“If we're going to survive in the future. If our kids are going to have the same options that we have, the same liberties. We're going to have to figure out how we're going to to manage the natural world without the parameters of nature the way it was before we arrived.”— Duke Phillips III, youtube.comTagged: Nature Conservation, Buffalo, Ranching
“Our responsiblity as ranchers has changed a great deal. From raising beef to becoming stewardeses of the land.”— Duke Phillips III, youtube.comTagged: Nature Conservation, Buffalo, Ranching
“In the old days, Bison herds had the freedom to move wherever they wanted. But in our situation, we have limited space and so if the Bison herd grows beyond what the land can sustain, they will overgraze it.”— Duke Phillips III, youtube.comTagged: Nature Conservation, Buffalo, Ranching
“These buffalo are wild and they're not used to being handled. You can't forget that they live out there, this is their world. And your going out into it to try and manipulate their movement. If you aren't very thoughtful, you are going to get beat every time.”— Duke Phillips III, youtube.comTagged: Nature Conservation, Buffalo, Ranching