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Landowners come to table to secure funding for conflict reduction
In November USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that a coalition formed within WLA’s Working Wild Challenge Conflict Reduction Consortium, spanning 20 groups across seven states and two tribal nations
Mentorship and regeneration in the West: Quivira’s New Agrarian Program
What we didn’t know, as we sat in that circle and talked about conflict resolution skills, was that all of us would be entering into a community actively engaging and
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.
Working lands are the future of conservation
In coming decades, conservation will inevitably focus on working lands. Distinct from wilderness, working lands are commonly understood to be those lands tended by human hands. In the West, working
What Yellowstone’s bison reveal about the power of the mob
A recent study of the last migratory herd of bison in North America showed that bison are not compelled to surf the green wave. Bison, which are aggregate grazers, create
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