Agriculture, Wildlife and Pet Fencing

Fencing and animals can be a protective or dangerous combination, depending on several factors. Many older fences are due for an upgrade to enhance the area for animals, promote protection, cleaner water, and more inhabitable areas. Whether it’s a vast ranch, a wildlife project or a backyard, this section shines a spotlight on the importance of fencing for animals and land.

Fencing Specialists Protects Archeological Site and Endangered Species

Fencing Specialists, based in Southern Nevada, recently completed the Dry Lake Solar Field project to install security and tortoise fencing.

Solar and renewable energy plants have been commissioned throughout the state, and for the Dry Lake project, Fencing Specialists was tasked with protecting the endangered desert tortoise and preserving archeological sites during construction.

Tortoise fences and tortoise guards ensure that endangered desert tortoises are safe from ongoing construction while security fencing is installed to protect areas that a team of archeologists has investigated. Since many of the energy plants are located on tribal lands, Fencing Specialists employs tribal members when work is awarded to the company. All crew members also complete and implement sensitivity and Worker Environmental Awareness Program training throughout the build. “We take great pride in working together with various tribes throughout the state. Respecting and learning from their culture while protecting endangered animals and architectural sites has been a bonus to our growing company,” said Tamra Gannon, Fencing Specialists owner.

Fencing Specialists, Inc. designs, fabricates, installs and repairs fencing, gates, gate operators, access controls, ornamental metal, bollards, turnstiles, and railing systems. For more information, visit www.fsilv.com.

Responsible Skills in the Farm Fence Industry

Skill is a funny thing. Sometimes the more you have, the more it is called upon. This call may come from customers in the public, larger organizations and businesses, or even from your own conviction of responsibility. “The more we learn, the more we solidify our knowledge base. The more knowledge we have, the more we can do. The more we do, the more experience we gain, and we all know that there is no substitute for experience,” says Eli Mack, Grazing Specialist with Kencove. “Experience comes from previous failures and successes; it comes from knowing your craft to its core, but it also lends insight into how this experience may translate into other fields or industries. Ultimately, as we gain more skill and experience, we also gain the burden of duty and responsibility.”

From a hiring perspective, Mack says there is a world of issues as wave after wave of inexperienced generations step into the work force and leadership roles. They will be the ones who inherit the laundry list of issues in our world, and this is where the responsibility and duty come into play. “Those of us who are skillful and experienced in our field hold a lot of solutions for a world in crisis and the generations behind us,” says Mack. “What will we do with our knowledge?”

Kencove Farm Fence has been supplying quality agricultural fencing products since the 1980’s, and their team has amassed experience and skill in their field and are now answering this very question. Mack says they realize their products and knowledge of fencing reaches well beyond the scope of barnyard chores, and they are stepping into the duty of providing solutions, specifically, soil solutions.

Soil degradation, desertification of global grasslands, loss of ecological diversity, and social stresses all fall under the umbrella of Kencove’s sense of duty, according to Mack. He says the basis for solving these issues requires livestock to be managed and moved very intentionally across the landscape, which is no small task. Contrary to the tales and headlines that vilify cattle as the culprits, these creatures hold the key to restoring healthy soil and ecosystem function. It takes committed land managers, along with unique and flexible technology, to orchestrate such a symphony of natural functions. By using grazing livestock, especially ruminants, in the right place, at the right time, with the right behavior, landscapes can once again function in symbiotic relationship like they did in ages past when large herds of herbivores breathed life into their surroundings by grazing, trampling, and defecating.

“Kencove, is no longer just a supplier of fence products, but a partner in agricultural regeneration,” said Mack. “We have the products and knowledge of fencing needed for such times as these. How else would these herds be directed around pastures without the grazing products and expertise we provide?”

Kencove has reached a point where the skills, experience, and products contained within the company now go beyond sales and inventory. Mack says they knock on the door of duty and responsibility and aid a world in agricultural crisis and a generation who desperately wants to save their world from ecological collapse.

Mack also offered this challenge of conviction, “Knowledge and experience come with responsibility, and Kencove chose to answer that call. No industry, professional, expert, or layman is immune to this call, it begs of us all.”

From passing on your skill to the next generation to choosing what projects you take on, what materials you choose to use on a job, and where and how said materials were sourced, all leave a mark for better or worse. “Kencove wants to use their expertise to provide products and solutions for the issues facing our world and hopes to see a network of professionals and companies rise to that same calling,” says Mack. “Together, we can lead the way to a better tomorrow!”

Learn more about Kencove and the products they offer at www.kencove.com.