Grassland conservation depends on ranching. So, with the number of ranches dwindling across the West, and more land being developed every day, how do we support the sustainability of existing ranching operations? In my mind, sustainability in ranching is a two-sided coin. On one side, we must work to fix the market dynamics that make Read more about Limiting that One Bad Year – Jackson Newman[…]
UHPSI research assistants, Alexia Zolenski and Jack Newman, are investigating producer (farm and ranch) responses to grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks in central and eastern Montana and eastern Oregon. Every year, grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks cause significant economic damage and defoliation to western rangelands. Simultaneously, the strategies employed in managing these outbreaks, from pesticide Read more about Investigating Producer Responses to Grasshopper Outbreaks on Western Rangelands[…]