Soil sampling takes a team - pictured are TomKat Ranch apprentices Andrea Hatsukami, Marianna Zavala, and Rafael Miramontes assisting Ford Smith of Regenerative Land Solutions with collecting samples from monitoring points across the ranch. The complexity and variability in our soils is something we are constantly learning more about, and as our knowledge evolves, so do our practices. #healthysoils

Fall rain provides the ranch team some much needed time to work on projects put on the back-burner during the hectic summer season. Pictured: Kathy Webster and Susan Hadacek getting some welding done in the shop.

All the wet weather is bringing out amphibian friends! Check out this rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa) we spotted while walking down a ranch trail. #californianature

TomKat Ranch celebrates #HealthySoilsWeek by building healthy soil everyday - with healthier soil, water infiltration rates increase, reducing erosion, replenishing aquifers and improving water quality in streams. Healthy soils make healthy watersheds! Pictured here: TomKat apprentices working alongside @PointBlueConservationScience staff and volunteers gathering water runoff samples after the first big rain. To learn more about how we work with Point Blue's Rangeland Monitoring Network to track ecological function through measurements of soil health, streamflow and more, head to our website. https://tomkatranch.org/what-we-do/regenerative-ranching/