What landowners need to know about the farm bill and water
It has been a busy year at the Capitol. After much back-and-forth, two major pieces of legislation passed that will bring considerable new investments to Western working landscapes: the Inflation
The Great and Powerful Atlas
Can a set of maps avoid erasing people from the landscape? By the time you are reading this, thousands of individuals, nonprofits, industry associations, state and local governments and others will
Any national maps of conservation need to come from local communities
Of all the components of the Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful Initiative (which includes the Biden administration’s goal to conserve 30% of land and water by the year 2030),
30×30 and the recreation-conservation seesaw
Within the “Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful” report, President Biden’s most detailed public plan to date on how to implement the 30x30 goal, are two inauspicious policy recommendations. One
Regulatory assurances: Supporting landowners who support wildlife
Under the Endangered Species Act, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has authority to protect and prohibit harm to threatened and endangered species. Unfortunately, this can create disincentives for
Study finds biodiversity stewardship incentives can be enhanced by regulatory assurances
Epanchin-Niell and Boyd found that incentives may be enhanced through increased availability of programmatic agreements, regulatory assurances, technical and financial assistance, and tailored protections for threatened species.
What landowners need to know about the new ‘America’s Conservation Enhancement’ (ACE) Act
The ACE Act advances several provisions that recognize and address the challenges of ranching with wildlife. Certain elements of this legislation will support western landowners and federal land grazing permittees