Projects &
Collaborations

Eva Stricker of the Carbon Ranch Initiative through the Quivira Coalition is leading a soil monitoring day for our trial compost applications on rangelands project funded through the USDA’s Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program.

This was a one day workshop on water conservation practices hosted by Sol Ranch in collaboration with the Quivira Coalition, Rangeland Hands’ Steve Carson, Bat International’s Dan Glinter and Zeigler Geologic Consulting’s, LLC’s Kate Zeigler.

This is an application of biochar to a bare soil berm stretching across an eroded field. With help from the Quivira Coalition and NRCS- CIG we are comparing several organic matter amendments in dry rangeland environments.

As part of our grazing management, we build grazing exclosures to enable us to see what our land would look like if not grazed by cattle. This method is part of a prescribed grazing management plan in compliance with the National Resource Conservation Service- Conservation Stewardship Program.

My best guy Otter is assisting with soil infiltration tests as part of our long term rangeland trend monitoring. It requires vigilance to ensure that he does not drink the water in the hot summer sun. This work is part of the Quivira Coalition’s Carbon Ranch Initiative through their Farm and Ranch Planning service.

A workshop we hosted in which participants learned to build rock structures to armor soil that is in highly erodible areas led by Quivira’s Morika Hensley.

Eva Stricker leading a science crew performing a long-term rangeland trend analysis as part the Quivira Coalition’s Ranch Planning service.

Photo take in April 2021

To establish better riparian species diversity and stream channel stabilization, Meagen Larson led the Sol Ranch crew in cutting and transplanting willows and cottonwoods to the banks of Vermejo Creek.

Photo taken in September 2021

All of our cottonwoods and the majority of our willows established themselves thanks to rain and a great planting design by former employee, Meagen Larson.