Supporting Land Protection For Future Generations
TNC is teaming up with Carhartt to help hardworking lands in Montana and Michigan.
Ranchers, farmers and other local community members who live and work off of the land are some of our planet's greatest stewards. Their role in growing food and caring for the natural environment helps preserve both their ways of life and hardworking lands that are home to a diversity of life.
Images from the Field
Conservation work in action. Click the image to learn more.
Matador Ranchers: Rancher Roan Korman and his family work the herd at Matador Ranch. Matador Ranch is part of TNC's innovative grassbanking program. © Brett Kuxhausen
Pronghorn: Through TNC and partners' efforts at Matador Ranch, species like pronghorn can coexist with ranching and have plentiful habitat to forage and thrive. © Brett Kuxhausen
Buffer Strip on Michigan Farm : Helping control soil and water quality in the surrounding natural areas. © Fauna Creative
Pollinator Habitat: A monarch butterfly visiting cover crops on a farm in Michigan. Cover crops not only improve soil health and reduce erosion, they also provide important habitat and food resources to pollinators. © Fauna Creative
TNC x Carhartt: Teaming Up
Carhartt has made a $350,000 contribution to support TNC's efforts in preserving the land that hardworking people in Montana and Michigan rely on—protecting a western way of life centered on hard work, a deep connection to nature, and active involvement in local communities.
With this support, we can help present and future generations of ranching families reap the benefits of natural systems in their local communities. One way is through the grassbanking program – an innovative community partnership that provides ranchers with grasslands to graze their cattle in exchange for conservation action on their own properties.
Quote: Susan Hennike
Carhartt is excited about our continued partnership with TNC to support their efforts on the ground in Montana and Michigan. Their locally implemented preservation solutions will only strengthen the legacies of the hardworking generational farmers and ranchers who live and rely upon the land."
Dig Deeper
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Banking on Grassbanks
TNC offers cattle ranchers access to grass-rich pastures in exchange for adopting conservation practices on their own property. Read More
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Grassbanks in Action at Matador Ranch
At Matador Ranch, cows are loaded up to move back to their home ranches after benefiting from being a part of TNC’s flagship conservation tool in the Northern Great Plains, the Matador Grassbank. Read More.
Conservation Stories
What’s on the Menu?
Michigan is one of the most agriculturally diverse states in the nation. Farmers across the state are implementing sustainable practices that support the industry and protect our planet.
Nature’s Next Leaders Start Out on the Sage
Jobs program employs teens and young adults from local communities while teaching a range of conservation skills.
Soil Health in Saginaw Valley
With nearly half of Michigan's largest watershed in agricultural production, keeping soil and nutrients on the land and out of area waterways is vital to the people and species of the Saginaw Valley.
Matador Ranch
On the Matador Ranch on the northeastern plains of Montana, ranchers are working with TNC on a new concept that involves the exchange of forage for conservation practices. It's called grassbanking.