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Recreation That Pays It Forward — New Land Stewardship Partnership Invests in Western Working Lands
Western Landowners Alliance and Infinite Outdoors Partner to Support Working Lands Through Recreation DENVER – For generations, recreation has helped sustain working ranches across the West. Hunting, fishing, wildlife watching, and…
Read More...Senate farm bill proposal includes key provisions for working lands and wildlife habitat
Denver — The Western Landowners Alliance applauds the inclusion of key provisions in the Senate Agriculture Committee’s revised Farm Bill 2.0 that strengthen the ability of farmers and ranchers to conserve wildlife habitat…
Read More...New season of Working Wild University explores grizzly bear recovery in the West, past, present and future
Documentary podcast brings together ranchers, tribal leaders, wildlife managers, scientists and communities living with grizzly bears BOZEMAN, Mont. — Grizzly bears are returning to parts of the American West where they have…
Read More...Opening remarks by WLA CEO Lesli Allison for webinar “Public Lands Grazing Reform: What’s Changing and Why It Matters for the West”
Good morning, and thank you for being here! I am Lesli Allison, chief executive officer of the Western Landowners Alliance. We are a landowner-led organization dedicated to keeping working lands…
Read More...Public Lands Grazing Reform Webinar: What’s Changing and Why It Matters for the West
Denver, CO – Public lands grazing policy affects everything from wildlife habitat and watershed health to wildfire resilience, rural economies and the ranching families who steward these landscapes. To help the…
Read More...Western Landowners Alliance mourns Ted Turner, Titan of Private Lands Conservation
Western Landowners Alliance joins people across the West and around the world in mourning the passing of Ted Turner, a visionary leader whose commitment to private lands conservation helped shape the…
Read More...WLA Celebrates Idaho’s Recognition of International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists
Western Landowners Alliance applauds the state of Idaho’s recent proclamation recognizing the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists. WLA acknowledges rangelands are a remarkable and important ecosystem that is too…
Read More...Groundbreaking report reveals scale of private landowner investments in conservation
Filling a major gap in our understanding of conservation economics, a new report finds Western landowners invested at least $407.5 million in nature in 2024. Denver — Private lands play…
Read More...As shutdown breaks records, a reminder that Western landowners and working lands need a functioning federal government
Denver – The Western Landowners Alliance (WLA) is a landowner-led, nonpartisan organization with members who steward millions of private deeded and leased public acres across the American West, from all…
Read More...Western Landowners Alliance Congratulates Brian Nesvik on Appointment as USFWS Director
DENVER – The Western Landowners Alliance (WLA) congratulates Brian Nesvik on his confirmation as Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. As a career wildlife professional, lifelong hunter, and…
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