Handbooks,
White Papers,
& Media
Practical guides and educational resources focused on soil health, ecological monitoring, grazing management, and stewardship of working landscapes.
Handbooks
Nasto MK. 2026. Landscape-Scale Monitoring of Soil Health: A Roadmap for Selecting, Measuring, and Interpreting Soil Health Indicators on Working Landscapes. HNH Ecology.
Nasto MK. 2026. Landscape-Scale Monitoring of Soil Organic Carbon: A Roadmap for Sampling and Analyzing Soil for Organic Carbon on Working Landscapes. HNH Ecology.
2026
White Papers
Watts J, S Gennet, CN Knapp, J Lavallee, J Ritten, K Hulvey, MK Nasto, E Feldman, S Willard, C Toureene. 2025. Grazing Lands Management Practices: An Assessment of Climate Outcomes. Technical Advisory Network for Climate Smart Agricultural Practices. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15750303.
2025
Blogs
Nasto MK. 2023. The New Mexico Rangeland Enhancement Project. Working Lands Conservation. https://www.workinglandsconservation.org/news-banner/the-new-mexico-rangeland-enhancement-project
2023
Nasto MK. 2022. Our Soils Program Has Officially Launched! Working Lands Conservation. https://www.workinglandsconservation.org/news-banner/working-lands-conservations-soils-program-has-officially-launched
2022
2021
Nasto MK. 2021. The Magic of Soil & Why We Study It. Working Lands Conservation. https://www.workinglandsconservation.org/news-banner/the-magic-of-soil-amp-why-we-study-it
Podcasts
Soil & Collaborative Land Management. Two Scientists Walk into a Watershed. https://2scigorls.buzzsprout.com/2527008/episodes/17864049-soil-collaborative-land-management-with-dr-megan-nasto
2025
What do carbon and cows have to do with lesser praire-chickens? Working Wild U. https://workingwild.us/season-2/05-what-do-carbon-and-cows-have-to-do-with-lesser-prairie-chickens/
2024
Can Rangelands Store Carbon? Decode6. https://decode6.org/podcasts/can-rangelands-store-soil-carbon/
2023