Small Acreage Landowner Teaching Materials

Living on the Land 2001 — Stewardship of Small Acreages Teaching Modules

These modules are designed to assist people in teaching small acreage landowner seminars. Each module contains information about various exercises and includes PowerPoint presentations that can be downloaded.

living on the land

Module 1 — Setting the Stage, Inventorying Resources
Module 2, Introduction — Your Living Soil
Module 2, Lesson 1 — Getting Down and Dirty With Soil
Module 2, Lesson 2 — Managing Soil To Keep It Productive
Module 2, Lesson 3 — Got Water?
Module 3, Introduction — All Life Depends on Water
Module 3, Lesson 1 — Water Quality
Module 3, Lesson 2 — Protecting Household Drinking Water
Module 3, Lesson 3 — My Place on a Stream
Module 4, Introduction — Love Your Grass as Much as Your Animals
Module 4, Lesson 1 — How Grass Grows
Module 4, Lesson 2 — What To Do About Weeds
Module 4, Lesson 3 — Pasture Establishment and Renovation
Module 5, Introduction — Don’t Forget the Animals
Module 5, Lesson 1 — So, You Want to be an Animal Owner
Module 5, Lesson 2 — Caring For Your Animals
Module 5, Lesson 3 — Managing Animals To Avoid Negative Impacts 
Module 5, Lesson 4 — Grazing Management

For a CD copy of these lessons please contact Sue Donaldson, University of Nevada.