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Perspective: Cattle ranches are key to preserving Florida for all of us – Florida’s final frontier

Environment NewsBy Henry “Hank” Didier, Jr February 9, 2017 Leave a comment

By: Jim Strickland, published in Tampa Bay Times (January 27, 2017) – Beyond our beaches and theme parks lies a Florida still unknown to many — Florida’s ranchlands. Off the beaten track, these lands are our last frontier. I consider myself blessed to live and work as a rancher in this magical landscape we call…

Conservation Easements Protect Threatened Sage Grouse

Environment NewsBy Henry “Hank” Didier, Jr January 19, 2016 Leave a comment

The threatened Gunnison sage grouse used to thrive on the sage brush plains in Dolores County. But as farms, roads, and subdivisions encroached on critical habitat, their numbers diminished, triggering action by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list them as threatened under the Endangered Species Act last year.