Using Rock Weirs to Slow Water in the Big Hole Valley with Rancher Erik Kalsta
Today we’re digging into a deceptively simple tool with big impacts on water and soil health: rock weirs. Rancher and Working
Beyond Instagram Cowboys: Inside the trainings teaching range riders how to keep ranches resilient
“Be community-oriented.” Kim Kerns, a sheep rancher from Oregon, clarified her first rule of range riding early on a windy Thursday
Is Education the Antidote to Sprawl in Northern New Mexico?
A key step to creating housing density in the Taos Valley: Engaging locals in conversations about what it means to
Thomas Herefords takes home 2025 Montana Leopold Conservation Award
Thomas Herefords of Gold Creek accepted the 2025 Montana Leopold Conservation Award® during the 106th Montana Fam Bureau Annual Convention.
California Wolves, 87 Dead Cattle, and the NYT Op-Ed Everyone’s Sharing
California’s recent decision to remove four members of a wolf pack near Lake Tahoe sparked national attention - but the
The View from Here
I am conflicted about scenery. ‘The view’ complicates life, and conservation, in Missoula, Montana’s North Hills, where I grew up. I
Water, Not Land, Limits Growth in Colorado and the West
A decades-long boom has permanently reshaped Colorado. Along the Front Range, cities from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs have merged
Dung beetles dig it, create value for ranchers and rangelands
Plop! Big mammals poop. They poop a lot. Cattle poop up to a dozen times a day. Horses? Up to 15
Inside the Movement to Fund Rural America with Erin Borla
Only 7% of philanthropic dollars goes toward rural America, and our guest today is working to change that. Today our CEO
A beetle biological control success story
The tamarisk is a gritty survivor, a tenacious shrub that evolved in the steppes of central Asia in dry conditions
Landowners want to save ranching in the most threatened ecosystem in the world – grasslands
Landscape fragmentation and development can be combatted with private conservation The Lesser Prairie-Chicken Landowner Alliance (LPCLA) acknowledged today that America is
What to do about sprawl with Ken Mirr
The American West is changing fast, and one of the biggest forces shaping that change is development. Sprawl - those