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Montana Ranchers Pilot
Carbon Credit Program on Rangeland
BY ALEXIS BONOGOFSKY • PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALEXIS BONOGOFSKY
Betsy Indrelund and I step into a side-by-side and take a drive
through a pasture that she and her husband Roger have been
rehabilitating on their cale ranch just north of Big Timber. e
sweet clover is so tall it is whipping through my hair and bees are
buzzing everywhere. We can barely see where we are going.
"We are leing this pasture rest for a bit; it was a lile beat up,"
Betsy said as she pointed out different ways they are moving the
cale through the landscape to help improve the soil.
Roger drives behind us in the pickup with his dog Lily. We stop so
he can measure the soil temperature and test the amount of sugar
in the grass and sweet clover. Roger explains that the sugar levels in
the plant are similar to a gauge of photosynthetic activity and overall
health of the plant: the higher the sugar levels, the healthier the
plant. is is where Roger starts to geek out on soil health.
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