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WLA in the News
Below are a couple of recent WLA news hits: The Senate just voted to overturn another environmental rule — sending it to Trump’s desk – Washington Post Allison: Opportunities abound…
Read More...Forestry at the Public/Private Interface – A WLA Webinar & Discussion
Thursday, March 9 at 10 AM MST With over 100 million acres of Western forests located on private lands, landowners and managers throughout the West have a significant role to…
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...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...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…
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…
Read More...RELEASE: Groundbreaking Analysis Maps Rapid Loss of Natural Area in the American West
May 17, 2016 Washington, D.C. — In a first-of-its-kind analysis of human impacts on lands in the American West, the Center for American Progress and the nonprofit scientific collective Conservation…
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