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Colorado fourth state to sign federal-state forest management agreement
“The U.S. Forest Service and the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) signed a forest management agreement this week, allowing projects to cross the boundaries between federal and privately owned land.…
Read More...New Resources for Young Ranchers and Farmers
LOUISVILLE, October 29, 2015—Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden today announced a commitment by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to prioritize $5.6 billion over the next two years within USDA…
Read More...Sage Grouse Decision Validates Landowner Conservation Efforts
September 22, 2015 The Western Landowners Alliance announces that today’s decision by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) finding the greater sage grouse as not warranted for listing validates…
Read More...Most of the U.S. Rented Farmland is Owned by Non-Farmers
WASHINGTON, Aug 31, 2015 –Agricultural producers rented and farmed 353.8 million acres of farmland, according to the results of the 2014 Tenure, Ownership, and Transition of Agricultural Land (TOTAL)…
Read More...Wyoming Gov. Mead launches Western Governors' Endangered Species Act Initiative
Published on August 26, 2015. Governor Matt Mead as Chairman of the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) announced his Chairman’s Initiative: Improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the Endangered Species Act…
Read More...NRCS and Montana sign agreement to further sage grouse conservation efforts
Seventy percent of sage grouse habitat occurs on private or state lands in Montana. The state of Montana, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Soil and Water Conservation…
Read More...BLM, USFS Plans for Western Public Lands Provide for Greater Sage-Grouse Protection, Balanced Development
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) today released final environmental reviews for proposed land use plans that will help conserve greater…
Read More...U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA Propose Actions to Build on Successes of Endangered Species Act
Initiatives will increase regulatory predictability, increase stakeholder engagement, and improve science and transparency 05/18/2015 Contact us Jessica Kershaw (Interior), Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov Brian Hires (Fish & Wildlife Service), (703) 358-2191, brian_hires@fws.gov Ciaran…
Read More...USDA to Provide $332 Million to Protect and Restore Agricultural Working Lands, Grasslands and Wetlands
Private landowners, tribes, and eligible entities encouraged to apply by May 15 WASHINGTON, March 31, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that U.S. Department of Agriculture is making…
Read More...USDA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Launch Ecosystem-Wide Effort to Aid Southwestern Willow Flycatcher and Other Riparian Species
Working Lands for Wildlife Boasts New Practices, Greater Predictability for Landowners in Six Western States WASHINGTON, March 30, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)…
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