Eleven great gifts for Western landowners this holiday season
Looking for the perfect gift for the land steward in your life this holiday season? The staff of Western Landowners Alliance, a growing group replete with ranchers, shepherds, farmers, hunters,
New Map Shows Land, Water, Agriculture & Outdoor Recreation Projects Funded in New Mexico
Today, a broad coalition of New Mexico organizations supporting the Land of Enchantment Legacy Fund released a new interactive map showing more than 750 land, water, agriculture and outdoor recreation
See You When We Retire
By Ellen Waterston A conversation with Jaide Downs, co-owner and operator of fields station in Fields, Oregon. Fields Station is a welcome sight after the five-hour drive from Bend. It’s a
Preparing for Rain
By Ellen Waterston A Conversation with Becky Hatfield Hyde & Taylor Hyde, owners of Hatfield Hyde Land Trust, Brothers, Oregon When it comes to this busy, hopscotching duo, finding Becky Hatfield Hyde
The Modern West: The Great Individualist
In this bonus episode, we're sharing the beginning of a series from our friends at The Modern West, hosted by Melodie Edwards, from Wyoming Public Media. The Modern West asks
Bennet, Moran, Heinrich Introduce Bill To Create New Tool For Farmers And Ranchers To Combat Drought
Legislation would create new USDA Voluntary Groundwater Conservation Easement Program Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Voluntary Groundwater Conservation Act to give
5 tips for incorporating flexibility, shared by a past BLM range specialist
Dr. Pat Shaver explains strategies to create as much flexibility as possible within the constraints of federal grazing authorizations. Utilize Animal Behavior As noted in the video, when flexibilities are not available within
USDA-ARS Now Stewarding the Rangeland Analysis Platform
The Rangeland Analysis Platform has been revolutionizing rangeland management and monitoring since it was first launched in 2018. Better known as RAP, the dataset and online mapping tools allow users
CPW sees impacts on wildlife as another winter storm moves into the high country
Steamboat Springs, Colo. Colorado Parks and Wildlife has begun to see impacts on wildlife as snow continues to pile up in Routt County. With another round of snow on the way
Ellie. A human of the working wild.
Humans of the Working Wild is a collection of stories from people in the West who are living, recreating and working with and among wildlife on working lands, lightly edited from
Jo. A Human of the Working Wild
"I was not born to being a rancher, I married into it. I met my husband, Jim, in college. Part of the proposal included eventually becoming the third generation on this ranch.
The importance of private, working lands to Yellowstone in the twenty-first century
A keynote address for the University of Wyoming’s 150th Anniversary of Yellowstone Symposium, held at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming By Robert Bonnie, Undersecretary of Agriculture