Webinar
Beneath Our Feet: Are groundwater easements a solution for the west?
Zoomhttps://youtu.be/8ZSrMTZHmqE The second webinar of WLA’s 2025 Water and Working Lands Webinar series will explore the topic of groundwater easements as a potential solution for addressing groundwater shortages. We’ll hear…
The Monarch Proposed Listing and Western Landowners: What you need to know
ZoomIn this WLA members-only webinar with USFWS staff, we will hear from the agency personnel responsible for the proposal to add the monarch butterfly as a threatened species to the…
Proposed Grizzly Bear Listing Change: Impacts and Insights for Landowners
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is proposing revisions to the listing of grizzly bears in the lower 48 states, retaining their threatened status under the Endangered Species Act while designating a distinct population segment (DPS).
According to the proposed rule, published January 15, 2025 on the Federal Register, the proposal includes provisions to allow ranchers and state agencies to address human-bear conflicts, including limited lethal control and relocation of bears. The public comment period on the proposal closes March 17, 2025.
Join WLA policy and working wild challenge field staff to discuss this rule, the current listing status, and challenges and solutions to reduce grizzly conflicts in this webinar.
Measuring nature’s benefits: A wetland ecosystem services tool for Prairie Canada
People derive many benefits from nature. These benefits, which are sometimes referred to as ecosystem services, are crucial to human wellbeing, including in the context of mitigation of the dual crises of global climate change and biodiversity loss. Researchers at Ducks Unlimited Canada’s Institute for Wetland and Water-fowl Research have developed a tool to quantify carbon, biodiversity, water regulation and nutrient retention ecosystem services from wetlands in Prairie Canada. This tool allows us to quantify and communicate the benefits of prairie wetland conservation and learn about synergies and trade-offs amongst ecosystem services.
Neighboring Through Drought: Water sharing solutions and what they might mean for the West
ZoomThe third webinar of WLA’s 2025 Water Webinar series will highlight the successes and challenges of community-scale solutions to water sharing during times of drought. What works? What doesn’t? And…
Irrigating for Food and Fish: Water infrastructure and healthy streams
ZoomThe fourth webinar of WLA’s 2025 Water Webinar series will explore the projects and innovative solutions that enable fish to survive and thrive within heavily irrigated systems. Our panel of…
Surface Water Conservation Programs: What are they, and are they working?
ZoomThe fifth webinar of WLA’s 2025 Water Webinar series will examine the successes and challenges of water conservation programs like the Colorado River System Conservation Pilot Program (SCPP). We’ll take…