A habitat conservation lease is a voluntary, incentive-based agreement between FWP and private landowners in which the landowner commits to retaining wildlife habitat in exchange for a one-time per-acre fee for a 30 or 40-year lease. Lease values are based on 15% of fee value for a 30-year lease and 20% of fee value plus a 5% bonus for a 40-year lease. Prices range between $85-$1021/acre and vary depending upon habitat type.

Sign-up for the program runs from Oct. 15th to Nov. 30th
Available for producers within:
-Sagebrush
-Mixed grass prairie
-Pothole wetland grasslands
-Intermountain shrub
-Grasslands
-Riparian floodplain habitats

In collaboration with the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, the Wyoming Livestock Board will be hosting 2 virtual meetings on Animal Disease Traceability (ADT). The meetings will describe the importance of ADT and the recent amendments to the USDA ADT rule. Each meeting will cover the same material. Zoom links for the meetings are available below. 

Also, USDA published a new info sheet on common myths associated with the amended ADT rule. A link to the document is available below the zoom information. 

Join us to learn how 37 ranchers in Rich County, Utah, transformed livestock grazing on 128,000 acres of public and private lands to protect rangelands, streams and wildlife. Discover how this community-led project, developed in collaboration with the BLM, Forest Service and stat of Utah, is balancing ranching and conservation.