Western Bison Conference
Western Regional Bison Conference
September 13 & 14
Limon, CO
Registration Deadline: August 30, 2024
Living with Beavers Workshop
Wyoming Game & Fish - Cody Tilden Trail, Cody, WY, United StatesWyoming Game & Fish Department and The Nature Conservancy-Wyoming are excited to host this beaver workshop. We will provide technical expertise and resources related to living with beavers, non-lethal beaver management, and other options for mitigating beaver conflicts in Wyoming. Topics covered will include: best practices and technical tools for living with beavers, non-lethal options for…
CULTIVATING HOMEGROUND: A new era of conservation in the American West
Join us Thursday, September 19, 2024, at 5:30pm for the opening of CULTIVATING HOMEGROUND, a new exhibition of the striking photography of Santa Fe photographer Sally Thomson. The exhibition and reception will be held in the gallery at Co-Fe, 314 S. Guadalupe Street, and will include refreshments provided by the on-site Iconik Café. Lesli Allison, founding…
WIR Horsemanship & Cattle Handling Skill Building Workshop
Wide Sky Advetures 316 A Otter Creek Rd, Big Timber, MT, United StatesHorsemanship and Cattle Handling • Skill Building Workshop Big Timber, MT • September 27 & 28. 2024 Co-hosted by WIR and Wide Sky Adventures & Educator: Erica Mannix Bring you or lease a horse from Wide Sky and enjoy learning in a small group setting. We’ll spend a day at the fairgrounds working with horses…
Trailing of the Sheep Festival
Hailey, Idaho Hailey, Idaho, United StatesGather in the Wood River Valley to celebrate, present, and preserve the history and cultures of sheepherding in Idaho and the West. See the full festival schedule here.
Private Lands Partners Day 2024
Eagle Crest on the outskirts of Redmond is located in Central Oregon, on the lee side of the Cascade Mountains. This creates a moisture gradient that results in an incredibly diverse landscape. This includes parklike Ponderosa pine forests near the Metolius River in the Cascades, to sage-steppe habitats of the high desert in the east,…
Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition 20th Annual Meeting
Stanford Sierra Conference Center 130 Fallen Leaf Road, South Lake Tahoe, CAThis year’s Annual Meeting will build upon the exciting work undertaken during RVCC’s 19th Annual Meeting, which explored the emerging vision for rural western communities rooted in the stewardship economy - an economy shaped by the need, and responsibility, to manage for the sustainability of both land and communities. What practices, strategies, investments and policies will lead to thriving landscapes and people in the face of shifting economic drivers and population trends, environmental challenges such as catastrophic wildfire and climate change, and historic levels of funding for conservation and rural communities? Agenda topics included:
Wildfire resilience in federal policymaking
Structures and strategies for all-lands partnerships
Community-based rural development
Sustainable and accessible recreation
Building the stewardship workforce
New federal funding sources and rural community accessibility
Range Riding Workshop – Eastern Oregon
Eastern Oregon University La Grande, OR, United StatesDo you operate in an area with wolves or other large carnivores? Are you concerned about conflicts? Join for a day of conversations and learning alongside local livestock producers and agency representatives focused on applications of range riding and significant new cost sharing opportunities for the practice. Together with compensation, control, and collaboration, expanding…
Elemental Idaho Series
Boise Brewing 521 W Broad St, Boise, IDDr. Emily Wakild (BSU's Andrus Center) discusses the history and future of Idaho recreation with Gretchen Hyde (Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission), and John Robison (Idaho Conservation League).
We'll learn about the Ridge to Rivers trail system, the Owyhee Travel Management Plan, and everything in between!
11th Annual Early Californios Skills of the Rancho
V6 Ranch 70410 Parkfield Road,, Parkfield, CA, United StatesThe 11th Annual Early Californios Skills of the Rancho, hosted by the Californio Bridlehorse Association, will be held October 25-27, 2024 at the Parkfield Rodeo Arena on the Historic V6 Ranch.