As our nation approaches its 250^th birthday, every citizen should reflect on the extraordinary blessings we have been given: our Constitution, our people, and our natural resources. Those who care for the land carry a profound responsibility to steward the Lord’s carefully created rangelands and support nature’s ongoing work of maintaining balance. Thanks to our Constitution, each land steward has the freedom to decide how to participate in preserving this work for future generations.

We have learned much about rangelands through universities, government resources, and, importantly, the experience of land managers themselves. Understanding how to help nature reach its full potential means working with natural processes, asking why conditions exist, and considering more than manipulating the land to a preconceived state. By seeking those answers and taking proactive steps to support nature’s work, land stewards can strengthen both the health of the land and the success of their operations. Healthy rangelands relate closely with healthy pocketbooks.

The age-old issue of: Are we working toward the sunset or ending of an era, or the beginning of a new age even more productive than the past? Whether politically or at the level of the individual rangeland manager, let’s go with the latter.

                            THE BETTER IT GETS, THE FASTER IT GETS BETTER

Dawns Early Light

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