HASKELL COUNTY, Kansas – Kelly Anthony, a southwest Kansas rancher, drives via his pasture blaring a siren that he makes use of to get the herd’s consideration. As he turns it on and off, the cattle encompass the truck.
Ranching has been Anthony’s way of life for 25 years. Cattle ranches drive the meat business and financial system of western Kansas. Individuals like him additionally personal a lot of the remaining native grasslands that after lined 71 million acres of the southern Excessive Plains.
Now, 80% of these native grasslands in Kansas have been misplaced, and ranchers like Anthony might be the important thing to saving what’s left. A brand new program backed by conservation teams and the meat business hopes to work with ranchers to preserve and restore extra land.