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Profiles in Conservation
Suzie Anderson: Conservation -- In Her Own Words
Through the NRCS EQIP program, Allen and Suzie
Anderson installed spring developments, sediment basins and cross fencing
to improve range conditions on their 4,000-acre ranch near Lone Rock,
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Suzie and Allen Anderson of Lone Rock, Oregon, are among the thousands of
farmers and ranchers throughout the country who are working to improve natural
resource conditions on the land. In her own words, Suzie Anderson describes the
benefits of implementing a conservation plan.
On developing a conservation plan
“Implementing conservation practices is an excellent way to accomplish great
things on our land that we alone may not have been able to do. NRCS can provide
the technical, and perhaps financial, assistance in a positive, proactive
approach."
On Conservation
"Allen and I have seen the positive effects of these conservation practices on
our land. We like the fact that our livestock will have watering sources other
than the creeks. The additional water source has improved the distribution of
livestock on our native rangelands. In light of the current drought situation we
are facing, these additional watering sources are even more important to the
enhancement of the uplands and the riparian areas.
As part of the agency's conservation technical assistance, the Anderson's
developed a conservation plan with NRCS resource conservationist Tom Bennett.
The plan includes prescribed grazing techniques to protect and enhance the range
and watershed conditions on the family's ranch.
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"These conservation practices are improving the condition of the watersheds
while at the same time helping to sustain and continue our way of life.
When you combine these factors, the incentives were apparent, and the decision
to implement was easy!”
Location: Lone Rock, Oregon
Conservation program: Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Operation: Ranching, cattle
Acres: 4,060
Conservation plan since: 1962<Back to Profiles in Conservation
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