Learn how to read a landscape, identify issues areas posed by water, soil, ecology, and more; and the various factors that play into creating a trail (or rural road) that will reduce the maintenance in the future and allow it to lie easier on the land. Discover the tools needed both in the planning process and for the construction of dirt paths that will last generations and improve the health of a property. This workshop is designed for land stewards interested in: agrotourism, fire abatement corridors, conscious access across properties, and restoration of historic roads, trails, and environments. .
This workshop features guest facilitator Dillon Osleger of Sage Trails Alliance, alongside the WBLT team.
Get Hands-on!
This course will take place both in the classroom and out on the land at Jalama Canyon Ranch to understand what to look for and how to build a trail system on a property. Part of our day will be out on the ranch working on drainage work that can be replicated on other landscapes.
About Our Facilitator:
Dillon found his footing in rural agriculture and recreation quite literally. Growing up amidst cattle pastures and on trails in Northern California, Dillon learned the importance of the intersection of humans and nature through observation and hands-on experience. Professionally, he has spent over a decade in trail & rural road design and construction, along with land management, restoration, use and planning. Dillon has worked as a soil scientist and range land ag professional for the Nature Conservancy under SNAPP national partnerships, for the National Park Service as a restoration ecologist & hydrologist, as a geology consultant, for the USFS as a trails manager, and now heads Sage Trail Alliance - a Santa Barbara based nonprofit dedicated to sustainable trail design, public lands trail maintenance, agrotourism, and equitable access across Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Above all, Dillon works to enact successful projects along California's Central Coast to act as models for state and federal emulation.
“All-Hands-On” Regenerative Land Stewardship Program:
The goal of our “All-Hands-On” Program is to support land managers, landowners, and landscape designers to implement regenerative principles and practices while helping to achieve regional climate goals.
Questions?
Please contact programs@whitebuffalolandtrust.org to learn more.
Ecological Outcome Verification™ (EOV™) Course
Ecological Outcome Verification Training Course with Jackie Eshelman of UVE
April 12-16, 2023 | The Center for Regenerative Agriculture at Jalama Canyon Ranch, CA
THIS COURSE IS PART OF THE ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS FOR BECOMING AN EOV MONITOR AS PART OF THE SAVORY INSTITUTE.
Join us for this 5-day training at the beautiful Jalama Canyon Ranch on monitoring ecological outcomes as part of the EOV platform through the Savory Institute and become an accredited monitor. Monitors are in high demand across the US!
Ecological Outcome Verification (EOV) is the “science inside” Savory Institute’s Land to Market program. Land to Market (L2M) is a unique sourcing solution that connects conscientious buyers, brands and retailers directly to farms and ranches that are verified to be regenerating their land. EOV is the protocol used to verify farms and ranches so that they are eligible for the L2M program.
DETAILS
Cost: $1,500 USD (Includes 3 locally sourced, delicious meals a day, instruction, and materials)
Upon registration, a non-refundable deposit of $500 will be collected to secure your spot in the course.
Lodging: Tent and car camping is available onsite for $25/night, and shared cabin stays are available on site for $75/night. The shared cabin stays are on a first-come, first-serve basis. If onsite cabins fill up, we do have a partner with offsite cabins that can be reserved for a different cost per night.
The Course
This course will cover:
Creating a monitoring plan
Conducting short-term monitoring
Establishing and reading long-term monitoring
Plant ID and recording
Photo documentation
Data entry and report writing.
In the past year, there have been significant updates and improvements to the monitoring protocol that create a more robust body of data. Some of the changes include a random, stratified soil sampling methodology. These changes have also shifted planning procedures and the number of monitoring sites per land base. Whether you have had some monitor training in the past or you are new to the EOV monitoring protocol, anyone who is interested in providing EOV monitoring services must take an accredited EOV monitor training course.
Finalizing Your Accreditation
After the 5-day training, and in order to become an accredited EOV monitor, you will need to assist in the installation of 2 additional baseline monitoring events, enter the data and photos into the EOV platform, and create reports for the land stewards. There will be plenty of opportunities to install baseline EOV with the instructor in various places across California, Oregon, and Washington. For those that are interested in taking that step, we will organize the schedule during the training event.
This 1:1 Field Training is a separate cost from the EOV training course and can be taken care of directly through the instructor and the UVE Savory hub. The Cost for this is $450 and you will be invoiced by UVE for this.
Facilitators
Lead Facilitator:
Jackie Eshelman is a Savory Accredited Educator, EOV™ Hub Verifier, and EOV Program Lead at UVE Hub in Northern California. Jackie became an Accredited Professional Educator with the Savory Institute in 2019. Through her work in EOV, she finds herself in the privileged position of traveling the western US visiting with farmers and ranchers, monitoring a vast range of landscapes and ecoregions. Relationship, empathy, and care are at the core of her work. Jackie strives to meet land stewards where they are, in any stage of their regenerative journey, to work together to make holistic management decisions at the soil surface.
Support Facilitator:
Jesse Smith is the Director of Land Stewardship of White Buffalo Land Trust and is guiding the development of the flagship farm, as well as working with the team, contractors, and partners to grow the land under our management, and the impact in our community. Jesse brings years of experience in landscape design and basemap development, as well as visual communications design.
FOR INQUIRIES & QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR PROGRAMS TEAM AT PROGRAMS@WHITEBUFFALOLANDTRUST.ORG
Holistic Management Intensive - January 2023
This 10-day immersive experience is designed for someone who wants to learn the whole of Holistic Management in one session. This unique framework builds your understanding of the whole you are working within and guides you in developing a context appropriate pathway to management for ecological, economic, and community health. There will be a mixture of inside course and individual work time, as well as outdoor, hands-on experience.
"All-Hands-On" Workshop: Nutrient Cycling and Compost Production
This hands-on workshop will introduce you to compost production and nutrient cycling and their role in the larger context of regenerative agriculture. Spaces are limited!
"All-Hands-On" Workshop: Plant Propagation
This hands-on workshop will introduce you to low-cost, high-density plant and tree propagation tactics for small to broad-acre landscapes. Spaces are limited!