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Enhancing grassland ecosystems while sustaining private, profitable ranching


A Ride through the Sandhills: Wrapping Up the 2026 Ranch Internship Season
There may not be a better way to wrap up a summer spent learning about ranching than to experience the Sandhills from behind a team of draft horses. On August 11th, interns, ranch mentors, apprentices, and members of the Sandhills Task Force gathered at Cedar Creek Ranch near Ericson for the final event of the 2026 Sandhills Ranch Internship season. Three teams of Percherons - Dick and Doug, Beauty and Bell, and Eddie and Alan - pulled wagons through the ranch as Joel Qualm,


Drought Management Resources
In April 2022, the Sandhill Task Force hosted two drought management workshops featuring speakers Mitch Stephenson- UNL Associate...


Managing Private Grazing Lands for Livestock and Wildlife
Wind weaves itself through the tall grasses and over the rolling hills of the Nebraska Sandhills. A lone pickup truck follows a...
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