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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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$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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North Park meeting brings ranchers together to talk solutions, challenges, as wolves bear down

By WLA | June 21, 2022

Walden, CO — Wolves have arrived in Colorado ahead of schedule and are now under federal management, and ranchers in Colorado are concerned about what that means for their businesses. …

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Farmers, ranchers, landowners, guides and sportsmen form coalition to defend New Mexico’s private lands elk hunting program

By WLA | November 16, 2021

Santa Fe, NM – New Mexico’s Elk Private Lands Use System (EPLUS) is vital for working lands and for wildlife. The program makes key contributions to rural economies and a…

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