Improving Forest Habitat for At-Risk Wildlife

The Little Traverse Conservancy utilized RCPP funding to improve forest habitat for at-risk song birds in Cheboygan County.

Innovations in Biochar

Location: Douglas, Josephine and Jackson counties

ADDRESSING HEARING LOSS - A Personal Odyssey

October is National Disability Awareness Month, and State Conservationist for Idaho, Curtis Elke, is learning more about how USDA supports its employees with disabilities as he explores his options for assistive technology related to hearing loss.

Madison County Ranch Producing More Grass and More Beef

The J Bar L Ranch manager, Stephen Becklund, has transitioned several old alfalfa fields to perennial pastures that provide good cattle forage and opportunities for intensive rotation grazing. 

The Bench Ranch Using Intensive Grazing to Grow More Grass

The Bench Ranch has been using intensive, rotational grazing for 35 years to improve soil health and forage production.

Managing Grazing for Rangeland Health on the Key O Ranch

The Key O Ranch, operated by the Keogh family, has been working with NRCS for decades to improve their rangeland health through grazing management to produce healthy cattle, clean water, and wildlife habitat.

Montana Ranchers Shift Management Paradigm, Discover Benefits of Healthy Soil

Meet ranchers who are shifting the management paradigm and discovering the benefits healthy soil has for their forage, animals, and community.

Kamps Seed Farm Conserved: 494 Acres of Prime Farmland Protected West of the Gallatin River

The Kamps family farm in the Gallatin Valley is conserved through an easement completed in partnership with the Gallatin Valley Land Trust, Gallatin County Open Lands program, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Changing Farming Practices Improves Soil Health in the Broadview Basin

The Auer family, near Broadview, has been managing change on their farm for generations. 

Conserving Water for Farmers & Fish on the Grande Ronde

Location: Union County