Posts by WLA Admin
Let's Keep and Care for Our Public Lands
February 1, 2017 Western Landowners Alliance today sent a letter to Congress opposing two bills that would sell more than 3 million acres of public land and remove federal law…
Read More...WLA Launches Knowledge Network!
Do you have a question related to land or water management and want answers from other landowners and managers? Would you like to be part of a network and connect…
Read More...WLA Board Chair Featured in Video on Public Lands
WLA Board Chair Jeff Laszlo, owner and operator of Granger Ranches near Ennis, Montana, discusses his passion for our public lands and how they rely on them for their business…
Read More...New Video from TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation
TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation provides healthy food on working lands in a way that sustains the planet and inspires others to action. Western Landowners Alliance Board Treasurer, Wendy Millet, is…
Read More...FACT SHEET: The Obama Administration Announces New Steps to Advance Soil Sustainability
Dec 5, 2016 – Today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), in collaboration with Federal agencies and private-sector stakeholders, is announcing new steps to work towards…
Read More...USDA Partners with Farmers and Ranchers to Protect More Than 500,000 Acres of Working Grasslands
Nov. 30, 2016 – Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Deputy Under Secretary Alexis Taylor today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will accept more than 504,000 acres that…
Read More...NRCS to Expand Targeted Conservation Effort for Wildlife on Agricultural Lands
Nov. 29, 2016 – From the northern bobwhite to trout and salmon, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adding dozens of new target species to its premier wildlife conservation…
Read More...The Hill: Trump must put rural America to work
November 29, 2016 – Many rural communities, especially forest-dependent communities, have yet to recover from the economic downturn. In fact, some areas like northern Maine or parts of the South…
Read More...USDA Expands Working-Lands Conservation Opportunities through CRP
Nov. 4, 2016 – Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Deputy Under Secretary Alexis Taylor today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will offer a new Conservation Reserve Program…
Read More...Feds may order first cuts in water from Colorado River; CU team issues warning to next president
Feds say Arizona, California and Nevada could face shortages starting in 2018. A University of Colorado team led by a former Obama administration water chief has issued a water warning…
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