WyRED

Wyoming Resource Education Days (WyRED) 2012

Come Visit Circle J Ranch and Celebrate 25 years!

June 25th to June 29th in Ten Sleep, Wyoming

Hosted by the Washakie County Conservation District

The Wyoming Section of the Society for Range Management is coming back to its roots in 2012 by holding WyRED in the Big Horn Mountains at Circle J Ranch. Twenty five years ago SRM began hosting “Range Camp” on this site. So, come help SRM celebrate twenty-five years of teaching youth and adults the value and complexity of Wyoming’s rangeland by attending WyRED this year!

For more information or to register please view the WyRED 2012 Registration Form.

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WyRED 2011

WyRED Was A Smashing Success This Year!
Submitted by Marji Patz
This year WyRED was held in Casper June 20-24, 2011 and was sponsored by the Natrona County Conservation District. Lisa Ogden, with the Natrona County Conservation District, Tyrone Fittje and Brock Burch from Natrona High School, and Anita Bartlett with the Powder River Conservation District (Kaycee) created an excellent Program for our youth. Astrid Martinez, NRCS WY State Soil Scientist assisted throughout the week with Soils information as well as provide many of our prizes for the week’s close. Everet Bainter, Rory Becker, Brian Jensen, Mary Schrader, Dennis Sun, and many others assisted in teaching the youngsters this year.

Dan Rodgers with the University of Wyoming is one of the long standing teachers for WyRED and he put together a great Anatomy lesson and quizzes for the week. He works tirelessly throughout the week to assist the participants in collecting and mounting vegetation specimens. All activities lend to the Camp awards, which were presented to the following:

• Top Plant Press – Kellyne Doyle (Worland), w/ Honorable mention to Karyn Rieger (Worland)
• Top Camper – Karyn Rieger (Worland)
• Most Improved – Tie with Matthew Dillon (Shoshone) and River Wright (Mountain View); Honorable mention to Clay Loraas (Casper)

Overall, it was an excellent week and we are excited for next year which will be the 25th anniversary of WyRED. This year’s Contest had over 40 participants. They were quizzed on anatomy, soils and other resource questions, 24 plants (common names, origin, grazing response, season of growth, and lifespan), three range sites and ranch management problem. It was a close contest with the winners as follows:

• Teams
• 1st: 1152 Points – Worland FFA: Seth Peterson, Karyn Rieger, Kellyn Doyle
• 2nd: 1101 Points – Moorcroft FFA: Kenny Sisson, Cole Fitzgerald, Trevor Gray, Will West
• 3rd: 1041 Points – Douglas 4-H: Morgan Hays, Jaycee Hays, Trace Hays, Devlyn Green.

• Individuals:
• Professionals: 1st: Misty Hayes – Douglas Forest Service 2nd: Grace Anderson – Worland High School
• Open Adults: 1st: Kate Richardson, Worland 2nd: Kyle Reedy, Stevens Point Wisconson 3rd: Jonathon Teske, New Mexico State University.
• Youth (14yrs and up): 1st: Seth Petersen (Worland) 2nd: Trevor Gray (Moorcroft) and Morgan Hays (Douglas) 3rd: Kenny Sisson (Moorcroft)
• Range Riders (10-13 yrs): 1st: Trace Hayes (Douglas) 2nd: Jaycee Hays (Douglas)