Wildlife & Climate, taught by Hart Hagan and an exciting roster of guest experts, explores the actual connections between wildlife and climate change and gives us a real and viable framework for living with nature, restoring habitat and addressing climate change in a way that works and can be implemented wherever we live, work and play. Meet your second guest instructor, fourth generation rancher and founder of the Grasslands Regeneration Project, Alejandro Carrillo. Carrillo will speak on Thursday, October 9 at 7:00 PM.
Alejandro Carrillo grew up on the back of a horse, on his family’s ranch in northern Mexico. After twenty years as a tech executive, he returned to Las Damas ranch in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, where he has applied livestock management methods which are known to restore soil and vegetation.
In a world of failing farms and ranches, Las Damas is not only profitable, but is home to thriving wildlife communities.
Birds, hares, rattlesnakes, desert turtles, mountain lions, black bears, and javelinas, and also populations of lynx, skunk and bobcat all live in balance.
Carrillo’s “secret” is the careful rotation of his livestock, using techniques that mimic natural rhythms, thereby providing food not only for his cattle, sheep, horses and donkeys, but also for wildlife populations.
Posted: August 26, 2025