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Grazing Lands Carbon Cycle Research and Education

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Energy, Grazers, and Carbon

Observed Benefits of Managed Grazing

Increases in soil organic matter.
Increased forage production.
Increases in water retention.
Increased pollinator activity.
Improved drought resistance.
And More

Project Goals

Determine the effect of managed grazing on carbon uptake.
Identify the potential added value to rangelands.
Incentivize rangeland conservation.
Remove carbon dioxide from the air and store it naturally.

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Helpful Links

Meadowlark Initiative | North Dakota Game and Fish

North Dakota Natural Resources Trust - Home (ndnrt.com)

Carbon in the News

Microsoft Signs Carbon Removal Deal with Nature-Based Startup Grassroots Carbon - ESG Today

Study finds lands used for grazing can worsen or help climate change (phys.org)

Recent Carbon Publications

Twenty Years of Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities in Measuring and Understanding Soil Respiration - Bond‐Lamberty - 2024 - Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences - Wiley Online Library

Ruminating on soil carbon: Applying current understanding to inform grazing management - Global Change Biology | Environmental Change Journal | Wiley Online Library

How to measure, report and verify soil carbon change to realize the potential of soil carbon sequestration for atmospheric greenhouse gas removal - Global Change Biology | Environmental Change Journal | Wiley Online Library

Managing for soil carbon sequestration: Let’s get realistic - Global Change Biology | Environmental Change Journal | Wiley Online Library

Persistent soil carbon enhanced in Mollisols by well-managed grasslands but not annual grain or dairy forage cropping systems | PNAS

Events!

Dr. Phillips and Lewis Heaton will be speaking at the National Grazing Lands Conference December 6 10:30AM to 11:30AM as part of the "Grazing Management" panel.

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