Australian Tour Itinerary
for Utah, Idaho, Montana & Wyoming.

Version 7.7.00
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Date - Location

Activity

24-July
Monday

 

Utah Arrival via Salt Lake City International Airport
25-July
Tuesday
Utah Rush Valley - Johnson Ranch: family owened, desert range-type ranch with many examples of range improvements, such as water developments, introduced seedings, controlled burns, etc.

Central Utah (Elberta) - Deseret feedlot

Evening: BBQ and producer meeting - Provo

26-July
Wednesday
Utah Deseret Pack - meat processing facilty

Spanish Fork: Diamond Range- high mountain rangeland

Sanpete County: Moroni Feed- farmer owned turkey cooperative (eggs to slaughter)

Monti - Rassumssen Ranch, registered Charolais breeder, also home to cowdoctor.com a web-based pharmaceutical sales outlet

27-July
Thursday
Utah Summit County: travel through Uinta Mountains enroute to Deseret Land and Livestock, tour ranch, discuss public range and recreation use issues of land management
28-July
Friday
Utah

Idaho

Possible other Utah State University tours

Travel north from Logan around Bear Lake with enroute discussions of Bear Lake management issues

Evening producer presentation

29-July
Saturday
Idaho Travel to Soda Springs

Monsanto Phosphorus mine reclaimation tour

30-July
Sunday
Idaho
31-July
Monday
Idaho Arco - Meet with NRCS to discuss low stress livestock handling and associated grazing systems
1-August
Tuesday
Idaho Travel to Salmon

Salmon river float trip with enroute discussions of grazing, livestock and habitat management issues along the Salmon River.

2-August
Wednesday
Idaho/
Montana
Travel to Montana
3-August
Thursday
Montana

Potential visits:

  • Matidor ranch (national environmental stewardship award winner);

  • Timber and Grazing program with Peter Kolb;

  • Joe and Aggie Helle Ranch;

  • Castle Mountain Grazing Association along with Forest Service on Grazing allotments;

  • Bob Lee Ranch-Central Montana;

  • Careless Creek Demonstration project;

  • Buffalo ranch operation-Lodgegrass area;

Meet with Departmental and College faculty in Bozeman.

4-August
Friday
Montana |
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5-August
Saturday
Montana |
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6-August
Sunday
Montana |
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7-August
Monday
Montana/
Wyoming
Travel to Douglas for area ranch tours

Cream Can supper at Walker Creek School followed by producer presentation

8-August
Tuesday
Wyoming Visit horse breeding operation

Travel via Laramie Peak to McFadden

Simms Ranch Tour

Travel to Laramie

9-August
Wednesday
Wyoming

noon

1:30 p.m.

Tour University of Wyoming campus facilities

College administration luncheon

College faculty presentation

Medicine Bow National Forest - Snowy Range

Centennial supper and return to Laramie

10-August
Thursday
Wyoming Archer research station tour

Archer research station lunch

USDA-ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station

Medicine Bow National Forest - Vedauwoo

Return to Laramie and BBQ supper

11-August
Friday

 

Wyoming

Depart via Denver International Airport for return to Australia

 

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