Posts by Louis Wertz
Changes to Conservation Stewardship Program you should know about
Through CSP, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) helps farmers, ranchers and forest landowners earn payments for expanding conservation activities while maintaining agricultural production on their land. CSP also encourages…
Read More...Women in Ranching to host weekly community check-in calls
In response to recommendations to limit in-person interactions from the CDC and pandemic experts, our Women in Ranching program director Amber Smith will be hosting weekly video conference calls on Zoom, every Wednesday at 12pm (noon) MST, for connection, comfort, and community.
Read More...Waterton Biosphere Reserve’s Carnivores and Communities Program
The Waterton Biosphere Reserve’s (WBR’s) Carnivores and Communities program operates in four municipalities, two of which are within the boundaries of the Waterton Biosphere Reserve in Canada. The program focuses on proactive management to decrease conflict between people and carnivores, especially bears and wolves, within the agricultural community of Southwestern Alberta. It is well funded and effective, and it is a major WBR program.
Read More...5 Things We are Grateful for this Thanksgiving
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we’re taking a moment to express our gratitude to some of the things that make our lives as land stewards so rewarding. Landowners and managers have a lot to be thankful for in the West.
Read More...WLA Seeks Chief Program Officer
Do you have a passion to ensure the West stays whole and healthy? Do you have 10+ years of project or program management experience and at least five years as…
Read More...Update on WLA’s federal and state forest policy work
Nearly 8 million acres across western states have burned in 2017, highlighting yet again the urgent need for lawmakers across the West and in Washington, D.C. to push for smart…
Read More...Western Water Threatened by Wildfire: It’s Not Just a Public Lands Issue
A report by the American Forest Foundation, highlights the important role states can play in empowering private landowners to protect forested headwaters that supply millions of Westerners with clean water,…
Read More...Principles for State Water Planning
Many states, including Colorado, New Mexico, and Montana, are implementing statewide Water Planning. WLA drafted and adopted these principles for use by landowners who are engaging in these planning processes…
Read More...Restoring America’s Rural Economies, Land and Wildlife
WLA’s work is led and informed by experienced landowners and managers who have a vested stake in both the economic and environmental well being of the West’s great landscapes and…
Read More...Toward a Healthy and Productive West
Five common sense principles endorsed by more than 130 organizations light the path to a better West.
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