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A road to nowhere? Easements and access to real property
By Guest Contributor Kent Holsinger, Esq. Legal access is indispensable to marketable title to real estate. With all due respect to David Byrne, property owners and potential property owners would…
Read More...Women in Ranching joins Western Landowners Alliance
A couple years ago, between plenary sessions at the annual Quivira Coalition conference in New Mexico, a hallway conversation led to a gathering of 26 women a few months later…
Read More...WLA seeks nominees for new “Land & Livelihood” Award
Submission Deadline Aug. 13 The Award The Land and Livelihoods Award will be given annually to a person identified by WLA members to have made exceptional contributions as a citizen…
Read More...Western Digest – July 2018
News and opportunities on working lands, water and wildlife Days are long, hummingbirds are in the air and summer is well-underway at WLA. Our hope is that each of you…
Read More...Western Landowners in Action – June 2018
Good News! Priorities for Western landowners Advance in the Farm Bill On June 13, 2018 the US Senate Agriculture Committee advanced its version of the 2018 Farm Bill (The Agriculture…
Read More...Western Digest – May 2018
News and opportunities on working lands, water and wildlife Articles this month range from a new report on the state of U.S. agricultural lands to species conservation banking and from…
Read More...Western Digest – April 2018
News and opportunities on working lands, water and wildlife The news stories and articles included in this digest point to the increasing challenges of making a living off the land,…
Read More...Wetland and Stream Mitigation Banking
Conservation Finance Series—Part Two of Eight How does mitigation banking work? Under the federal Clean Water Act and certain state regulations, streams and wetlands are protected resources and cannot be…
Read More...Western Digest – March 2018
News and opportunities on working lands, water and wildlife With spring fresh in the air and the anticipation of new grass in the pasture and new projects on the ground,…
Read More...Introduction to Conservation Finance
Conservation Finance Series—Part One of Eight Landowners can be paid for improving soil health, water quality and wildlife diversity while maintaining agricultural and ranching operations on their land. This is…
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