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.
Thomas Herefords takes home 2025 Montana Leopold Conservation Award
Thomas Herefords of Gold Creek accepted the 2025 Montana Leopold Conservation Award® during the 106th Montana Fam Bureau Annual Convention. The award honors ranchers, farmers, and forestland owners who go
California Wolves, 87 Dead Cattle, and the NYT Op-Ed Everyone’s Sharing
California’s recent decision to remove four members of a wolf pack near Lake Tahoe sparked national attention - but the story behind it is much bigger.
The View from Here
I am conflicted about scenery. ‘The view’ complicates life, and conservation, in Missoula, Montana’s North Hills, where I grew up. I returned to Missoula in 2005 after 25 years away. I
Water, Not Land, Limits Growth in Colorado and the West
A decades-long boom has permanently reshaped Colorado. Along the Front Range, cities from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs have merged into a nearly unbroken wall of development. Yet as the