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What Do You Have… And What Do You Want? Turning Dreams Into Reality

What Do You Have… And What Do You Want? Turning Dreams Into Reality. Developed by: Doug Stienbarger, Washington State University Cooperative Extension Bob Hamblen, Colorado State University Extension David Martin, Montana Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation. UNCE, Reno, Nev.

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What Do You Have… And What Do You Want? Turning Dreams Into Reality

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  1. What Do You Have…And What Do You Want?Turning Dreams Into Reality Developed by: Doug Stienbarger, Washington State University Cooperative Extension Bob Hamblen, Colorado State University Extension David Martin, Montana Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation UNCE, Reno, Nev.

  2. What we’ll be covering • Stewardship and the whole-property approach • The good, the bad, and the ugly of small-acreage properties • Your goals for your property • Your existing resources • Making a map of your property

  3. What’s a steward, anyway? stew·ard –noun 1. a person who manages another's property or financial affairs… Environmental stewardship: The responsibility to take care of our natural resources to ensure that they are sustainably managed for current and future generations

  4. What does it mean to be a steward of a small-acreage property? “The practice of carefully managing land usage to ensure natural systems are maintained or enhanced for future generations.” -The Land Stewardship Center USDA NRCS

  5. Looking at your whole property • Your property is a system of interconnected parts • The parts are interrelated and rely on functions of other parts • Looking at the whole helps you see the interactions and cause and effect relationships

  6. NRCS, Bozeman, Mont.

  7. NRCS, Bozeman, Mont.

  8. NRCS, Bozeman, Mont.

  9. UNCE, Reno, Nev.

  10. OSU Extension Service

  11. NRCS, Bozeman, Mont.

  12. CSUCE, CO

  13. NRCS, Bozeman, Mont.

  14. NRCS, Bozeman, Mont.

  15. UNCE, Reno, Nev.

  16. NRCS, Bozeman, Mont.

  17. NRCS, Bozeman, Mont.

  18. WSU Extension

  19. NRCS, Bozeman, Mont.

  20. Utah State Univ.

  21. Utah State Univ.

  22. UNCE, Reno, Nev.

  23. UNCE, Reno, Nev.

  24. WSU Extension

  25. Utah State Univ.

  26. WSU Extension

  27. UNCE, Reno, Nev.

  28. UNCE, Reno, Nev.

  29. UNCE, Reno, Nev.

  30. Utah State Univ.

  31. UNCE, Reno, Nev.

  32. UNCE, Reno, Nev.

  33. WSU Extension

  34. UNCE, Reno, Nev.

  35. UNCE, Reno, Nev.

  36. UNCE, Reno, Nev.

  37. UNCE, Reno, Nev. UNCE, Reno, Nev.

  38. UNCE, Reno, Nev.

  39. WSU Extension

  40. UNCE, Reno, Nev.

  41. Setting goals for your property • Why did you want to own a small-acreage property? • Why did you buy your particular property? • What do you want your property to look like? • What would you like to accomplish on your property?

  42. Do you want: • A more attractive property? • A more valuable property? • A more productive property? • To maintain what you already have? • To add to your physical structures? • To own large animals? • To attract wildlife? • To make some money? • To spend less time working on your property?

  43. Developing goals for sustainability Environmental concerns Economic factors Social issues USDA SARE

  44. Diane’s goals NRCS, Bozeman, Mont.

  45. So…wadda ya got? (time to complete your physical inventory) NRCS, Bozeman, Mont.

  46. What does your watershed look like?

  47. WSU

  48. WSU

  49. WSU

  50. Legend Property Map Acres= 25 Soils= sandy clay loam, silt Well Animals =6 cows, 1 horse, 3 goats Grasses present= Tall fescue, orchardgrass, clover, bentgrass Trees Pastures= 1 Weedy Months animals grazed= 9 House Bare ground Weeds present= Canada thistle, pigweed Marshy Barn Stream Water trough Gate Barn Barn Fence Septic Manure pile

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