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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…
Read More...USDA, Partners Unveil Sage Grouse Management Map
“The USDA’s NRCS is offering people across the West a handy new tool to help them understand and visualize sage grouse territory. Partnering with the University of Montana and other…
Read More...The Madison Loses a Friend
We are so very sorry to hear of the passing of Alex Diekmann, a revered conservationist in the Madison Valley and Greater Yellowstone and dear friend to many. Please read…
Read More...USDA to Invest $150 Million through Conservation Stewardship Program to Help Improve Working Lands
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that $150 million in funding is available for agricultural producers through the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), USDA’s largest conservation…
Read More...Op-ed: Cooperation, not standoffs, drives the real work of preserving western ranching
Lesli Allison, Executive Director of WLA contributed an article to the Salt Lake Tribune. Read the article here: Op-ed: Cooperation, not standoffs, drives the real work of preserving western ranching
Read More...WLA Member Sid Goodloe on "Out on the Land"
Sid Goodloe of Carrizo Valley Ranch appeared on the TV show “Out on the Land” last night. “Out on the Land” is a weekly television show on the RFD TV…
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