“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
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
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
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.
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,
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,
Flood Irrigation Can Lead to Better Streamflow, Study Says
The conversion of flood irrigation to sprinklers has been a boon to producers. Sprinklers are more efficient, which means better yields, and better yields mean more to sell on the
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
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