Our Amazing Grasslands – December 2024 – Jim Faulstich, Hyde County
Deer in pastures during winter snow.
“We changed our priorities to taking care of the natural resources and suddenly we started to see the wildlife begin to flourish. Looking at the landscape in a holistic way allowed us to see the interconnectedness of land management, wildlife conservation, and, most importantly, profitability.”
- Jim Faulstich, Hyde County
In this six-minute video, Jim Faulstich found that timing grazing is advantageous to the wildlife, the livestock, soil health, and water quality, so there is a host of reasons not to over graze. Managing the grasslands for his farming operation also benefited the wildlife and his hunting enterprise.
The South Dakota Grassland Coalition (SDGC) partnered with the organizations listed below to enhance the Grassland Planner with a release of a short video story on our South Dakota YouTube ‘Our Amazing South Dakota Resources’, each month during 2024, promoting healthy soils, grasslands, and ecosystems. Please enjoy the "Our Amazing Grasslands" feature story for December 2024.
The 2024 Grassland Stewardship Communications Project Partners: SDGC, Audubon Dakota, Ducks Unlimited, Partners for Fish and Wildlife, South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks, The Nature Conservancy, Pheasants Forever, South Dakota Soil Health Coalition, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and South Dakota State University.
The 2024 Grassland Planner is now available!
For a PDF copy, visit the NRCS Publications webpage.
For a physical copy, contact the NRCS State Office at (605) 352-1200.
Get the Google Calendar version at bit.ly/SDGrasslandCalendar
If you missed previous "Our Amazing Grassland" stories, go to the South Dakota YouTube channel ‘Our Amazing South Dakota Resources’, or follow the links are below:
The 2024 Our Amazing Grassland Stories:
January: Larry Wagner
February: Krause Family
March: Bruce Toay
April: Pete Bauman
May: Rick Smith
June: Arnell Abold
July: Bill and Pennie Slovek
August: Johnathan Lundgren
September: Grassland Bird Tour
October: Lori Brown
November: Dan Anderson