Our farm is interested in planting trees in our pasture with the ultimate goal of continued resilience as we face rising temperatures and increased rainfall. Our farm currently has limited shade access for our livestock during the summer months. This not only makes our cattle uncomfortable and overheated, but also creates damaged pasture spots where cattle group to avoid the heat. This heat stress also translates to loss in gains during the highest heat days. Trees not only would benefit our cattle, but also work to increase our soil’s health and increase our organic matter while keeping our soils cooler during the summer months. Also, our placement of our trees would increase our 5 acre stream buffer an additional 6.5 acres. With the increased flooding in our area, planting more trees in our low lying fields will increase the amount of water our land can retain as well as provide more ability to clean the water as it heads to our water system and streams. Clean water and water retention helps our community downstream, improving drinking water as well as helping to managing flooding.