A Colorado family tried to save their cattle ranch by betting big on rare birds. It’s paying off.
From getting the folks at Audubon to certify the ranch as bird-friendly, to selling carbon sequestration credits for the tall grass, the May Ranch near Lamar is modernizing stewardship.
Read More...How to Save the Prairie, Acre by Acre
The vital Kansas ecosystem is rapidly shrinking. Its future depends on private landowners like Lorna Harder. Before Harder and her husband bought their 100 acres, they rented their home and…
Read More...Science to Action: Takeaways from IWJV’s “Storing Carbon in Sagebrush Rangelands” Report
The importance of keeping carbon out of the atmosphere is widely understood, but breaking down knowledge on how to protect carbon already stored in our ecosystems into actionable practices can…
Read More...Montana Soil Outreach Opportunities for Producers
From September 2021 through July 2022, the Montana Association of Conservation Districts, Montana Watershed Coordination Council and partners are reaching out across the state to ask: What more might be done…
Read More...Low-tech restoration has high impact on wildlife, working lands
A remote creek on public land in central Wyoming got some special attention this year as the Bureau of Land Management and partners began to employ low-tech, low-cost methods to…
Read More...Grazing in orchards, vineyards mutually beneficial
Livestock grazing can serve several purposes. It feeds the livestock, regenerates plant and soil health, and—when animals are grazed in orchards or woodlands—lessens wildfire severity by reducing fuel loads. Mark…
Read More...Keeping Cattle on the Move and Carbon in the Soil
Ranchers and conservationists, once unlikely allies, are teaming up to preserve grasslands, which act as a carbon dioxide sink that could support climate goals.
Read More...Idaho officials reject grazing-fee increase, costing schools
Idaho officials have rejected a plan to raise grazing fees on state-managed land, costing K-12 public schools more than $530,000 annually. The Idaho Land Board voted 2-2 to defeat the proposal,…
Read More...Domestic horses’ mysterious origins may finally be revealed
For thousands of years, horses have played critical roles in human societies around the world. These equines helped early farmers plow their fields, transported people farther and faster, and gave warriors a…
Read More...Homesteading family’s lasting legacy realized in agreement to return nearly 10,000 acres of habitat to Colville Tribes in conservation deal
“The return of traditional land to tribal control also felt right to Colville Tribal Chairman Andrew “Badger” Joseph. That land is good sharp-tailed grouse habitat, a species important to the…
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