Slovek Ranch wins conservation award

The Slovek Ranch has been selected as the 2023 South Dakota Leopold Conservation Award.  The Philip area cattle ranch has nearly 26-thousand acres of grazing lands managed by Bill and Penny Slovek, and the families of their adult children, Bo, Brock, and Belinda.

In the early 2000s, Bill took over from his father and began developing water infrastructure and removing old fences.  He started using rotational grazing, which led to better infiltration of rainwater, less erosion, and healthier grasslands.

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