Sun City, Kans. — The 6,780-acre Alexander Ranch in south-central Kansas, owned and run by Brian Alexander, is a recipient of the Audubon Certified bird-friendly environment classification from the National Audubon Society. The cattle ranch supplies meadow environment for among the staying populations of Lesser Prairie-Chicken, an endangered types just recently noted as federally threatened in Kansas.
Alexander registered his working cattle ranch in the Audubon Conservation Ranching program, a wildlife environment effort working to support decreasing meadow bird populations. His property lies within the Red Hills area, an environmentally considerable and mostly undamaged landscape of mixed-grass meadow. As an Audubon Certified bird-friendly environment, Alexander is catering his meadow management to enhance environment conditions mostly for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken and Northern Bobwhite. Lesser Prairie-Chicken populations are separated into a set of unique population sections. South-main to western Kansas populations lie within the Northern Distinct Population Segment, formally noted as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in November.
Alexander says the concentrate on a set of upland types brings advantages to lots of other birds. “These are umbrella species, so while they may get the attention, they’re flagship representatives of our entire grassland community.” Other bird recipients from this management method consist of the Dickcissel, Grasshopper Sparrow, Loggerhead Shrike, Scissor-trailed Flycatcher, and Upland Sandpiper.
By never ever grazing over half of a pasture, Alexander handles his herd in a manner that constantly leaves standing cover for birds and other wildlife. The grazing is likewise good in the long run, as the herd disruption assists renew the location’s soils, promotes the development of brand-new plant types, and leads to various environment structures for a selection of birds and other wildlife. “The best habitat workers on the Alexander Ranch have hooves, said Chris Wilson, Audubon Conservation Ranching program director, “Managed rotational grazing is the key to maintaining the open, diverse habitat where Lesser Prairie-Chickens can thrive,” he said.
By conference all Audubon Conservation Ranching program requirements – third-party confirmed – beef produced on the cattle ranch can bring the Audubon Certified bird-friendly seal. This package label acknowledges item origin as lands handled for birds and biodiversity.
For more details about Audubon Conservation Ranching in Kansas, contact Chris Wilson at 816-824-9691.
About Audubon Conservation Ranching
A wildlife environment effort of the National Audubon Society with a unique market front, Audubon Conservation Ranching’s function is to support decreasing meadow bird populations in collaboration with ranchers – on whose land 95 percent of meadow birds live. Audubon Conservation Ranching’s registration consists of over 100 cattle ranches, covering over 3.5 million acres that have actually made status as Audubon Certified bird-friendly land. Incentivizing this environment work for birds and biodiversity are customers with a cravings for preservation, who support it by acquiring items grazed on these lands. Shoppers see an unique package classification – the Audubon Certified bird-friendly seal – that sets these items apart. For more details, see Audubon.org/ranching.
About Audubon
The National Audubon Society safeguards birds and the locations they require, today, and tomorrow, throughout the Americas utilizing science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground preservation. Audubon’s state programs, nature centers, chapters, and partners have an unrivaled wingspan that reaches countless individuals each year to notify, motivate, and join varied neighborhoods in preservation action. Since 1905, Audubon’s vision has actually been a world in which individuals and wildlife flourish. Audubon is a not-for-profit preservation organization. Learn more at www.audubon.org and @audubonsociety.
