Oregon Ranching Family Featured in NRCS Video Broadcasts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact information:
Sara Magenheimer:
(503) 414-3250,
Sara.Magenheimer@or.usda.gov
PORTLAND, OR, August 18, 2008
– A ranching family from Oregon’s Curry County has been featured in two
television broadcasts about working lands conservation recently produced by the
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
The videos highlight conservation measures the family has taken over the
years to protect soil, water, plants, wildlife and open space while
maintaining a successful working ranch. Siblings Mary and Terry Wahl, along
with other family members, tend the 125-year old family operation on the
southern Oregon coast and are featured discussing some of their land
stewardship activities.
Managed grazing, for example, is a key component of their strategy to
protect waterways, fish and wildlife from livestock. “It’s helped in a lot
of ways,” Terry explains. “We’ve been able to concentrate our fertilization
program and the animals on smaller area, and every time we’ve fenced this
ranch down, we’ve also been able to up our numbers.”
Conservation activities on private lands not only protect the
environment, but also the ranching way of life. With such measures, as Mary
explains, “ranches and natural resources, instead of disappearing, become
the cornerstone for these areas, and we build on that and build more
conservation and restoration into our ranching operations.”
The video features, Landowners Lead Oregon Preservation Effort (2:03) and
Fences Improve Pastures & Habitat in Oregon (1:47), can be viewed through
the NRCS Web site at:
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/ourpurpose/index.html.
Broadcast quality tapes are available upon request by contacting:
To read more about the Wahl family and other featured conservation
farmers and ranchers across the nation, go to the NRCS Web site at:
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/ourpurpose/index.html
For more information about USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service’s
programs and services in Oregon, visit www.or.nrcs.usda.gov.
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