Timothy and Clayton Sander
“The impact of in the grazing that we see with the mob short-term grazing is pretty staggering. They come in and eat the grass and then we get out and let it recover. The difference is just...it's unbelievable. The native grasses have come back much thicker and and heavier in areas that were previously continuously grazed.”
Clayton Sander
In this nearly eight minute video release, we visit with the Sander Family in Custer, South Dakota. The Sander family has lived on the land near Custer, South Dakota since 1946 and have worked to keep it in the family from generation to generation. With rotational grazing, the Sander family have created a sustainable legacy in western South Dakota.
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 each month during 2023, promoting healthy soils, grasslands, and ecosystems. Please enjoy the "Our Amazing Grasslands" feature story for March 2023.
2023 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 2023 Grassland Planner is now available!
For a PDF copy, visit: bit.ly/SDGrasslandCalendar23.
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, the links are below:
The 2023 Our Amazing Grassland stories:
February: Breyer and Wollschlager Families
January: Ollila Family
Previous years "Our Amazing Grassland" stories.