The new alliance is comprised of at least 15 ranchers, including two in western Oklahoma.
Thousands of acres of their ranchland across four states are meant to provide habitat for the lesser prairie-chicken, a species of grouse with a dwindling population.
“They seek to be paid fair market value for ecosystem services, including healthy soils, vegetation, clean air, clean water, healthy wildlife and carbon storage, all while ranching livestock in a mutually sustainable manner,” an LPCLA news release states…