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New guide from Western Landowners Alliance will help agencies and landowners build trust for addressing wildlife challenges

By WLA | March 20, 2025

Denver, CO – A new publication from the Western Landowners Alliance will help agencies seeking to work more productively with private landowners, farmers and ranchers. The guide, Building Trust: A…

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NRCS in Colorado to offer funding for using tools to protect livestock from wolves, other large carnivores  

By WLA | January 7, 2025

Media Release  Denver – USDA’s Colorado Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office and Western Landowners Alliance (WLA) are announcing $2.5 million in funding opportunities for agricultural producers in counties that…

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USDA Secretarial Order is a Win-Win for Wildlife and Working Lands

By WLA | October 21, 2024

UPDATE: USDA has removed all record of this Secretarial Memorandum from its websites. WLA is committed to working with the incoming administration to ensure that USDA continues to recognize and…

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Habitat Leasing Opportunity through USDA’s Grassland Conservation Reserve Program Grows with Important Changes in Western States

By WLA | June 4, 2024
Mule deer buck stands in a field.

Sign-up runs through June 28, 2024.  Denver – The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Monday announced the sign-up period for the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program, which will run from…

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New bill would scale up voluntary, locally-led big game conservation on working lands

By Louis Wertz | May 8, 2024

The Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act would build on pilot Migratory Big Game Initiative WLA helped initiate in Wyoming.

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$22 million coming to the West to help ranchers steward habitat and reduce conflicts with large carnivores

By WLA | December 11, 2023

Helena – More than $22 million in USDA funds are coming to help livestock producers across five Western states remain economically viable and steward habitat in predator rich environments, thanks…

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Oregon ranchers get boost on innovation for wildlife-livestock conflict prevention 

By Louis Wertz | September 8, 2023

BEND, Oregon – As wolves expand across Oregon, livestock producers in the state need more tools to avoid conflicts with these crafty predators. Funding from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service…

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Western Landowners welcome historic USDA working lands investment

By WLA | June 27, 2023

BOULDER, Colorado, June 27, 2023 — Today, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced major changes and new investments that recognize and support the vital role that working lands play…

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Wyoming Migration Fund to Benefit Working Lands, Big Game Habitat

By Louis Wertz | March 6, 2023

The Pooled Migration Fund serves as a catalyst to significant federal investments in Wyoming Buffalo, WY – March 6, 2023 – The WYldlife Fund, a nonprofit partner of the Wyoming…

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New audio documentary investigates history, challenges and future of sharing Western landscapes with wolves

By Louis Wertz | December 6, 2022

By most metrics, wolf recovery in the lower 48 is a conservation success story. But not everyone sees it that way. The first season of a new podcast from Montana…

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