“Making The Most Of Every Drop.” Ranchers Talk Water, Drought Resilience
LA GRANDE, OR — The Northeast Oregon Rangeland Summit was a great opportunity for landowners, government officials, and working lands professionals to come together and learn about the issues facing
The cost to build conservation into the business plan
Idaho’s King’s Crown Organic Farm and Ranch In southern Idaho, where annual precipitation averages less than eight inches and spring winds can strip bare fields down to sand in a matter
Long-running Colorado lab says 2026 is the worst snow year in Gunnison Basin recorded history
The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) reports that, as of late March, spring 2026 snowpack surrounding its Gothic, Colorado, campus was at its lowest level recorded in more than 50
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,