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
They ride to reduce conflict. Training the riders who help ranches deal with large carnivores
“Be community-oriented.” Kim Kerns, a sheep rancher from Oregon, clarified her first rule of range riding early on a windy Thursday morning at Western Landowners Alliance’s Range Riding Workshop on the
Can range riding help ranchers live with wolves?
As wolves and grizzly bears continue to recover across the American West, livestock producers are navigating renewed challenges of sharing the landscape with large carnivores. Among the carnivore-livestock conflict reduction
Listen: New podcast season provides an intimate look into the family farm and ranch succession process
Today we’re sharing an episode from our friends at Reframing Rural, an award-winning documentary podcast telling honest, place-rooted stories of rural people and communities. Their new season, “Succession Stories,” offers
“We Need a Plan”
With over 300 million acres set to change hands, conservation professionals are helping farmers and ranchers work through the succession planning process. Dan Skeeters grabs his folder and notepad, shuts the
Indigenous Irrigation Looks at the Whole World
There is a basic assumption that undergirds many of the conversations about water in the west: what irrigation is. Irrigation is commonly thought of as man-made structures moving water from one
What’s Ahead for America’s Public Lands with Jesse Juen, Former BLM State Director
Today, we’re looking at the future of the Bureau of Land Management — a federal agency that oversees nearly 250 million acres of land in the West. We’re in the middle
Using Rock Weirs to Slow Water in the Big Hole Valley with Rancher Erik Kalsta
Today we’re digging into a deceptively simple tool with big impacts on water and soil health: rock weirs. Rancher and Working Wild Challenge director Erik Kalsta joins us from Montana’s Big
Is Education the Antidote to Sprawl in Northern New Mexico?
A key step to creating housing density in the Taos Valley: Engaging locals in conversations about what it means to build good housing.