Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
After inheriting overgrazed land, Joe and Kathy Kipp installed fencing and irrigation to improve pasture quality and better manage scarce water resources on their ranch in the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana. Through their work with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service , the Kipps have restored native prairie grasslands and improved drought resilience to sustain their cattle and bison, all while preserving their land for future generations.
SARE partnered with PBS KVIE to produce a special episode of America's Heartland to share how farms and ranches across the country are achieving long-term sustainability by adapting to increasingly extreme weather.
After inheriting overgrazed land, Joe and Kathy Kipp installed fencing and irrigation to improve pasture quality and better manage scarce water resources on their ranch in the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana. Through their work with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service , the Kipps have restored native prairie grasslands and improved drought resilience to sustain their cattle and bison, all while preserving their land for future generations.
SARE partnered with PBS KVIE to produce a special episode of America's Heartland to share how farms and ranches across the country are achieving long-term sustainability by adapting to increasingly extreme weather.
