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A Presentation to Yosemite-Mariposa Regional Water Advisory Council Wendell Gilgert

Securing Water and Wildlife on Working Lands. A Presentation to Yosemite-Mariposa Regional Water Advisory Council Wendell Gilgert March 26th, 2014. California: 2013 driest year on record. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/drought /.

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A Presentation to Yosemite-Mariposa Regional Water Advisory Council Wendell Gilgert

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  1. Securing Water and Wildlife on Working Lands A Presentation to Yosemite-Mariposa Regional Water Advisory Council Wendell Gilgert March 26th, 2014

  2. California: 2013 driest year on record http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/drought/

  3. Because of our climate smart actions today, healthy ecosystems will continue to sustain vibrant wildlife & human communities, on land and at sea….

  4. Rangeland Watershed Initiative Increase water, carbon, wildlife and economic productivity on CA rangelands through eco-friendly grazing with ranchers, NRCS and others

  5. Five Year Goals–“Re-water” 1.13 million acres • 1) Increase soil water storage by 15% = 2 Hetch Hetchy’s over 5 years. • Increase soil carbon by 15% = ~1.13 million tons of carbon sequestered per year going forward • 3) Leverage Farm Bill habitat improvement funds. • 4) Support 45 Leopoldian watershed land stewards. • Improve ranching operations working with 110 ranchers.

  6. Partner Biologists On the Ground Tiffany Russell Alicia Young Ben Martin Kelly Weintraub Alissa Fogg Corey Shake Corey Shake Bonnie Eyestone Melissa Odell

  7. Upper Stony Creek Model

  8. Bringing Back Water

  9. Same Creek, Re-watered, 8 years later

  10. Pre and Post Prescriptive Grazing

  11. Managing the Soil Surface

  12. Watershed => Water Catchment

  13. Annual vs. Perennial Root StructureAugust 2006 / Vol.56 No.8 • BioScience 649

  14. Conservation Practices Mgt & Restoration of Rare & Declining Habitats Fence Prescribed Grazing Management Upland Wildlife Habitat Management Water Facility Range Planting Wetland Wildlife Management

  15. Research Support UC Davis Rangeland Watershed Lab Dr. Ken Tate Dr. Leslie Roach

  16. Research Support Benchmark and Implementation Metrics

  17. Field Metrics-Soils & Vegetation

  18. How can we work together?

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