What’s Going on Down There? Satellites, Irrigation, and Science with Perry Cabot
Perry Cabot is using cutting-edge science to understand evapotranspiration rates and how farmers and ranchers can adapt to drought in a drier West.
We Are Not Ready For The Scorching, Parched Summer Ahead
We’ve all read the innumerable news articles about the looming catastrophe on the Colorado River. The Upper and Lower Basins have failed to find a compromise, they’ve blown past multiple deadlines to come
A Bar of Soap, an Onion Bag, and One Smart Beaver Deterrent
During a recent “Bringing Water Back to the Land” webinar, panelist Chris King dropped one of the more unusual steward tips we have heard of into the conversation in regard
New Report Shines Light on Importance of Private Land Stewardship to all of us
“If we take care of the land, the land will take care of us” is more than a timeless saying—it’s a line item in private landowners’ budgets. New research from the Western
Cade Rensink: Fire is an investment in healthy prairie
Marty Robbins’s “Prairie Fire,” a rollicking, anxious country ballad, describes the fear these huge blazes struck into the hearts of cowboys: fires so big they went from horizon to horizon.
WATCH: Sheepherding with Wolves | (En Español)
Sheepherders are one of the most important—and most overlooked—lines of defense against wolf depredation on western rangelands. Most are Spanish-speaking H-2A workers, yet nearly all training materials are only available
New Study Shows Rain and Ag Have Closer Relationship Than Previously Assumed
A recent paper published by Yan Jiang, a hydroclimatologist completing a postdoc at the University of California, San Diego and Jennifer Burney, a professor of Global Environmental Policy and Earth
Farm Bill 2.0 Supports Wildlife Connectivity, But the Work Continues
Working lands, and the farmers and ranchers who steward them, are central to the conservation of wildlife habitat in the West. When managed thoughtfully, these lands provide essential habitat, enable
In drying West, hope for wetlands found on working lands, says new study
The warming climate in the American West is drying out wetlands at a greater scale than previously known. But where wetlands remain, and why, may surprise you. A 2025 paper, “Going,
Another deadline comes and goes. What will happen to the water in the Colorado River?
Valentine’s Day was supposed to be the time when the Upper and Lower Basin states in the Colorado River kissed and made up, drew up an agreement that would get
Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the result can shift mountain grasslands to scrub
Stephanie Kivlin, University of Tennessee; Aimee Classen, University of Michigan, and Lara A. Souza, University of Oklahoma When you look out across a snowy winter landscape,
On Land Presents: Modern Ranch Management at Scale with Justin Howe
Today we’re sharing an episode from our friends at the Land Investor Podcast featuring Justin Howe—President of Gates Family Ranches, which is a family-owned cattle, hospitality, and conservation operation spanning