With 7,000 Sheep and Goats, This Mother-Daughter Team Is Playing a Part in California’s Fight Against Wildfires
Bianca and Andrée Soares transport their herd to wildfire-prone areas where the animals eat dry vegetation that can fuel flames near homes and businesses.
Read More...The American West’s drought isn’t a disaster. It’s our new, permanently arid normal.
“Accepting aridity, and rejecting shortsighted and maladaptive responses, is central to managing drought risks for the more than 60 million people reliant on the West’s dwindling water — and for…
Read More...Digital data drives better soil management
When we think about limited resources in agriculture, water is normally the first that springs to mind. The bad news is that just like water, soil is a finite resource…
Read More...From Hotchkiss To Hayden — A Road Trip Down The Western Slope
How are farmers, ranchers and restaurateurs navigating climate change and the pandemic? CPR reporter Stina Sieg and Harrison Topp, fruit grower and membership director for Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, took…
Read More...3 strategies to reduce cow herds’ environmental hoofprints
Reducing your cow herd’s environmental “hoofprints” in the pasture can often lead to money savings and increased efficiencies for the producer. This was the key takeaway from beef sustainability research…
Read More...Farmers restore native grasslands as groundwater disappears
Across the Southern Plains, groundwater that sustained generations is drying up, creating another problem: Without enough rain or groundwater for crops, soil can blow away — as it did during…
Read More...Wildfires Cause More Than 33,000 Deaths Globally Each Year
Wildfires are killing people around the world — even those with limited exposure to wildfire-related pollution, an international team of researchers reports. The new research revealed that short-term exposure to wildfire-related fine…
Read More...Prized trout streams shrink as heat, drought grip US West
Both torrent and trickle have afflicted storied trout streams in the American West in recent years amid the havoc of climate change, which has made the region hotter and drier and…
Read More...‘Good fires’ gave forest managers a useful tool. Climate change may take it away
Lightning-caused wildfires can help renew forest ecosystems, but with warmer, drier landscapes, the risk of allowing them to burn is increasing. Without natural fire as a management tool, agencies would…
Read More...Can ‘active forest management’ really reduce wildfire risk?
As with conversations about natural resource management more broadly, public discourse about whether forests can be managed to effectively reduce wildfire risk is incredibly heated. U.S. Sen. Steve Daines frequently…
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