For more than a decade, TomKat Ranch has monitored its landscapes and documented its grazing decisions as part of an effort to practice sensitive and adaptive stewardship.
The first time I stepped onto TomKat Ranch I was aghast by its beauty. Back then, this landscape was pure enigma.
Adubon: TomKat Ranch restores important coastal prairie habitat for grassland birds by following science-based, holistic grazing management practices.
Resilient rural communities are stewards of rangelands that provide essential goods and services.
Over the past few years at TomKat Ranch, we have been exploring the practice of bale grazing. This involves feeding hay in the pasture with the expectation that cattle will “waste” 15-20% of it.
When monitoring regenerative landscapes, success often emerges in dynamic and non-linear ways. At TomKat Ranch, and across the Rangeland Monitoring Network, we measure soil dynamic properties like carbon, water infiltration, and bulk density
