Sand County Foundation

08/26/2026

Happy National Dog Day!

At farms and ranches around the nation, photographers often include a pic of a pooch that "helped" supervise the video shoot.

Today we'll feature a video assistant from Darling Creek Ranch, LLC in South Dakota.

08/26/2026

Sand County Foundation has added five rangeland and grazing management professionals as part of an initiative to help cattle ranchers conserve the nation’s imperiled grasslands.

The new staff join Sand County Foundation to help carry out a multi-year effort to accelerate regenerative grazing practices, habitat restoration, and conservation of wildlife and water on working ranches in 15 states.

This landscape scale conservation program is funded through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ’s (NFWF) Grassland Resilience and Conservation Initiative.

Learn more at https://sandcountyfoundation.org/news/2026/sand-county-foundation-hires-grazing-specialists-for-grassland-initiative

08/24/2026

Grasslands are our working lands, underpinning America’s economy and sustaining our communities. They support the livestock that feeds our nation with deep roots that clean the air and water we all rely on. Discover all that grasslands do for us.
Learn more → www.grasslanders.org

08/24/2026

Join us next month for field days at two farms that have successfully coupled conservation with diversification.

📍Sept. 1 at Pasture Grazed Regenerative Farm in Clare, IL
📍Sept. 2 at On The Fly Pheasant Farm in Campbellsport, WI

Register for both free events at https://sandcountyfoundation.org/our-work/outreach---education/land-ethic-mentorship/outreach-events

08/22/2026

The United Nations declared 2026 International Year of the Woman Farmer.

Check out this great profile on Wendy Mariko Johnson, the recipient of our 2024 Iowa Leopold Conservation Award:

Wendy Johnson saw different sides of agriculture in Brazil and California, and she has implemented these strategies on her farm near Charles City, Iowa.

08/21/2026

Partnering with American Farmland Trust & USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service has scaled up the use of cover crops as a conservation tool.

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An Iowa program that deploys conservation practices across an area, rather than one at a time, served as a model for a cover crop adoption program launched by American Farmland Trust. The conservation agriculture group released a guide to help producers follow the “batch and grow” cover crop pro...

08/20/2026

Meet the finalists for the California Leopold Conservation Award.

Each landowner is doing great things for soil health, water and wildlife resources in the Golden State.

Learn who the finalists are at https://sandcountyfoundation.org/news/2026/california-leopold-conservation-award-finalists-selected

08/20/2026

We're proud of our work with National Audubon Society and farmers managing their pastures to benefit birds and biodiversity.

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Seven new Wisconsin producers are managing their acres for birds and biodiversity

08/18/2026

Join us at Pasture Grazed Regenerative Farm on September 1 for a field day exploring how the Sandersons built a resilient, profitable by combining conservation with innovative technology, and diversfied enterprises.
Learn more at https://sandcountyfoundation.org/our-work/outreach---education/land-ethic-mentorship/outreach-events

Pasture Grazed Regenerative Farm uses a variety of sustainable methods to improve soil health and connect communities with local food.

08/06/2026

Join us September 2 in Campbellsport, Wisconsin for a special field day designed for beginning, successor, and other underserved farmers interested in conservation!