Conservación con carnePresented by Justin Pepper
V Encuentro
Exportacion Numero Uno de KS
La Alianza esta a la cabeza
• Alianza is leading the way
• We are all watching
Retos de las Aves de las Praderas
• 95%+ tallgrass lost
• 90%+ private
• Need vast areas
• Many landowners
• Management not often bird-friendly
Oportunidades• Understand what they need
• Large population centers
• Landowners committed to conservation
• Would do more if they could afford to
• Many habitat managers
ready to work…
Mayores Ambiciones
• Instill a sense of “Prairie Pride”
• Increase connection through direct action
• Restore habitat/bird monitoring
• Sustain healthy landscapes
• Developing new tools
Prairie Bird Initiative
La Pradera de Chicago
• Small native remnants
• Larger non-native grasslands
• Public land
• Prairie birds
• Many people
Una Communidad de Voluntarios
• Benefit habitat
• Increase what we know
• Gain a sense of community
• Live enriched lives
• Become powerful advocates
• Encourage investments
La Pradera de Kansas
• Vast, private ranchland
• Government Incentives
• Grazing/fire
• Suboptimal habitat
Moderate grazing of native range favors habitat in the middle
Rangeland
Many grasslands provide habitat on only one extreme
Fescue Pasture Public Land & CRP
PBG Creates Habitat Across the Continuum
Burned Patch 4th & 5th ‘Idle’ years
2nd & 3rd years
La Quema en parches para Pastoreo
• Fire already extensively used
• Comparable weight gains to traditional management
Nunca Una Mejor Oportunidad
Una buena idea ahora
22
November 2010 Survey Online through Survey Monkey
5-10 minutes to complete 406 usable responses (KC, MO & St.
Louis, MO)
~58%
Reasons for Meat Purchases
Proyectos
• Seeking resources
• TX, KS and MO
• Approx. 8,500 ha (21,000 acres)
• Near metro areas
• Partners in Canada
Objetivo de cada sitoFinancial and ecological sustainability• Business plans
• Quality product
• Improve habitat
• Share lessons
Reuniendo a Las Partes
• Develop product in critical landscapes
• Sold in nearby metro areas
• People understand and support conservation through the market
Una Buena Vista…
… en el futuro, con mas aves y ganaderos mas contentos
Preguntas?
Obrigado!
Yo tengo preguntas…
• Why did you decide to participate in this?
• What has been the biggest challenge?
• How could we could support the work?
• Interested to be connected with North American ranchers?