USDA Expands and Renews Conservation Reserve Program in Effort to Boost Enrollment and Address Climate Change
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA will open enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) with higher payment rates, new incentives, and a more targeted focus on the…
Read More...National Audubon Society Announces Largest Market-Based Regenerative Grasslands Partnership in the U.S.
The National Audubon Society today announced the largest market-based regenerative grasslands partnership in the U.S. with Panorama Organic Grass-Fed Meats. The commitment will impact one million acres of certified organic U.S. grasslands and create…
Read More...West Slope governments want more voice on wolf reintroduction
A coalition of northwest Colorado local governments want more say in the plan to reintroduce wolves in the state, especially as it relates to the Western Slope. Incorporating local voices…
Read More...Gray wolf confirmed in Nebraska
Genetic testing results recently confirmed a large canine killed Jan. 28, 2021, near Ueling, was a gray wolf. The female wolf had been legally shot by coyote hunters, who contacted…
Read More...Landowner tags made permanent in Oregon
The Oregon House has unanimously voted to eliminate sunset dates from the landowner preference program, which provides hunting tags for elk, deer and antelope based on property acreage. Lawmakers have…
Read More...Colorado and California Prepare for More Wolves
With Wolves detected in areas as far south as San Luis Obispo County in California, and returning by migration and reintroduction to Colorado, success management will rest not only on…
Read More...Chronic wasting disease test developed by scientists
Scientists have developed a new way to test live animals for chronic wasting disease that holds promise for one day detecting the illness in the wild.
Read More...Judge sides with conservationists in sheep grazing dispute
A federal judge sided with environmental groups who said allowing domestic sheep to graze in Montana’s Centennial Mountains at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Sheep Experiment Station could create conflicts…
Read More...Legislature passes black bear, grizzly bear and wolf proposals
Three controversial proposals that seek to change how bears and wolves are managed in Montana were passed in the Montana Legislature. Proponents of these bills argue that additional lethal tools…
Read More...Can a pasta machine protect the seeds to save the West’s wildlands?
On their hands and knees in a rural northern Utah canyon on a Monday morning, two scientists peer at the ground trying to determine whether traditional seed protection practices or…
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