Webinar 2: Finding Common Ground: Collaborative Grazing Planning for Shared Stewardship of Cultural and Natural Resources (FREE)
Date: November 12, 2026- 4:00-5:30 PM
REGISTER: https://ucanr.zoom.us/meeting/register/iyBNnd8iTv6djCdzaRHxeQ
Register by November 6. 2026
This webinar explores collaborative research at Cal Poly's Swanton Pacific Ranch. Working alongside tribal partners, land managers, archaeologists, and rangeland conservation professionals, the research team is developing strategies to preserve cultural resources while supporting sustainable cattle grazing on working landscapes. Learn how remote sensing, geophysical assessments, and traditional ecological knowledge are helping inform resource and grazing management plans that balance cultural stewardship with resilient rangelands. 

Speakers

Zach McFarlane Ph. D.
(California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)

Jun Sunseri Ph. D.
(University of California, Berkeley)

Outcomes 

1. Attendees will learn how cultural resources, sustainable grazing, and rangeland resilience mutually benefit from collaborative management. 
2. Attendees will learn how remote sensing, geophysical assessments, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge can promote better cultural resource and grazing management outcomes. 
3. Attendees will identify approaches or partnerships that could balance cultural resource protection, grazing, and other working-landscape goals.