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King Ranch: Ranching on the edge
Author
Derner, J.D.
Roberts, K.
Eisele, M.
Wilmer, H.
Mortenson, M.
Freeman, P.
Lockman, R.
Publisher
Society for Range Management
Publication Year
2022-12
Body

• The King Ranch in Wyoming, established in 1911, has for generations been “Ranching on the Edge” and adapting to new challenges as they operate on the perimeter of Wyoming's largest city, Cheyenne. • Lessons learned from King Ranch are highlighted regarding decision-making approaches, management strategies, and partnerships used to manage complex and highly variable systems for multiple goals. • Challenges presented to the King Ranch were turned into opportunities—“make lemonade when lemons are presented”—through creative collaborations resulting in new economic opportunities providing an avenue to involve the next family generation, leveraging existing skill sets of personnel on the ranch and ranch assets, and embracing community-centric relations. • Management-science partnerships involving multiple local, state, and federal entities on contemporary issues foster bidirectional knowledge transfer and learning for both ranchers and scientists. © 2022 The Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information.

Language
en
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Journal Issue/Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1016/j.rala.2022.09.002
Additional Information
Justin D. Derner, Kendall Roberts, Mark Eisele, Hailey Wilmer, Matt Mortenson, Pam Freeman, and Rex Lockman "King Ranch: Ranching on the Edge," Rangelands 44(6), 411-417, (19 December 2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2022.09.002
ISSN
0190-0528
OAI Identifier
oai:repository.arizona.edu:10150/675707
Journal Volume
Rangelands
Journal Number
44
Journal Pages
6
Collection
Rangelands
Journal Name
Rangelands
Keywords
Co-production
collaboration
King Ranch
management-science partnerships
natural resource management
Wyoming
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