Date:
10/30/2009 12:00:00 AM
Title:
Mid-Winter Committee Agendas
Colorado Cattlemen’s Association
Committee Agendas • Nov. 18-20, 2009
DoubleTree Hotel, Colorado Springs
Following are the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) steering committees that have planned their agendas for the Mid-Winter Conference, Nov. 18-20 in Colorado Springs:
Ag Policy & Labor – Thursday, Nov. 19, 8-10:30 a.m. – Academy
· Pinnacol Assurance Update and Future Direction – R.J. Jolly, Pinnacol Assurance Board
Member
· Colorado Department of Agriculture Situation Update – John Stulp, Commissioner
· Conservation Easement Enhancement Task Force Update
Federal Lands and BLM/Forest Service Liaisons – Thursday, Nov. 19, 8-10:30 a.m. – Palmer
· National Federal Lands Policy Review – Jeff Eisenberg, Public Lands Council Executive Director
· Department of Interior Proposal for Wild Horse and Burro Management – Jeff Eisenberg, Public Lands Council Executive Director
· Pending Litigation on Categorical Exclusions – Jeff Eisenberg, Public Lands Council Executive Director
· Pike San Isabel Western Watershed’s Lawsuit – Tim Canterbury, CCA President
· CCA’s Resource Monitoring Program – Robbie LeValley, CSU Extension and Beka Gill, CCA Director of Industry Programs
· Review Proposed Liaison Committee Structure
State Lands – Thursday, Nov. 19, 8-10:30 a.m. – Pikes Peak
· State Lands Board Update – Beverly Rave, Field Ops Section Manager
· Introduction of New State Land Board Director, Brownell Bailey; and State Lands Board Commissioner, Dick Downey
· Question and Comment Period for the New Director and Commissioner
· Policy Items to Be Discussed – Beverly Rave, Matt Pollart, John Valentine – State Land Board
· New Grazing Rate Policy, Collateral Interest Riders, Competitive Bids, Irrigated and Dry Land Crops Rates, and New Language to be Included in all Leases Effective January 1, 2010
Water – Thursday, Nov. 19, 8-10:30 a.m. – Royal Gorge
· Proposed “Basin of Origin” Legislation – Representative Sal Pace, Pueblo, CO
· “Why was 2009 Snowmelt a Month Early?” – Chris Landry, Colorado Dust-on Snow Program Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies
· NISP – Water for the Future – Carl Browner, Project Engineer Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District
· Regional Water Supply Project – Aaron Million, President-Million Resource Conservation Group (invited)
Beef Improvement – Thursday, Nov. 19, 1:15-3:15 p.m. – Royal Gorge
· Producer Views on Selecting for Improved Feed Efficiency, and an Update on CSU Beef Program Activities – Dr. Jason Ahola, CSU
· New Tools for Genetic Improvement – Dr. Mark Enns, CSU
· The Legacy of Cattle in Colorado - A DVD Video Project – Fred Lombardi, Colorado Beef Council
Joint Game & Fish & Endangered Species – Thursday, Nov. 19, 1:15-3:15 p.m. – Palmer
· Voucher Stakeholder Process Update and Input Session – Bill Canterbury and Robert Bray, Stakeholder Committee Members
· Habitat Stamp Legislative: Legislative Mandate to Find Common Ground – Tom Remington, Division of Wildlife Director
· White Tailed and Gunnison Prairie Dog Update – Tom Nesler, Division of Wildlife
· Lesser Prairie Chicken Update – Division of Wildlife
· Status Update on Gunnison Sage Grouse and CCA efforts – Division of Wildlife and CCA Representatives
Membership/Public Relations – Thursday, Nov. 19, 1:15-3:15 p.m. – Pikes Peak
· 1867 Club, Collegiate Cattlemen’s Association, and the Junior Colorado Cattlemen’s Association – Beka Gill and Amy Bader, Colorado Cattlemen’s Association
· Membership Plan and Recruiting Tools – Heidi Brown, Colorado Cattlemen’s Association
Resource Stewardship – Thursday, Nov. 19, 1:15-3:15 p.m. – Academy
· Report on Research titled, “The Agricultural Cost to Support Wildlife in Colorado” – Dr. Dana Hoag, Professor of Ag and Resource Economics at CSU
· Partners for Western Conservation – “A New Way of Doing Business”, What this One Organization is Attempting to do for Colorado Ranchers – Kenny Rogers, PWC Board President and Terry Fankhauser, CCA EVP
· Conservation Easement Enhancement Task Force Update
Animal Health & Welfare – Thursday, Nov. 19, 3:30-5:30 p.m. – Academy
· A New Approach to Managing Tuberculosis – Keith Roehr, State Veterinarian
· A Concept for a New Direction for the Brucellosis Program – Keith Roehr, State Veterinarian
· Colorado’s New Trichomoniasis Rules – Keith Roehr, State Veterinarian
· Trichomoniasis Testing Update – Jim Kennedy, CSU Diagnostic Laboratory
Brand & Theft – Thursday, Nov. 19, 3:30-5:30 p.m. – Pikes Peak
· 2010 Legislative Brand Issues
· Colorado Livestock Security System – Rick Wahlert, Colorado Brand Commissioner
· Explore Alternative Assessment Collection for 2012 Jam Session – Bent Prowers Cattle & Horse Growers’ Assn., Rick Wahlert and Tim Thatcher-Colorado Brand Board, Paul Bernklau and Bob Patterson-CCA Board
· Pending Theft criminal Cases
· Awards - Livestock Officer of the Year and OLT’s Brand Inspector of the Year
· Operation Livestock Thief Meeting – Bob Patterson, President
Cattle Marketing & Feeder – Thursday, Nov. 19, 3:30-5:30 p.m. – Royal Gorge
· International Beef Demand and Trade – Erin Daley, U.S. Meat Export Federation
· Open Discussion on the Canada and Mexico’s World Trade Organization COOL Dispute Settlement
· CAFO/AFO Oversight and Permitting, What the Future Holds – Colorado Dept. of Public Health and the Environment
Private Property Rights – Thursday, Nov. 19, 3:30-5:30 p.m. – Seven Falls
· Wind Power as it Applies to Private Property Rights
· Landowner Perspective, Corwin Brown
· Wind Company Perspective, Michael Greczyn; E-ON Climate and Renewables
· Conservation Easement Enhancement Task Force Update
· Tax & Credit – Thursday, Nov. 19, 3:30-5:30 p.m. – Palmer
· State of the Estate Tax in Congress – Jeff Eisenberg, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Public Lands Council
· Conservation Easement Tax Credit – Chris West, Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust
· Colorado’s Tax Situation Including Agriculture’s Tax Exemptions, TABOR, and All Things Taxable – Dan Williams, Laura Locke, and Terry Fankhauser