Conservation
WLA Debuting Latest Film in Santa Fe – January 25th
WLA is very pleased to be working with Taos, New Mexico film-maker Pablo Irlando-Wildman on our latest film: “Water is Life.” Based in Taos, New Mexico and focused specifically on…
Read More...You’re Invited! Land Succession Planning Day and Evening Film Screening
Mark you calendars for two Western Landowners Alliance special events January 25, 2018 in Santa Fe, New Mexico Legacy on the Land: Compelling Stories and Creative Tools for Land…
Read More...Toward a Healthy and Productive West — A Broad New Alliance Emerges
Greetings friends and colleagues, Western Landowners Alliance, Family Farm Alliance, Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition, and Partners for Conservation have come together with a set of messages to federal officials…
Read More...Farm Bill programs cultivate healthy forests in Colorado
Check out the new ColoradoBiz op-ed Farm Bill programs cultivate healthy forests in Colorado by WLA’s ED Lesli Allison on the importance of supporting investment in stewardship of healthy forests and watersheds…
Read More...WLA joins key groups calling on Trump to prioritize Western water needs
On March 16, Western Landowners Alliance joined a group of agricultural water users and conservationists in a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump encouraging him to include in his Fiscal…
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...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...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...Private Lands Critical to Conservation
As we celebrate Public Lands Day this weekend, WLA’s Executive Director Lesli Allison highlights the need to consider the landscape as a whole and the critical role private lands play in sustaining…
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