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Range of Notion
Grass banks aim to protect prairies and help ranchers |
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11 Jul 2006 |
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| Range of Notion Grass banks aim to protect prairies and help ranchers Hoping to preserve both the prairie and the livelihoods of ranchers, green groups like The Nature Conservancy have created "grass banks" by buying up land and allowing ranchers to graze there for cheap. In exchange, ranchers agree to conserve habitat on their own land for ferrets, curlews, and other species. The New Mexico- ... |
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