Saturday October 22: Water Harvesting Principles and Practices at the Livestock and Land Workshop at the Santa Ynez Equestrian Center (directions below)
 
Join Barbara Wishingrad for her presentation on Water Harvesting Principles and Practices at the Livestock and Land Workshop sponsored by the Cachuma Resource Conservation District, at the Santa Ynez Valley Equestrian Center. The workshop is free and open to any resident of Santa Barbara County, particularly those who have livestock in a ranch or backyard setting. Barbara's talk will give a general overview of water harvesting for those who are unfamiliar with the practice, including components, sizing of tanks, uses of rainwater, water quality, and how things work. You are welcome to attend the entire event or just stop by for Barbara's presentation which is scheduled to begin at 11:30AM.

Tentative Agenda for the event:
 
8:30 am     Registration and Refreshments
9:00 am     Welcome, Brief Program Overview and Introduction,  Anne Coates, Executive Director Cachuma RCD
9:10 am     Manure Composting Techniques, Guner Tautrim, Orella Ranch
9:45 am     Manure Bunkers- Purpose and Design, Bruce Quintana-Jones, USDA- NRCS Engineering Tech
10:00 am   Bio-Digesters to Digest Horse Manure, Marsha Zilles, Hope Ranch
10:15 am   Managing Weeds and Invasives, Cathy Fisher, Santa Barbara County Agriculture Commissioner
10:45 am   Break
11:00 am   Paddock and Pasture Management Techniques for Reducing Mud, Erosion, Susan Hoey-Lees, USDA- NRCS Civil Engineering Tech
11:30 am   Water Harvesting Principles and Practices, Barbara Wishingrad, Watershed Management Group-Santa Barbara Green Living Co-op
 
Driving directions to the Equestrian Center,  195 N Refugio Rd Santa Ynez, CA 93460-9303, from the intersection of Cathedral Oaks and Hwy 154:
Start out going northwest CA-154 toward San Antonio Creek Rd.    23.2 mi
Turn left onto CA-246 W/Mission Dr and go 2.5 mi
Turn left onto N Refugio Rd/Refugio Pass.
N Refugio Rd is 0.1 miles past Watermill Ln
Santa Ynez High School is on the corner
then go 1.2 mi
Turn right onto Mesa Verde Rd/N Refugio Rd.
195 N REFUGIO RD is on the left.