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NextSaturdaynight, Jan. 9, is the annual Te- hama County Cattlemen's Winter Dinner when they invite the public to enjoy an evening with wine tast- ing of Burnsini or Cline Cellars wines, or beverages as served by Red Bluff Elks Lodge. Social hour is followed by a Vic Wool- ery prime rib dinner at the Tehama District Fair- grounds. Presale tickets are $25 or $30 that eve- ning at the door. The Man of the Year will be announced, and CowBelle of the Year Char- lene Priest will be rec- ognized, as will the 2015 TCCA and TCCW scholar- ship winners: Emily An- dreini, Abigail Brown, Bai- ley Brownfield, Corey Car- penter, Jessica Macdonald, Will Macdonald, Savanna Miller, Jase Northrup, Zack Pritchard, Stacy Stro- ing. Richard Buchner, chairman of the Tehama County Cattlemen's schol- arships and Vicky Dawley is chairwoman of the Cat- tleWomen's scholarship committee. 2016 applica- tions will be available this spring. TCCA President Steve McCarthy will announce the new officers for 2016 with Chad Amen as pres- ident, Ron Humphrey as vice president, Secretary Cathy Tobin, Treasurer Cindy Brown. Local Direc- tors will be Adam Davy, Steve McCarthy, Mike Mc- Cluskey, Jeff White, Steve Zane, Bryce Borror, Andy Cox, Wally Roney and Dave Stroing. The Scholarship Auc- tion, both live and silent has more items that have been donated to the com- mittee. There is some- thing for everyone, town women and ranch women, the business men and the farmers/ranchers, you will find something among the more than 100 items do- nated. Ronald Humphrey Con- struction has donated two items that are to be used in Tehama County before Jan. 9, 2017. One is 8 hours grading or 8 hours small dozer work, with transpor- tation included. Burrows Ranch has of- fered a guided California Ground Squirrel hunt for four and hunting clays. Gold Exchange has do- nated a horse sculpture by Don Monzon. 5 Liters of Dectomax Pour-On from Zoetis for the cattle ranchers. An- imal Health Interna- tional has given an An- imal Health Kit. A bot- tle of Crown Royal and a Starbucks Gift Card from Peacher Construction. One round of sporting clays or five rounds of trap shooting at Clear Creek Sports Club. Bar Ale Inc. has donated 3 Bags Equine Focus and 3 bags Beef Pak Supreme. Charlie Mueller Truck- ing and Valley Rock, have donated two loads of Road Base delivered in Tehama County before 12-31-16. A dog care basket from Reynolds Ranch and Farm Supply. Two tickets to Dustin Lynch Concert, about April 25 at Concord Pavil- ion, including back stage Meet & Greet, donated by Rick Hopper and Corning Ford. Three David Stoeklein coffee table books, Cow- dogs, Western Fences and Cowboy Hat, were donated by The Loft, where tick- ets are for sale, $25 Win- ter Dinner & Scholarship Auction. A Sporting Goods bas- ket has been given by Reynolds Ranch Sporting Goods. A framed photo by local photographer Patsy Ford. A Hi-Lift Jack do- nated by Corning Les Schwab. $100 gift certificate from Wheeler West Cowgirl Bou- tique. A gift basket from Cook, the store. Allflex USA has donated two syringe guns, a 25 ml, and a 50 ml. Squaw Hill Angus has donated a bird house. The Aquarium & Pets has given a dog bed. Bob and Beth Chaney gave a gift basket. 5 bottles of Ghost Pine Chardonnay and a Starbucks gift card from Peacher Construction. A laptop brief case has been given by Barbara Se- cor. 7 bottles of Ghost Pine Red Blend with a Starbucks gift card from Peacher Construction. Far- wood Bar & Grill in Or- land have given a $25 gift certificate. Plum Crazy has do- nated a gift bag. Boeh- ringer Ingelheim gave a mini cooler, with 500 ml of Bio-mycin 200, an injec- tion gun, and coffee mug. Shasta Farm and Equip- ment gave an all-purpose contoured saddle pad. A bottle of Jack Dan- iels with a Starbucks gift card from Peacher Con- struction. A champagne basket from El Rancho Ca- pay Arena. Two gift certif- icates for dinner for two at Scotty's in Chico. A horseshoe Christmas tree and jewelry holder from Tom and Dee Hill Ranch. $50 gift certifi- cate from Kinney Nursery & Topsoil LLC. A gift bas- ket from Urban MedSpa was given by Peacher Con- struction. A $50 gift card to Chico Locker 7 Sausage and a gift basket with breads from Peacher Construc- tion. A $100 gift certificate plus a gift basket from Red Truck Rock Yard. Non- Typical Outfitters have given three differ- ent picture frames. One is a deer skin covered frame, another is tin covered, and the third is cowhide cov- ered. Corning Chevrolet Buick has donated four oil change certificates. Mc- Coys Hardware & Farm Supply gave a gift basket. A gift certificate from Corning Lumber Co.; Inc. A Drill kit from Corning Ace Hardware. A gift cer- tificate from Lassen Steak- house, in Vina. Cash has been donated to the scholarship fund by Orland Livestock Commis- sion Yard, Nor-Cal Antique Tractor & Engine Club; Mill Creek Veterinary Hos- pital; Robert C. Jones In- surance , and Jack Safford Insurance. Presale tickets are avail- able in Cottonwood — Shasta Farm & Equipment; Corning — Rabobank, and in Red Bluff: Hawes Ranch & Farm Supply, The Loft, Animal Health Interna- tional, Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale, Farm Credit, Crossroads Feed & Supply, and Rabobank. Members of the Winter Dinner Scholarship com- mittee are Cathy Tobin, chairwoman with Andy Cox, co-chairman. Jeanne Smith, Renee Ewing, Josh Davy, Jean Barton, Cindy Brown, Linda Borror, Chad Amen, Steve McCar- thy, Steve Zane and Char- lene Priest. JeanBartonhasbeen writing her column in the Daily News since the early 1990s. She can be reached by e-mail at jbarton2013@ gmail.com. JEANBARTON Big night in store at the annual Winter Dinner DAILYNEWSFILEPHOTO Tehama County Cattlemen president Steve McCarthy, le , speaks with the Cattlemen man of the year Chris Marenco, right, at the 63rd annual Winter Dinner hosted by the Cattlemen and Tehama County CattleWomen in January 2015at the Tehama District Fairground. WASHINGTON Agricul- ture Secretary Tom Vil- sack recently announced the availability of $40 mil- lion to help ranchers and other partners in 11 west- ern states restore and pro- tect sagebrush habitat for greater sage-grouse on pri- vately-owned land. This investment is part of USDA's four-year, $211 mil- lion Sage Grouse Initiative 2.0 through the Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW) partnership. The WLFW partnership uses seven fo- cus species, including sage grouse, to steer public and private conservation in- vestments that improve struggling landscapes and strengthen agricultural op- erations. "The decisions of agricul- tural producers have pow- erful impacts on wildlife and the long-term health of their own land, and the partnerships formed through our Working Lands for Wildlife initiative have had proven success for bringing back several of America's native species," Vilsack said. "By managing ranches with sage grouse and other wildlife in mind, producers also strengthen their own operations, boost resilience and increase agri- cultural yields." USDA's Natural Re- sources Conservation Ser- vice (NRCS) uses the Sage Grouse Initiative to build on the success of $296.5 mil- lion invested with farmers and ranchers in 11 West- ern States for sage grouse habitat conservation from 2010-2014. The assistance helps ranchers enhance sagebrush habitat by mak- ing conservation improve- ments, like removal of in- vading conifers and in- vasive grasses that also improve grazing opera- tions. The partnership also helps ranchers protect other critical habitat, such as wet meadows, by enrolling land into voluntary conservation easements. Conservation efforts on private lands work. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser- vice (FWS) determined in September 2015 that the sage grouse population was healthy enough that it did not warrant protections under the Endangered Spe- cies Act (ESA)—the result of the unprecedented collabo- ration in public and private rangeland restoration. Since 2010, ranchers and other private conservation partners participating in the Sage Grouse Initiative have restored and improved 4.4 million acres, benefitting not just the sage grouse, but 350 wildlife species that callthesagebrushlandscape their home. Recent data show two sagebrush song- birds that share habitat with sage grouse also saw popula- tion increases following res- toration activities. One of the birds, the green-tailed towhee, experienced an 81 percent population increase. In addition to the Sage Grouse Initiative, Vilsack also announced more than $10 million available in 2016 to support six other WLFW initiatives for focus species across the country including the New England cottontail, southwestern willow flycatcher, golden- winged warbler, gopher tor- toise, bog turtle and lesser prairie-chicken. In September 2015, FWS also announced ESA protec- tions were not warranted for the New England cot- tontail, in part because of large-scale restoration of young forests on private lands with NRCS assis- tance. In Louisiana WLFW has helped landowners re- store forested wetlands, the driving force behind the proposed delisting of the Louisiana black bear as an endangered species. In Or- egon, stream restoration work on private lands led to the delisting of the Or- egon chub, the first fish in the history of the ESA to re- cover and be delisted. Funding for WLFW comes from two 2014 Farm Bill programs that acceler- ate conservation efforts to benefit wildlife populations by conserving entire land- scapes, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and Agricultural Conser- vation Easement Program. The Conservation Steward- ship Program provides ad- ditional opportunities for producers wanting to re- store sagebrush and prai- rie habitat for sage grouse and prairie chicken. By participating in WLFW, land managers also gain greater predictability under the ESA. Once en- rolled, they may continue implementing their conser- vation actions without fear of additional regulations. USDA $40M available to restore habitat PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. 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