Nature Conservancy Magazine Showcases the Matador Ranch & its Role in Sage Grouse Conservation
Matador Ranch covers 60,000 acres, but the grass bank program based there has improved another 220,000 acres of wildlife habitat on neighboring ranches.
Eastern Sierra Land Trust Works to Conserve Sage Grouse Habitat and Rural Heritage
November 11, 2013
SGI November E-News Roundup
November 20, 2013
“Here on the prairie, small but important creatures need big spaces. There’s no better example than the greater sage grouse. Not much bigger than a chicken, sage grouse are what biologists call a landscape species. They depend not on a patch of turf but on a sweep of ground and sky big enough to provide a reliable variety of habitats: sagebrush of one size for nesting and another for winter survival, broadleaf plants for rearing chicks, bare ground for mating rituals.”
Ranching Rebooted: At Matador Ranch, what’s good for the prairie is good for its people
By Scott McMillion, Photos by Ami Vitale
