Archive for February 2016
USDA, Partners Unveil Sage Grouse Management Map
“The USDA’s NRCS is offering people across the West a handy new tool to help them understand and visualize sage grouse territory. Partnering with the University of Montana and other…
Read More...Updated Policy Re-affirms Federal-State Collaboration on Implementing the ESA
February 19, 2016 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (together the Services) have updated a long-standing policy on the role of state fish and…
Read More...The Madison Loses a Friend
We are so very sorry to hear of the passing of Alex Diekmann, a revered conservationist in the Madison Valley and Greater Yellowstone and dear friend to many. Please read…
Read More...How Conservationists Could Have Prevented the Oregon Standoff
TIME.COM, Feb. 4, 2016 – Conservationists and landowners must work together. It didn’t have to happen. One dead, eight in jail, hundreds of thousands of dollars gone to waste—and the root…
Read More...USDA to Invest $150 Million through Conservation Stewardship Program to Help Improve Working Lands
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that $150 million in funding is available for agricultural producers through the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), USDA’s largest conservation…
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