Expanding Our Work in Kansas & Oklahoma

Audubon Conservation Ranching: New Partnerships Means Bigger Impact Trouble viewing this e-mail? Try our [web version](. [National Audubon Society]( Conservation Ranching Newsletter | Spring 2022 [Northern Bobwhite.]( [Of Habitat and Hoof Prints]( "In the modern quail stronghold of the Great Plains, grazing is probably the most important tool for manipulating good bobwhite quail habitat," said Thomas Schroeder, Audubon Conservation Ranching manager in Oklahoma and Texas. Like all upland birds, bobwhite quail are creatures of edges, and it is edges — inside, outside, high, and low — that come in spades with rotational and regenerative grazing practices. This includes areas of thicker nesting cover checkered with open areas and a certain amount of requisite bare ground — which bobs need to travel with ease, find seeds to eat, and aid escapes. [Keep reading]( Northern Bobwhite. [Black and white map of grassland territories with yellow outlined areas of conservation.]( [From The Counter: The Campaign for “Bird-friendly Beef”]( How could this 116-year-old organization wholeheartedly embrace cows to solve an environmental crisis? And why would it adopt the motto, “No cows, no grass, no birds”? This pivot is rooted in the peculiar ecology of grasslands and how Audubon’s youngest state director in a North Dakota outpost (staffed by an office of one) championed a renegade idea within the organization. His mission to grow bird-friendly beef to save grassland birds has become Audubon’s signature conservation campaign. [Read more]( [Adrienne Larrew.]( [From Boise State Public Radio: Cows Not Condos]( In the series “Women’s Work,” podcast journalist Ashley Ahearn visits working ranches across the West to meet the women who are reimagining the way we raise meat. One of the ranches is Audubon Certified bird-friendly Kiowa Creek Ranch on Colorado’s front range, where Corner Post Meats owner Adrienne Larrew is devoted to land management practices that support healthy bird populations and keep rural lands from being subdivided and developed. [Read more]( Adrienne Larrew. Ranching Retail & Events [Bring on the summer parties advertisement.]( [“Official” Grilling Season Approaches]( It’s really never not grilling season, but the “official” summer kickoff during Memorial Day weekend means new offerings sourced directly from Audubon Certified bird-friendly ranches, including: - [Black Leg Ranch Meats]( - [Corner Post Meats]( - [REP Provisions]( - [Parker Pastures]( - [Browse our retailer map!]( [Grassfed Exchange logo.]( [Audubon Conservation Ranching at the Grassfed Exchange]( Audubon Conservation Ranching program staff will host a booth at this year’s Grassfed Exchange, May 18-20, at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Audubon Conservation Ranching is a Silver Sponsor of this year’s event! [Learn more]( Photos from top: Andy Morffew/Flickr (CC BY 2.0); Graphic by Alex Hinton (iStock); Ashley Ahearn; Image courtesy of Black Leg Meats; Logo courtesy of Grassfed Exchange. CONNECT WITH US [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( [DONATE]( [ADVOCATE]( [GET TEXT UPDATES]( National Audubon Society 225 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014 USA [(844) 428-3826](#) | [audubon.org]( © 2022 National Audubon Society, Inc. [Update your email address or unsubscribe](