Background
We are the science partner on three NRCS Climate-Smart Commodities projects working to establish sustainable, land-based economies.
Creating regional 'hubs’ of partner ranches
Implementation or enhancement of climate-smart livestock production activities. This involves measuring ecosystem services, especially soil carbon sequestration.
Marketing and promoting livestock and ecosystem services to generate income for rural communities.
We envision a circular, land-based economy that distributes value equitably to assets as they move through the supply chain, sustaining the people and places that feed us.
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National Grazing Lands Coalition
Northway Ranch Services
Indian Nations Conservation Alliance
Central Conservationn Conservancy
Northern New Mexico Stockmen’s Association
Our Role
Working Lands Conservation will be designing experiments, sampling in the field, and quantifying accrued greenhouse gas benefits on partner ranches.
Work begins Summer 2024.