Posts tagged with "managing for carbon"

One day I was contemplating our retreat center’s 310 acres and adjacent Crown Land (US readers: National Forest) and all the wildlife living on it, wondering what I could do to help the ecosystem be and stay as healthy as possible. Then lightning struck. Wait a minute! I’m an integral part of this ecosystem! Buddhist philosophy maintains that insight produces bliss, and that insight produced a lot of blis Read more

Did you know that a native perennial grass plant can live hundreds of years? And that they can sequester significant amounts of carbon? Unlike the annual grasses that cover most of our lawns and pastures, native grasses’ roots can be 15 feet deep. Skillful management of grazing – as taught through systems like Holistic Management – support healthy carbon and soil cycles. Sustainable grazing causes the grasses t Read more

Quiz: Might you possess the perspicacity to understand just how seductive (biologically significant and profitable) grasslands are? Or might you consider grasslands a cow’s lunch waiting to happen? I live in British Columbia, Canada’s most biodiverse province, and though grasslands make up less than one percent of its land mass, more than a third of endangered and at-risk species call grasslands home (!). So ho Read more