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Bucket 2 Environmental Drought Mitigation Funding Opportunity (B2E2) Informational Public Webinar
Zoom*Reclamation will host an informational public webinar on Wed., Dec. 11, 2024, at 11 a.m. MT. Join from the meeting link: https://bor.webex.com/bor/j.php?MTID=m5203af48267faf7379c10edccd728eb2 * The Bureau of Reclamation Upper Colorado Basin Region is pleased to announce a funding opportunity for environmentally oriented projects that include additional water savings benefits within the Upper Colorado River Basin, referred to as…
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FeaturedAgainst the Herd – Film Screening and Panel with the Stars
VirtualAgainst the Herd is the amazing story of the Smith family and their Cottonwood Ranch in Nevada, and how they intersect with the future of America's public lands. Almost a century of poorly managed grazing degraded millions of acres of America’s public lands. But Cottonwood Ranch has discovered that cattle can actually be the key to restoring our rangelands.
Now the Smith family must convince legislators and agencies that cows aren't always eco-villains, or they could lose it all. Rancher Agee Smith and Prof. Jared Talley, who both star in the film, and filmmaker Jaxon Derow will join us to take audience questions following the screening!
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Restoring the Western Water Cycle: Can we manage land and water to improve the water cycle in the West?
Zoomhttps://youtu.be/ZwsCg7Zb8sE The first webinar of WLA’s 2025 Water Webinar series called attention to the need to consider the larger water cycle and the feedback loops between the living landscape, land stewardship and water availability, including the possibility of managing the water cycle to maximize precipitation. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from scientists, advocates and…
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FeaturedWebinar: Accessing NRCS Funding for tools to protect livestock from wolves and other large carnivores
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 Colorado counties that have experienced significant livestock losses to wolves and other large carnivores. Agricultural producers interested in implementing land management activities including range riding, carcass management and electric fencing to…
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FeaturedPolicy Opportunities for Western Working Lands in the next Congress and Federal Administration
Join WLA’s new Chief Policy Officer, Traci Bruckner, and WLA CEO Lesli Allison for a special live, members-only event to learn about the many ways we can advance policies that support vibrant rural communities and thriving working lands and wildlife. There are major opportunities before us that WLA is poised to seize. Come find out…
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FeaturedBeneath 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 how these programs have been designed, implemented, and received by select communities, and if groundwater easements really can become an effective tool in combating water…
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FeaturedThe 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 List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife under section 4(d) of the ESA, including the designation of critical habitat for the species. WLA's chief policy officer,…
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FeaturedProposed 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.
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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.
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FeaturedNeighboring 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 what do landowners need to know about developing community-led solutions? Our panel of landowners, policy experts, and regional NGO partners will tackle these questions, and…
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