Part 2 in a series of posts and photos showing my time here in Nebraska working as a Restoration and Stewardship Field Assistant for Prairie Plains Resource Institute.
Part 1 can be read here. Continue reading “A season in the Nebraska prairies, Part 2”
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Grazing and burning, essays from Bill Whitney
Every so often, I get strong feelings of aversion to cattle grazing. One reason is because I see many denuded pastures and rangelands due to the limited knowledge a particular cattle rancher has in regards to grazing, ecology, and native grasses. A lot of people do what I call “hobby grazing” (or complacent grazing), they “run cattle” just to have cattle on their place. Grazing is not a hobby, it is only a tool to be used when range conditions warrant it. Continue reading “Grazing and burning, essays from Bill Whitney”