Ted Alexander of Sun City, KS, was selected as the recipient of the 2019 Kansas Leopold Conservation Award.
Alexander was presented with the award at the Kansas Association of Conservation Districts’ (KACD’s) 75th Annual Convention in Wichita Nov. 25.
“Ted has been a leader in using innovative grazing systems to manage his rangeland and has willingly shared his knowledge and experiences with others,” said Dan Meyerhoff, KACD executive director, in the announcement.
Alexander took over the Skinner Family Ranch in 1984 and was challenged to make a business out of overgrazed land covered with invasive eastern red cedar trees.
Using rotational grazing systems and clearing the invasive trees improved the ranch’s water cycle, and with that, springs and intermittent streams that had been dry for decades began to flow again.
