Tagged: habitat improvement

Playa Country Episode
12:01 am
Tue March 19, 2013

Landowner Restores Playa in New Mexico

Credit Darryl Birkenfeld / Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
Waterfowl and shorebirds on playa lake.

Eastern New Mexico rancher John Wood has playa-rehab success story.  John owns a 2,800-acre cow-calf operation about 40 miles north of Clovis. The land has a a 250-acre playa that was rehabbed with the help of The Nature Conservancy. Wood says he's now witnessing larger numbers of migrating birds, and thinks other wildlife have returned. This story originally aired on HPPR 12/25/12 as part of Playa Country's series on Playas. It repeated 3/19/13 as part two of the Landowner series.

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Playa Country episode
12:01 am
Tue December 11, 2012

Prescribed Burning: success stories

Credit Kansas Pheasants & Quail Forever
Prescribed Burn
Success Stories
8:58 am
Tue December 4, 2012

Ranchers Rediscover Burning

Credit Texas Panhandle Prescribed Burn Association
2009 Burn--3200 acre pasture south of Clarendon