Last spring I was removing cedar saplings on grassland. Across the road Lucas Zilverbergh, Private Lands Habitat Biologist for South Dakota, was meeting with another land owner about converting pasture to Conservation Reserve Program. When that meeting concluded Lucas crossed the road to affirm the work I was doing in cedar removal. In the conversation that ensued I mentioned that I had another property nearby. When Lucas returned to his office he looked at a picture of the other property. He noted that it was likely that there were wetlands that had been drained that would be eligible for restoration in a government program.
When we walked the land we found four wetlands that had been drained that were appropriate for this restoration. An agreement was signed, he contracted a contractor to do the work and we wait for that contractor to come.
Today Lucas came with a video-tographer and photographer to record ‘before’ pictures. When the wetlands fill with water ‘after’ pictures will be taken for comparison. The video-tographer interviewed Luke and me. He also used a drone equipped with a camera to survey the drained wetlands. All this while the photographer snapped pictures.
Takk for alt,
Al
Video-tographer
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