Most rangeland in Adams Conservation District's region is dry shrubsteppe habitat with large remote pastures. Here, providing enough water for cattle while protecting streams and water quality, can be challenging.
Enter Adams CD, which is helping local land managers install wells, pipelines, and solar watering facilities to provide off-stream water access to their cattle. These watering projects also allow producers to use more pastures— increasing food for livestock and reducing over-grazing, which can damage plant health and wildlife habitat.
In an arid landscape dominated by dryland grain production and rangeland, this pilot focuses on reducing soil loss, improving water availability, and supporting habitat health. By tracking conservation practices and applying watershed tools, the work helps partners better understand how voluntary conservation supports resilient working lands under changing conditions.
In a working lands landscape shaped by dryland farming, grazing, and irrigated agriculture, this pilot focuses on reducing erosion, keeping soil on the land, and improving stream and habitat conditions. By tracking conservation practices and applying watershed tools, the work helps partners better understand how voluntary conservation supports resilient farms and healthy watersheds.
Within a productive agricultural landscape shaped by dairy and crop production, this pilot focuses on improving water quality, managing nutrients, and reducing flood risks. Monitoring and conservation tracking help partners understand how voluntary conservation supports both farm viability and long-term watershed health.
