The American West went through climate hell in 2021. But there’s still hope
The American West has entered a dangerous new era of hotter heat waves, ever-more-brutal droughts and a growing threat of violent extremism on public lands. There’s still hope for the…
Read More...How to Save the Prairie, Acre by Acre
The vital Kansas ecosystem is rapidly shrinking. Its future depends on private landowners like Lorna Harder. Before Harder and her husband bought their 100 acres, they rented their home and…
Read More...Science to Action: Takeaways from IWJV’s “Storing Carbon in Sagebrush Rangelands” Report
The importance of keeping carbon out of the atmosphere is widely understood, but breaking down knowledge on how to protect carbon already stored in our ecosystems into actionable practices can…
Read More...Agri-Pulse poll: Climate change concerns many farmers, but carbon payments far too low
A majority of U.S. farmers are at least somewhat concerned about climate change, and nearly half are using or considering practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new Agri-Pulse survey…
Read More...Why Questioning the Sustainability of Wool Is Misguided
In this piece, we are going to look at one example of the harmful impact of partial and misleading sustainability claims in the global north. It relates to wool; it…
Read More...Wildfires accelerating tree migration from climate change: study
Migrant trees are finding new homes in forests across the Western U.S., as changing climate conditions — accelerated by wildfires — force them to seek out cooler, wetter locations, a new study…
Read More...Keeping Cattle on the Move and Carbon in the Soil
Ranchers and conservationists, once unlikely allies, are teaming up to preserve grasslands, which act as a carbon dioxide sink that could support climate goals.
Read More...Weather whiplash: California’s historic downpour interrupts historic drought
Over the span of two days, dramatic scenes of dried landscapes and wildfires that have defined California’s summer were replaced with surging rivers, floods and mudflows as a historic rainstorm…
Read More...USDA Announces Initial Supporters of Sustainable Productivity Growth Coalition
USDA Secretary Vilsack announced that more than 50 organizations and countries have officially declared their support for the Sustainable Productivity Growth for Food Security and Resource Conservation (SPG) Coalition, which…
Read More...The resurgence of waffle gardens is helping indigenous farmers grow food with less water
In the face of climate change and persistent droughts, a growing number of people from Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico and elsewhere are adopting the traditional farming practice called waffle…
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