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<p class="ydpc39553ayiv5191558789MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">We are back on track for scheduling the ranch day for the college range students. Emma Weiss is our new point of contact for ASU. Also, they have a new Range professor
that is on staff at ASU now. His name is Dr. Adam </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Stein.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">His email is
<a href="mailto:Adam.c.stein@asu.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adam.c.stein@asu.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> . I’ve CC’d Dr. Stein (ASU), Dr. Alford (ASU) and Dr. Howery (UA) on this email. </span></p>
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<p class="ydpc39553ayiv5191558789MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">The idea of a Ranch Day for the college students came from wanting to create an opportunity for the students to visit a working ranch in order to learn from the rancher
about grazing management, herd genetics and overall ranch management. Also, I’m working towards gathering a group of range professionals from different land management agencies so students will have this informal venue to talk with each of us about our jobs,
the agencies we work for and be able to “pick our brains”. </span></p>
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<p class="ydpc39553ayiv5191558789MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">A big Thank You! to Chuck Backus who has graciously offered to host this event. Chuck and his wife Judy own the Quarter Circle U Ranch in the Superstition Mountains. Their
Ranch Manager Jordan Selchow and his wife Tiffany, who works for the Arizona Beef Council, also bring a wealth of knowledge to the operation. Here is a great article about Chuck and the Quarter Circle U Ranch.
<a href="https://www.azfb.org/Article/Meet-Arizona-Agricultures-Chuck-and-Judy-Backus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">
https://www.azfb.org/Article/Meet-Arizona-Agricultures-Chuck-and-Judy-Backus</a></span></p>
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<p class="ydpc39553ayiv5191558789MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">I’m very excited to see this event come to fruition. Now we need to schedule a date. My question to everyone, and especially the students, is which day of the week
works best for your schedules? Will more students be able to come on a week day or a Saturday?
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Since we are already in February, and spring breaks are happening in March, how does everyone feel about holding this event in
<b>April</b>? Chuck, will that work for your ranch schedule?</span></p>
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<p class="ydpc39553ayiv5191558789MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Thank you,
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<p class="ydpc39553ayiv5191558789MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Alisha</span></p>
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<p class="ydpc39553ayiv5191558789MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;color:maroon;">Please note that my email address has changed to
<a href="mailto:Alisha.Phipps@usda.gov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1;">Alisha.Phipps@usda.gov</span></a> (the old address,
<a href="mailto:Alisha.Phipps@az.usda.gov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1;">Alisha.Phipps@az.usda.gov</span></a> will still be active for a while)</span></i></p>
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<span style="color:#002060;">3241 N. Romero Rd. <br>
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<p class="ydpc39553ayiv5191558789MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:New serif;color:blue;">alisha.phipps@usda.gov</span></u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
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