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On Water: Slowing Water in the Big Hole Valley with Rancher Erik Kalsta

On Water: Slowing Water in the Big Hole Valley with Rancher Erik Kalsta

Update: 2025-11-25
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Today we're digging into a deceptively simple tool with big impacts on water and soil health: rock weirs.

Rancher and Working Wild Challenge director Erik Kalsta joins us from Montana's Big Hole Valley to explain how he uses these low-tech structures to slow water and reduce erosion on his operation.

He shares what he's learned from years of observing the land — and why small interventions can create big change.

Show notes: https://onland.westernlandowners.org/2025/podcast/using-rock-weirs-to-slow-water-in-the-big-hole-valley-with-rancher-erik-kalsta/

 

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On Water: Slowing Water in the Big Hole Valley with Rancher Erik Kalsta

On Water: Slowing Water in the Big Hole Valley with Rancher Erik Kalsta

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