From 12 Cattle to 14,000 Acres: New Mexico Leopold Award Winners grew with passion and care
Carlos and Nelia Armendariz built their New Mexico ranching operation from a small grazing lease into a 14,000-acre enterprise, pairing changes in grazing management with investments in water infrastructure, rangeland
On the Ground at J Lazy S: Seeing Virtual Fencing in Action
CARMEN, Idaho — On October 2, landowners, ranchers, agency and nonprofit partners, and community members gathered at J Lazy S Angus Ranch in Carmen, Idaho, to see how the Smith
‘We live here too.’ Grizzlies, human safety and ranching along Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front
Today we're visiting with Blackfeet rancher and tribal elder Joe Kipp and rancher Trina Jo Bradley to hear what it takes to raise livestock, raise families, and make a living
Staying Safe in Grizzly Country with Casey Anderson
What should you do if you come face-to-face with a grizzly bear? In this video episode of Working Wild U, we head into grizzly country with wildlife filmmaker and bear expert
The West’s new Hotshot Crew? Cows called in to Contain wildfire
When fire commanders try to figure out how to contain a major wildfire, the last thing you might expect them to deploy is a herd of beef cattle. But on
Want to rebuild the herd? Invest in the land, water and people we need to do it
On Friday afternoon, just before a three-day weekend, the Trump administration released two new executive orders with the aim of shoring up support for American ranching. Together they address several
Can a Town Really Be Bear-Proof?
After a visit to an elementary school in Wyoming that practices “bear drills,” we head to Gardiner, Montana, where living alongside grizzlies is part of daily life.
Drought Adaptation Starts Well Before the Drought
Ranch managers across the West are adapting their operations to increasingly variable conditions and sharing what they’re learning along the way. Drought is nothing new to ranchers in the American West. What is
Where are the grizzly bears headed?
As grizzlies expand across the Northern Rockies, we explore how working lands may be connecting once-isolated bear populations - and landowners are bringing the data.
Why Did the Grizzly Bear Cross the Road?
Working lands help give expanding grizzly populations room to roam - but highways can turn those connected landscapes into isolated islands.
Ranching with Grizzlies in Wyoming’s Upper Green
You can’t talk about ranching with grizzly bears without going to Wyoming’s Upper Green—one of the epicenters of livestock-grizzly conflict in the Northern Rockies.
The Drought Nobody is Talking About
Turn on any news outlet today and you'll hear about drought, forage shortages, water rights, and shrinking reservoirs. Those are real issues, and they deserve our attention.But I believe there's