Common Ground
Adam Riggsbee
When Ranchers Prosper, The Prairie Thrives
Welcome to the official Lesser Prairie Chicken Conservation Podcast dedicated to saving the Great American Prairie and the Lesser Prairie Chicken with market-based solutions to biological problems, without all the bureaucracy.
Real Solutions, For Real People in Real Places.
What if the best way to protect one of America’s most iconic prairie species wasn’t more regulation, but straight-up market incentives that pay ranchers what their land is actually worth?
We cut through the noise to talk real solutions: permanent conservation easements on private ranches, mitigation banking that works for everyone, and private capital that keeps working ranches working while securing high-quality habitat forever.
You’ll hear from the ranchers who’ve done the deals for their multi-generation families wh