Archive for October 2016
Rancher Dale Lasater remembered for his devotion to cattle, land
At the Dale Lasater Ranch, there was something to be learned. So, for the past five years Téa Saylor, 15, has visited the place on the eastern plains, home to…
Read More...Private land: conservation’s new frontier in America
WLA’s founding board chair Paul Vahldiek and High Lonesome Institute Director Shane Mahoney published an insightful paper on the private land conservation movement in the International Journal of Environmental Studies.…
Read More...USDA Announces McLarty Capital Partners Rural Investment Fund
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the launch of a new private investment fund with the potential to inject $100 million into growth-oriented,…
Read More...Remember key role of private ranches, farms
In an op-ed in the Casper Star Tribune, WLA’s Executive Director Lesli Allison emphasizes the important role privately owned working ranches and farms play in sustaining wildlife and other resource…
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