Kathy Voth
Director
LivestockForLandscapes.com
6850 W. CR 24 Loveland, CO 80538
(970)663-6569

Kathy worked for the Bureau of Land Management for twelve years in public affairs, environmental education, and research. In 2002 she published a handbook on CD "Goats!For Firesafe Homes in Wildland Areas" based on her pilot project and research on the effective use of goats to reduce fire danger in residential areas. She now works as a consultant and with the BEHAVE Consortium (Behavioral Education for Human, Animal, Vegetation and Ecosystem Management) to help others use behavior to improve wildlife habitat, control weeds and fire, and enhance the economic viability of rural communities.

Beth Burritt
Research Associate
Department of Forest, Range and Wildlife Sciences
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-5230
(435) 797-3576

Beth Burritt is a Research Associate at Utah State University. She received her M.S. in Animal Science from Utah State University in 1983. At that time, she wondered how livestock knew what and what not to eat on rangelands and pastures. She began her quest to find the answer to this question in 1985 by conducting research with Fred Provenza and others on the role of learning on diet selection of herbivores. Currently, Beth is busy writing fact sheets, working on a web course, designing teaching materials, and giving lectures for BEHAVE.

Fred Provenza
Professor
Department of Rangeland Resources
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-5230
(435) 797-1604

Fred Provenza began his career working on a small ranch in south-central Colorado. He earned a B.S. in Wildlife Biology from Colorado State University in 1973, and joined the faculty at Utah State University in 1982 after completing his M.S. and Ph.D. there in Range Science.

For over two decades, Fred has studied the role of learning in food and habitat selection by herbivores and how that might be used by managers. This on-line course is a synthesis of some of his research and information he presents at short courses and lectures.