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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">As the liaison to the Society for Range Management for the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS),</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">I am in charge of finding 5-6 short (1 to 1.5 pages) articles for the ASAS Public Policy Newsletter (Taking Stock DC),</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">specifically for the August issue.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">Therefore, I need to find volunteers who would be willing to produce an article, in scientific but readable by a lay
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">audience terms, covering “rangy” topics of broad interest to animal scientists, industry, and producers.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">Last year (from this group), Mark Thorne wrote about feral hogs, Barbara Hutchinson wrote about IYRP and I wrote about
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">recovery from wildfires for ranchers. We also had an article concerning bison ranching by Jeff Martin from SDSU.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">This will be an opportunity for individuals to produce an extension output and also, for a collection that can be credited
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">to the RP. This could become an annual production.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">Possible topics could include:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">Applications of virtual fence in remote areas</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">Drones (or other remote sensing tools) for range and animal monitoring</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">Advanced stocking rate calculation tools (e.g. Stock Smart)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">BLM Grazing Rule</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">Targeted grazing to reduce wildfire impact
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">The interaction of stockmanship and stewardship</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">Land fragmentation and absentee ownership – impacts on range livestock management</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">AI and AI – how will rapidly advancing science impact range and livestock management in remote areas?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">How is cow size affecting range management?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">Others???</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">Please let me know by June 10 if you would like to contribute. I suspect that we will have an early July deadline.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">Many thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#0070C0">Doug</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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