Guide to Regenerative Grazing Leases: Opportunities for Resilience

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CHAPTER 3. Agricultural Management Plans The purpose of Chapter 3 is to show how an Agricultural Management Plan (AMP), when linked to a lease, can promote regenerative outcomes and achieve shared goals of the landholder and lessee—as well as other stakeholders such as livestock, ecosystems, easement-holders, and the public. Ecosystems are highly dynamic and stewardship decisions often have to be made despite variability and uncertainty in practice impact. Adaptive management—which is the process of taking action, measuring results, and then refining new actions based on the outcome of previous actions—is one of the most effective ways to practice regenerative management in the face of ecological uncertainty. Planning, goal setting, and monitoring are key aspects of the adaptive management process, and are therefore critical parts of any regenerative Agricultural Management Plan. Feedback Drives Regenerative Management © Copyright 2022 California FarmLink and TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation 32
CHAPTER 3. Agricultural Management Plans (Continued) Given the important role of planning and adaptive management in achieving ecological goals, an AMP can and should accompany any medium- or long-term grazing lease. (Because AMP’s require a significant investment of time, trust, and knowledge to create, they are usually not practical for short-term leases. Exception: a nonprofit or other model landholder may develop an AMP that is core to its mission or stipulated in a conservation easement. Such a landholder may choose to begin with a shorterterm trial lease subject to that AMP, before committing to a longer-term lease.) In the AMP, desired outcomes and prescribed key practices are articulated and framed by the clear understanding that an effective management plan must be responsive to environmental, economic, and other changes over time if it is to uphold the Intent of the parties agreeing. If appropriate—depending on the context and goals of the operation—the following planning frameworks may be used as a foundation for, or supplement to, an Agricultural Management Plan: • Natural Resource Conservation Service Conservation Plan, which may or may not include a Soil Health Management Plan component • Carbon Farm Plan • Holistic Management Plan • Grazing Plan • Landscape Conservation Plan • Cultural Ecology Plan (see Cultural Resources and Indigenous Solidarity in Chapter 4) See Resources for more detail on these frameworks and plan types. CREATING AN AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (AMP) The process of writing the AMP together can give the landholder an idea of the lessee’s process and approach to managing land, and give the lessee the opportunity to share the art and complexities of regenerative grazing with the landholder. The AMP articulates desired outcomes and sets goals, outlines management practices or strategies for implementing the goals, describes a consistent and effective methodology for how success is measured, and establishes a process and timeline for re-evaluation—at least yearly. It should be appropriately crossreferenced with any applicable lease and/or easement. © Copyright 2022 California FarmLink and TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation 33
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