New video highlights the Conner Ranch in Belle Fourche, South Dakota where Dan and Cindi Conner have worked with SGI and other partners to improve their ranch for sage grouse and livestock.
As part of a broad effort to communicate the importance of South Dakota’s vast grasslands to a wide audience, the South Dakota Grasslands Coalition has been producing a series of videos that feature South Dakota farmers and ranchers and their management practices.
The Coalition explains the effort on their website:
The “Our Amazing South Dakota Grasslands” campaign was created in 2018 with the goal of better communicating the importance and value of grasslands and soil resources throughout the state. This campaign strives to better show what South Dakota farmers and ranchers are doing to protect and enhance these resources. Each video was created utilizing footage from interviews with South Dakota farmers and ranchers and showcases footage of their farming and ranching operations. ~South Dakota Grasslands Coalition
This March, the Coalition released its latest video featuring Dan and Cindi Conner and their ranch near Belle Fourche, South Dakota. The Conners have ranched this land since the late 1970s and with support from the Sage Grouse Initiative and other groups, they have implemented conservation practices that benefit both sage grouse and their livestock.
Dan has done a lot and in combination with his grazing management, has really made this ranch great for Sage Grouse habitat… he’s really been able to pull it all together and it’s a testament to a strong work ethic and strong land ethic. ~ Mitch Faulkner, Rangeland Management Specialist, NRCS
Check out the video here or click on the image below and learn more about how the Conners, the South Dakota Grasslands Coalition, NRCS, and others partner to craft win-win conservation solutions that benefit the bird and the herd.
2019 Grassland Stewardship Communications Project Partners: The Nature Conservancy, Pheasants Forever, South Dakota State University, Audubon Dakota, Ducks Unlimited, Partners for Fish and Wildlife, SD Game, Fish and Parks, SD Soil Health Coalition, Working Lands for Wildlife, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and SD Grassland Coalition.