AGENDA
BQA Stockmanship for Predation Seminar
 
May 22, 2025
Garfield County Fairgrounds
1001 Railroad Ave
Rifle, CO 81650
7:30 a.m.        Registration and Check-In
 
8:15 a.m.        Welcome and Overview - Libby Bigler, Colorado BQA State Coordinator and Mariah Foley, Garfield County Extension
 
8:30 a.m.        Understanding Cattle and Wolf Behavioral Dynamics - Lily Edwards-Callaway, PhD, Colorado State University Livestock Behavior and Welfare, and Stewart Breck, PhD, USDA National Wildlife Research Center Carnivore Ecologist 
 
9:30 a.m.        Stockmanship Skills Clinic and Live Cattle Handling Demonstrations - Curt Pate, NCBA Stockmanship Clinician
  • Horseback and On-foot demonstrations
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11:30 a.m.      LUNCH (be seated for Keynote Presentation)
12:00 p.m.     Keynote Address: The Costs of Cohabitation: Impacts of Expanding Wolf Populations on Ranchers​ - Dr. Tina Saitone, PhD, UC Davis Professor of Cooperative Extension
 
1:00 p.m.        BQA Basics, Libby Bigler, Colorado BQA
 
1:30 p.m.         Hands-On BQA Rotations (30 minutes each)
  • Rotation A: Record Keeping and Depredation Compensation Programs
  • Rotation B: Humane Euthanasia
  • Rotation C: BQA Chuteside Demo: Cattle Health Products, Injections and More
  • Rotation D: Compromised Cattle, Fitness for Transport and Culling Management
 
4:00 p.m.        BQA Certification Quiz
4:30 p.m.         Adjourn

CONTACT
For more information, please contact
Libby Bigler
Colorado BQA State Coordinator
[email protected]
​(970) 491-2333