Forest OKs part of south Crazy Mountains land exchange
Following public opposition, the Custer Gallatin National Forest has abandoned a controversial portion of its proposed south Crazy Mountains land exchange, but will move ahead with the rest. The agency is…
Read More...Grand Junction is ‘darn hard to get to’: ranchers split on public lands agency’s move west
The Bureau of Land Management is moving from Washington D.C. to Grand Junction, Colorado. Ranchers, some of the constituents with whom the agency works most closely, are divided on the…
Read More...Biden chooses Vilsack to return as ag secretary
After days of speculation and anonymous sources, President-elect Joe Biden officially announced that he has asked Tom Vilsack to return to serve as the agriculture secretary after serving eight years…
Read More...USDA announces increase to certain incentive payments for Continuous CRP
The USDA is increasing incentive payments for practices installed on land enrolled in the Continuous Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). USDA’s FSA is upping the Practice Incentive Payment for installing practices,…
Read More...NRCS announces January 8 EQIP deadline for New Mexico ag producers
The USDA NRCS announced today that a sign up for fiscal year 2021 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is underway. All New Mexico agricultural producers who would like to be…
Read More...Colorado HPP state council seeks livestock and sportsmen representatives
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is seeking volunteers to fill two openings on the Habitat Partnership Program State Council. The Council is the oversight body for the Habitat Partnership Program…
Read More...Winter’s dry start prompts low California water allocation
California’s water managers yesterday preliminarily allocated just 10% of requested water supplies to agencies that together serve more than 27 million Californians and 750,000 acres of farmland. The state Department…
Read More...OPINION: Bring landowner voices to Montana Private Land/Public Wildlife meeting
Malta-area rancher, president of the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, and WLA member Leo Barthelmess penned an op-ed for the Northern Ag Network that lays out all the reasons why landowner voices are so important…
Read More...Study finds biodiversity stewardship incentives can be enhanced by regulatory assurances
A recent study applied a return-on-investment (ROI) perspective to explore better ways to target private-sector conservation engagement under the ESA and identify factors that affect incentives for participation in voluntary…
Read More...First local advisory group named to shape migration corridor policy in Wyoming
Gov. Mark Gordon has selected seven members to serve on the state’s first local migration corridor working group to offer guidance on one of the most critical big-game migratory pathways…
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