Finance 101 webinar series: the basics of conservation transactions
David Hoffer of Lyme Timber Company joined the Conservation Finance Network for a two-part webinar series. In part 1, David walks through an overview of financing terms and concepts, including…
Read More...Last year’s historic floods ruined 20 million acres of farmland
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, heavy spring rains across the nation in 2019 caused nearly 20 million acres of farmland to go unplanted. Farmers incurred, collectively, billions…
Read More...Mountain West land values in 2019
Each year the USDA, through the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), reports on agricultural land values. Generally speaking farm real estate average values per acre have stayed relatively stable in…
Read More...New report outlines policies to generate additional revenue for landowners
In a new report, the Center for American Progress outlines policies that could generate additional revenue for farmers and ranchers who adopt climate-friendly practices, like storing more carbon in soils,…
Read More...Group working on new carbon credit trading platform
Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy has initiated a working group to develop a U.S. protocol for paying ranchers and farmers to store carbon in their soil.
Read More...Working group to develop protocol for storing carbon
Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy has initiated a working group, which includes WLA, to develop a United States protocol for paying ranchers and farmers to store carbon in…
Read More...Ecosystem services market consortium to start selling carbon credits
The Ecosystem Services Market Consortium, founded by some of the nation’s largest agribusinesses, will begin selling carbon credits in January or February, said the organization’s executive director, Debbie Reed.
Read More...Bennet unveils discussion draft to create new tax credit for farmers and ranchers to capture carbon in the land sector
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today released a discussion draft of legislation to establish a new tax credit for farmers and ranchers, state and local governments, and tribes, to sequester…
Read More...Valuing California’s ecosystem services
The ecosystem services of working landscapes in California are essential to the state’s future. To protect them, they must have an economic value. Article features WLA Advisor Stephanie Larson
Read More...Survey: Montanans want more state conservation spending
Montanans care a lot about public land access and conserving wildlife and they like the idea of the state spending more money on those things, according to survey results released…
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