Nature is king – The art and life of Clyde Aspevig
Clyde Aspevig is a master of landscape painting. Today, he lives in Bozeman, Montana, but Aspevig grew up on his family’s historic homestead near the Canadian border outside of Rudyard,
The Great and Powerful Atlas
Can a set of maps avoid erasing people from the landscape? By the time you are reading this, thousands of individuals, nonprofits, industry associations, state and local governments and others will
Ranching in reality: A perspective on the future from an old cowboy
Recently, a young man asked me how he could get into the ranching business. I told him there were two ways: inherit a million dollars or win the lottery, then
In relationship with the land
Why does it matter if conservation is locally led? The answer is culture, and it matters a lot. Elk migrate from the high summer pastures of the Yellowstone plateau to the
How to collaborate for landscape-scale restoration
What does it take to do restoration at scale, and manage large, multi-jurisdictional landscapes for a suite of ecosystem services? The answer is collaboration. But what makes collaboration successful? Kris Hulvey,
Composting a recipe for conflict reduction
This is a simple recipe that is spreading from community to community in the Northern Rockies, just ahead of growing grizzly bear populations. It’s called carcass composting, and it’s another
Can the center hold? Collaborative conservation is the way out West
This issue of On Land takes a look into the rise of landowner-led, collaborative conservation. Pioneered by ranchers from the U.S.-Mexico border to Montana’s Blackfoot Valley, it is a movement
Coming Together Around the West
Collaborative Conservation Leaders Sound Off Beginnings Malpai Borderlands Group (MBG) est. 1994 “We formed as a nonprofit in 1994 to address intact landscapes, open landscapes and [protecting] pastoral traditional livelihoods on the landscape
Using Dogs to Reduce Conflicts in Rangeland Settings
When it comes to reducing conflicts with wildlife, dogs may just be a landowner’s best friend. Whether protecting human and livestock safety in the yard, pasture or open range, dogs