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Organized Proposal Session

Foundations for successfully integrating livestock into the woods through silvopasture

2 - Under the Canopy I: Exploring Woodland Silvopasture Establishment as a Land Management Option for Forested Landowners With Livestock

Saturday, October 28, 2023

10:30am - 11:00am PST

Location: A2

Speaker(s)

AC

Ashley Conway-Anderson, PhD, PAS (she/her/hers)

University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry
Columbia, Missouri, United States

Co-author(s)

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Dusty Walter, PhD

Director of Central Missouri Research, Extension, Education Center
University of Missouri
Seth Chrisman, M.S.

M.S. student
The Center for Agroforestry at the University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri, United States

We explore the ecological dynamics of a previously unmanaged Ozark woodland using silvicultural management techniques (midstory removal, prescribed fire, seeding native forages, logging) with the end goal of forage establishment for silvopasture. This study is part of a long-term project assessing the impact of grazing and silvopasture management in woodlands.