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BF 112: Reading the Land
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Week 1: The Foundations of Reading the Land - Understanding Soils and Land History
Week 1 Webinar Slides and Recording
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Exercise: Determine Soil Texture By Feel
Exercise: Create a Soils Map of Your Property or Create a Painting with Soil
Exercise: What is the history of your land?
Exercise: Email a picture of a problem on your land.
Forum: What did you learn about your soils and the history of your land this week?
Resource: Holistic Management International
Week 2: Understanding the Four Ecosystem Processes
Week 2 Webinar Slides and Recording
Resource: Identifying annually tilled versus perennial crops in aerial photos.
FORUM: What are you reading/watching/or listening to?
Reading: Brittleness: An Introduction
Reading: The Four Ecosystem Processes in Action
Exercise: Ecosystem Health Analysis Worksheet
Week 3: Monitoring Techniques for Reading the Land for Cropland, Pasture, and Range
Week 3 Webinar Slides and Recording
Watch: Soil Health in a Minute
Exercise: Evaluating the Water and Mineral Cycle Functions on Your Land
Exercise: The Slump Test
Forum: What's Working and What Needs Improvement
Week 4: Reading Pastures and Rangeland and Review
Week 4 Webinar Slides and Recording
Resource: Healthy Productive Soils Checklist
Exercise: Creating a Useful Future Landscape Vision Statement Worksheet
Watch: Winter Bale Grazing
Forum: What did you learn from this course?
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