Completing the Conservation Finance Picture in the West with Lesli Allison
A new report reveals that Western landowners invested at least $407.5 million of their own money in conservation in 2024, outpacing many of the most well-known public funding programs. This
The Colorado River Basin Cannot Survive Without Major Changes
Last week, the Bureau of Reclamation released the draft Environmental Impact Statement evaluating post-2026 operation alternatives for managing the Colorado River reservoirs after the expiration of the current operating guidelines
Public land grazing is vital for a healthy America, for wildlife and people
ProPublica, together with High Country News, recently published articles that don’t tell the whole story behind federal lands grazing. The series suggests that ranchers utilizing federal lands are mostly the
No smoke, no fire, in trends of Montana land ownership, new study actually says
A recent study led by University of Montana professor Alexander Metcalf, published in Environmental Management, places private landowners squarely at the center of a familiar and often contentious debate. The
The Wonderful, Unbelievable, (Kind of) Automatic Irrigation Tarp!
The short growing season of the Upper Gunnison River watershed means producers need to work fast when they irrigate their fields. Through the work of Trout Unlimited and Colorado State
Colorado’s Attempts to Put Out the Insurance Wildfires
by Ben Cathey, The Daily Yonder There is one fire hydrant in the entire Four Mile Fire Protection District. This backcountry northwest of Boulder, Colorado, is full of switchback canyons and