Our operation is situated at the south end of the prairie parkland transition zone. This means our operation is dominated by native fescue rangelands, intermixed with stands of poplar. Due to the hilly aspects of much of our land base, we also are fortunate to have a huge variety of other plant species present, ranging from willows to cactus.
We also work to preserve and promote wildlife through projects such as water development, livestock control and controlled access to hunting. We host a tremendous variety of insect life, birds, small mammals such as Richardson’s ground squirrels, weasels, badgers, fox, coyotes, and large mammals such as mule and white tail deer.
We are continually expanding our livestock control measures to improve the resource base and protect riparian areas. We have developed several experimental models of solar fencers, and solar water
pumps designed to better distribute livestock across our landbase, while keeping them out of the riparian zone.
While we work to ensure the comfort of our cowherd, we do not confine them over the winter. This provides benefits to our resource base, as it means we graze when the plants are not growing, thus eliminating overgrazing. It also means that our cowherd is spread out over a wider area, evenly distributing waste and cycling nutrients, rather than creating a concentration of waste in an area such as a corral.
We try to work with nature, timing our calving season to the arrival of new grass and matching our genetics to our management and our resource base.
educational field days at our operation as well as private tours. We usually learn more from these events than our visitors.Some of our Plant Species
| Grasses | Forbs / Flowers / Other | Shrubs / Trees |
| Northern Wheatgrass Western Wheatgrass Plains Rough Fescue Awned Wheat Grass Green Needle Grass Western Porcupine Grass Needle and Thread June Grass Blue Grama Oat Grass Red Top Bluestem Beckmania |
Sedges Crocus Three Flowered Aven Cactus Vetches Brown Eyed Susan Prairie Sage Pasture Sage Aster spp. Blue bur |
Trembling Aspen Silver Willow Buckbrush Rose Saskatoon |
