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Excellence in Rangeland Management Award presented to Whit Hibbard
Rancher and editor of the Stockmanship Journal honored by Society for Range Management By Matt Barnes Whit Hibbard, ranch manager at the Dog Creek unit of Sieben Live Stock Company in western Montana. I just had the honor of presenting the Excellence in RangelandManagement…
Livestock Management for Coexistence with Large Carnivores, Healthy Land and Productive Ranches
A white paperBy Matt BarnesField Director, People and Carnivores (formerly Keystone Conservation) Grazing in Nature’s image can increase the ability of ranching operations to coexist with large carnivores. Abstract Livestock – large carnivore coexistence practitioners can be more effective by expanding from a direct focus…
Low-stress Herding Improves Herd Instinct, Facilitates Strategic Grazing Management
An article in the Stockmanship JournalBy Matt Barnes, Field Director, Keystone Conservation Matt Barnes presenting the article at the First Annual Bud Williams Memorial Stockmanship Symposium, during the 2015 Society for Range Management conference (photo by Jesse Bussard). The slide on the screen shows a…
Preventing Predation of Livestock– Livestock Management for Coexistence with Large Carnivores
Author’s note Grizzly bear, Selkirk Mountains, Idaho Since 2012, I’ve been working with Keystone Conservation, a non-governmental organizaton which partners with land owners and managers to develop and apply solutions for holistic stewardship and coexistence with large carnivores–for thriving social and natural systems in…
Strategic Grazing Management for Complex Creative Systems
A special issue of the journal Rangelands, October 2013 Sponsored by the Colorado Section Society for Range Management Edited by Matt Barnes and Ann Hild A herd of grass-fed cattle from Blue Range Ranch, herded by George Whitten in a strategic grazing plan on the Baca…
Visitors share a few days of ranch life
I imagine many of you don’t actually live and work on a ranch, and may be wondering what a typical day is like for folks like me who do. Perhaps you might wonder what it would be like to visit. Jenny at the hot…
Winter Dance: a rangeland rendezvous
The Society for Range Management 2012 Annual Meeting Once a year, the managers of North American natural grasslands, shrublands, savannas, and deserts gather for a rangeland rendezvous where we discuss the science and art of land stewardship. This year’s Society for Range Management annual…
Raising and harvesting bison at the Medano Zapata Ranch
Reports of the West’s death are greatly exaggerated. I spend a lot of time with ranchers and cowboys, and I just spent a few days among a herd of bison, the West’s most iconic grazing animal, at the Medano Zapata Ranch, at the foot…