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Published Saturday, April 24, 2021 The May Ranch of Lamar has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Colorado Leopold Conservation Award. The May Ranch is owned and operated by the Dallas and Brenda May family of Prowers County. The conservation practices that the Mays have implemented on their cattle ranch have improved the wildlife habitat, water quality and grass and soil health. The award, given in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, recognizes ranchers, farmers, and forestl...

The May family are recipients of the 2021 Colorado Leopold Conservation Award. Courtesy photo -Sand County Foundation and Colorado Cattlemens Association The May Ranch of Lamar has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Colorado Leopold Conservation Award. The May Ranch is owned and operated by the Dallas and Brenda May family of Prowers County. The conservation practices that the Mays have implemented on their cattle ranch have improved the wildlife habitat, water quality and grass and soi...

Birding: Your actions can make it a better world for birds From keeping cats indoors to avoiding pesticides in your yard, individual efforts can make a big collective impact in the conservation of birds and nature. By HERB WILSON Share As Earth Day approaches each year – this year, it’s on April 22 – I devote a column to ways we can conserve nature and birds in particular. Habitat preservation and protection is critically important, so charitable giving to organizations with broad reach...

Cornell Lab: Shade-Grown Coffee Could Help Save Birds Cornell Lab of Ornithology News: ITHACA, NY —The message about the bird-conservation benefits of shade-grown coffee may not be getting through to the people most likely to respond—birdwatchers. A team of researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Virginia Tech surveyed birdwatchers to learn if they drank shade-grown coffee and, if not, why not. Their findings were published today in the journal  “One of the most significant ...

This local coffee company is for the birds in all the right ways Birds & Beans works with small shade farms in Peru, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Honduras, earning it a certification from the Smithsonian’s Bird Friendly Coffee program. By Ann Parson Globe correspondent,Updated January 12, 2021, 12:00 p.m. Email to a Friend Birds & Beans coffeeErica Hinck Early last spring, when Bill Wilson caught sight of a Rose-breasted Grosbeak on his birdfeeder in South Dartmouth, then a Baltimore Oriole o...