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A Brief History of Three Nevada Conservation Collaboratives
The following is a guest article written by Robin Boies, a rancher and member of multiple collaborative conservation groups in Nevada. Hardline stances and high profile public land issues in the West often capture national and regional media attention. In contrast, or perhaps in answer to the divisiveness and controversy over the shared use of…
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High Noon for Low-stress Livestock Handling
Time and Money Saving Approaches to Managing Cattle and Maintaining Functioning Ecosystems Guest article and photos by Julia Babcock, National Policy Consensus Center Low Stress, High Returns A cadre of cowboys driving steers and spooking the herd with raucous fanfare and whips cracking is a familiar scene in old westerns. The dated profiles of cowboys…
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Putting the Science to Work
In the following essay you hear from the lead editor of the Science Framework for Conservation and Restoration of the Sagebrush Biome, Part Two: Management Applications. This story summarizes the recently released framework that provides management approaches for applying science and prioritization to sagebrush habitats. By Michele Crist, Landscape Ecologist for the Bureau of Land…
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Featured Films
Creating Miracles in the DesertDixie Creek is a small stream near Elko, Nevada. Changes in livestock grazing practices resulted in the plants that naturally grow along streams to come back which eventually attracted beaver. The beaver built dams which captured and slowed stream flows, ultimately creating a landscape full of water and wildlife even during…
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School Teaches Stockmanship with a Light Touch
By Hannah Nikonow, Intermountain West Joint Venture We don’t always give cattle the credit they deserve. They are quite trainable animals and there’s a school where people can learn how to implement practices that take advantage of the predictable behavior of cattle. The Nevada Stockmanship School is an annual event that teaches livestock and rangeland…
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Outcome-based Grazing at the Winecup-Gamble Ranch
Story and photos by Sarah Keller for the Intermountain West Joint Venture originally published in the Nevada Rancher magazine. On a sunny early summer day, James Rogers stood next to a projector screen in the Winecup-Gamble Ranch’s horse barn to present his objectives for the northeastern Nevada ranch. Rogers is the manager charged with overseeing Winecup-Gamble’s…
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Ugly for a Reason: Breaking Up Cheatgrass in the Jarbidge
The following is a two-part story contributed by Don Smurthwaite, Communications Specialist for the Bureau of Land Management. Part I Glen Burkhardt points to a scrawny Russian Olive tree near a gravel road somewhere in the desert of southwestern Idaho. “The only tree in the Jarbidge,” he deadpans. And a quick look around the vista…
