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#34 - Doug Spencer, Keeping Grasslands Grass

#34 - Doug Spencer, Keeping Grasslands Grass

FromPractically Ranching


#34 - Doug Spencer, Keeping Grasslands Grass

FromPractically Ranching

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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
Mar 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Doug Spencer is the State Grazing Specialist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service. He's based in Kansas, and his mission is to help ranchers and land managers maintain grasslands throughout his area and even across the high plains. While he works in a myriad of areas, his passion is native rangeland preservation. He lists several links to help range managers have the best data and info to help in this effort. Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP): https://rangelands.app/rap/ RAP Production Explorer: https://rangelands.app/production-explorer/Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW): https://www.wlfw.org/landscapes/great-plains/ Vulnerability Guide for Woody Plant Encroachment: https://www.wlfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/E-1054WoodyEncroachment.pdf Yield Gap Info: https://www.wlfw.org/yieldgap/Flint Hills - 14th most intact grassland: https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.626 
Released:
Mar 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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