UPCOMING AND PAST EVENTS
Gatherings, rendezvous, and confluences of ideas, among people who love living in the working wildlands of the West.
Herd ‘Round the World
Society for Range Management 2026 Annual Meeting
Ecosystem Services: Wildlife Session
“Grazing Management and Low-Stress Herding to Prevent Livestock Predation by Grizzly Bears: A Case Study in the Rocky Mountains, USA” by Matt Barnes
7th Bud Williams Memorial Stockmanship Symposium
“Managing Livestock in the Presence of Large Carnivores” by Matt Barnes
Panel: How Have We Changed Our Rangeland Management Through Stockmanship: Ten years after the first Stockmanship Symposium in 2015
Live Readings from Four Corners Voices
Join Four Corners Writers on Friday evening, December 19, 2025, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at Sunflower Theatre in Cortez, for an evening of inspiration and wonder as we celebrate local writers and hear selected contributors reading short excerpts from Four Corners Voices, Volume 2.
“Storm-chasing on the lower Dolores, a national conservation priority” reading by Matt Barnes.
Pathways Conference
Pathways: Human Dimensions of Wildlife
“Low-stress herding facilitates grizzly bear - livestock conflict prevention” presentation by Matt Barnes, September 10.
“‘Born to be Wild’ license plate funds wolf-livestock coexistence” poster presentation by Courtney Vail, Matt Barnes, et al., September 8.
International Rangeland Congress
Working Together for our Global Rangelands Future
I will be presenting “Grazing management and low-stress herding to prevent livestock predation by grizzly/brown bears: a case study from the Rocky Mountains, USA” on Thursday, June 5.
Lost Wolves of Yellowstone at Mountainfilm
Lost Wolves of Yellowstone
Colorado premiere with panel discussion
Mountainfilm festival, Telluride
Colorado Environmental Management Society Movie Night
CEMS Wildlife Theme Movie Night — featuring Under the Wire and Welcome Home
Panel discussion: wildlife migration corridors and reducing conflict with wolves and other carnivores in the Rocky Mountain West, with Renee Callahan and Matt Barnes, moderated by Monica Genadio.
International Bear Association Conference
International Association for Bear Research and Management (IBA) Conference
Poster session, September 19
“Low-stress herding reduces cattle predation by grizzly bears” poster presentation by Matt Barnes
Welcome Home film premiere
Welcome Home film premiere and panel
Panel discussion with Endangered Species Coalition, Rocky Mountain Wolf Project, and Reel Earth Films.
Sie FilmCenter, Denver, Colorado
Wolf Restoration and Coexistence in Colorado
Ranching with wolves: Lessons from the Northern Rockies
With Matt Barnes, rangeland scientist
Wolf Restoration and Coexistence in Colorado
Ranching with wolves: Lessons from the Northern Rockies
With Matt Barnes, rangeland scientist
Change on the Range
2024 annual meeting of the Society for Range Management
I’ll be leading a Campfire Conversation on rangeland livestock-carnivore coexistence.
Jackson Hole Wildlife Symposium
Building successful strategies for conservation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Panel: What would coexistence with large carnivores look like?
Wolves on the Horizon: A Community Dialogue
A panel offering perspectives on wolf restoration and management in Colorado, featuring wildlife biologists, ag economist, ranchers, wolf advocates, outdoor enthusiasts, and more.
Living With Wolves: Coexistence in Colorado
A free, educational, artistic, and entertaining evening about wolf reintroduction in the state and Roaring Fork Valley, including film, dance, and music. It culminates with a panel discussion and Q&A session about the reality of living with wolves.
Community Dialog at Stanko Ranch
Come learn about Western Slope perspectives during a dynamic weekend of conversation, field demonstrations, and other engaging programming designed to foster mutual awareness and understanding about sustainable ranching and living with predators.
5th Bud Williams Memorial Stockmanship Symposium
Navigating physical and cultural terrain of rangelands with stockmanship principles.
Western Colorado Food & Farm Forum: Farming and Ranching in the New Normal
Ranching with wolves: Lessons from the Northern Rockies.
Living with Wolves: National Geographic Photographic Exhibit & Community Conversation
Wolves and agriculture: Range management practices to reduce predation risk
The inaugural Range Practicum: A Hands-on Land and Livestock Training
Hands-on training including low-stress livestock handling, horse and mule packing, prescribed burning, soil texturing, and pesticide sprayer calibration; wild horse and state-of-the-art reclamation equipment demonstrations; range monitoring; and the Women in Ranching Forum.
4th Bud Williams Memorial Stockmanship Symposium
Asking better questions and engaging more people.
SRM 2020: A New Look: Transformation and Translation
The 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management featured a new approach to transforming and translating rangeland science, including plenary and “campfire sessions,” a Healthy Grasslands Expo, and the inaugural Range Practicum.
Durango Wolf Symposium
Is there a future for wolves in Colorado? The science and ecology of Canis lupus.
Leopold Lecture: Livestock Grazing in Harmony with Land, Wolves and Grizzly Bears
Aldo and Estella Leopold Writing Residency
3rd Bud Williams Memorial Stockmanship Symposium
Stockmanship: Examples of practical rangeland management with low-stress livestock handling.
Ranching with Carnivores: Modern Perspectives on Coexistence
The Ucross High Plains Stewardship Initiative at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, in collaboration with ConBio and Westies SIGs, is hosting a symposium on ranching and large carnivore interactions in the West. The symposium will kick off on Thursday evening, February 2nd at 6:00 pm in Burke Auditorium with a film screening of The Range Riders.
The Range Riders film screening
Presentation Low-stress herding for livestock - large carnivore coexistence: A case study by Matt Barnes, in conjunction with a sneak preview of The Range Riders (rough cut), a film by Susan Kucera.
Wyoming Section, Society for Range Management; Wyoming Chapter, The Wildlife Society.
2nd Bud Williams Memorial Stockmanship Symposium
Stockmanship: Principles, practice & wildlife-rangeland benefits.
Paradise Valley range tour
Range tour in Paradise Valley and Tom Miner Basin, Montana.
International Mountain Section, Society for Range Management.
Shining Horizons: Ranching for resilience on Rocky Mountain rangelands
Photographs by Matt Barnes
1st Bud Williams Memorial Stockmanship Symposium
Stockmanship: Managing rangelands with effective low-stress livestock handling.
Shining Horizons: Ranching for resilience on Rocky Mountain rangelands
Photographs by Matt Barnes