Grazing Native Grasslands at Whiterock

October 2011

Tolif Hunt, executive director of Whiterock Conservancy, and ecologist Elizabeth Hill describe how cattle grazing can add beneficial disturbance to Iowa's native grasslands. The Leopold Center-funded project will compile nutritional data into a calendar to help landowners take advantage of this management tool. Filmed June 2010.

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