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What is Cows and Fish?

What is Cows and Fish?. We are about: being a catalyst for action technical assistance another approach to resolve landscape issues maintenance and restoration of biodiversity people, partnerships, and communities a process. What is Cows and Fish?. We are about: ecological literacy

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What is Cows and Fish?

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  1. What is Cows and Fish? • We are about: • being a catalyst for action • technical assistance • another approach to resolve landscape issues • maintenance and restoration of biodiversity • people, partnerships, and communities • a process

  2. What is Cows and Fish? • We are about: • ecological literacy • sustainable livestock management • landscapes and watersheds • building stewardship: • literacy  attitude shift  changes in action

  3. Mission Cows and Fish Process Elements Awareness Team Building Monitoring Tool Building Community Based Action

  4. Cows and Fish Process Elements Awareness Mission

  5. Producers Alberta Riparian Habitat Management Program“Cows and Fish” Partners ACA AENV AAFRD TUC Management Committee ACC DFO MDs Counties PFRA CCA

  6. Cows and Fish Process Elements Awareness Team Building Mission

  7. Cows and Fish Process Elements Awareness Team Building Mission Tool Building

  8. Cows and Fish Process Elements Awareness Team Building Mission Tool Building Community Based Action

  9. Cows and Fish Process Elements Awareness Team Building Mission Monitoring Tool Building Community Based Action

  10. Riparian Health Assessment putting all the pieces of the puzzle together

  11. Stream Riparian Health Alberta: based on ~300 sites in southern and central areas Montana: based on ~2,000 miles of stream Idaho: based on ~800 miles of stream

  12. Alberta Riparian Health Data for up to 2002; based on ~900 sites

  13. “The future isn’t what it used to be”

  14. Working with Communities: Sharing our experience • Lesson 1 • Producers, local communities and/or watershed groups must drive riparian management planning decisions.

  15. Working with Communities: Sharing our experience • Lesson 2 • Create a team effort.

  16. Working with Communities: Sharing our experience • Lesson 3 • Ownership of riparian grazing and other issues lies with the landowners.

  17. Working with Communities: Sharing our experience • Lesson 4 • Get out and talk to producers and their communities.

  18. Working with Communities: Sharing our experience • Lesson 5 • Learn from landowners!

  19. Working with Communities: Sharing our experience • Lesson 6 • Send a positive message to the general public.

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