KEREMEOS—The Clifton family was extremely pleased to receive the 2019 Ranch Sustainability Award from the BC Cattlemen’s Association, but the initiatives designed to improve habitat on the family’s ranch weren’t done for attention. “We didn’t start out to do this with the idea of winning an award,” says Wade Clifton, who undertook the projects with …
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Clifton Ranch sustainability recognized
The grasslands of the South Okanagan are, according to BC Parks, “one of the four most-endangered ecosystems in Canada.” They’re so significant that discussions to gather them into a national park reserve are in the works. But protecting grasslands doesn’t necessarily mean fencing them off from cattle, as the Clifton family of Keremeos has shown. …