Restoring Biodiversity - 2/27/2026
Cattle farmers are nurturing a new stream of income. Another example of a small dam that spills water from an eroded gulley. And more...
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Here is what we’ve been reading, watching and writing about over the past week…
Articles

Ranchers Are Falling Into Debt and Selling Land. Carbon Credits Are a Way to Keep Farming
Cattle farmers are nurturing a new stream of income they hope will keep them on their land—carbon credits.
Videos

Gulleys for Grassland Restoration #12: Chupacabra Dam
Another example of a small dam that spills water from an eroded gulley, to reduce road washing and to irrigate a few acres of grassland at Circle Ranch in the high-desert mountains of far-West Texas. This is another video in our series on gulleys and their impact on grassland restoration
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