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LPCI: Initiative Helps New Mexico Rancher Manage Rangeland and Habitat

High Plains Public Radio

Published February 10, 2015 at 5:20 PM CST

Kyle Dillard, a Milnesand, NM, rancher is taking advantage of an NRCS program. He's a cow/calf man in eastern New Mexico - right in the middle of a large Lesser Prairie-Chicken population.

Dillard discusses how the NRCS Lesser Prairie Chicken Initiative helps him manage his rangeland and provide better habitat for the bird.

PARTICIPANTS:

Kyle Dillard
Rancher
Milnesand, NM

Zac Eddy
Sr. Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist
KS Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever
St. John, KS