Home on the Range: Mormon Church is finding new ways to preserve wetlands and wildlife

Published: Saturday, July 23 2011 10:29 p.m. MDT

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As the sun begins to make the day's first appearance, the cattle ranch already bustles with activity. A handful of cowboys saddle up quarter horses to move herds into new pastures, while others prep corrals and chutes for branding calves. Eagles and hawks look to circle the morning sky and share it with heron and cranes, while deer and rabbits make their way back to woodland edges, as do the wild hogs.

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FL Cougar

PENSACOLA, FL

As a native Floridian, I am particularly pleased with the job that Deseret Ranches is doing. It is a widely admired operation in this state.

I am happy that the Church is committed to maintaining and furthering the mission of Deseret More..

11:48 p.m. July 23, 2011
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coltakashi

Richland, WA

My guess is that Kim B. Clark, current president of BYU Idaho and former Dean of the Harvard Business School, is very familiar with Deseret Ranches as a business model, as are other present and former LDS members of that faculty.

Deseret More..

5:44 p.m. July 24, 2011
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Irony Guy

Bountiful, Utah

Clearly, the LDS Church has joined the ranks of environmentally responsible institutions in caring for wildlife and wetlands. I wonder what those Mormons who are deep in mental Glenbeckistan think of this.

9:58 a.m. July 24, 2011
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With his Deseret News tenure beginning in 1984, Scott Taylor has worked as a reporter and/or editor for the newspapers City, Utah County, Sports, Olympics, LDS Church News and Faith/Ethics sections and has worked in seven more ..

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