Western Landowners Alliance
Webinar: Accessing NRCS Funding for tools to protect livestock from wolves and other large carnivores
USDA’s Colorado Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office and Western Landowners Alliance (WLA) are announcing $2.5 million in funding opportunities for agricultural producers in Colorado counties that have experienced significant livestock losses to wolves and other large carnivores. Agricultural producers interested in implementing land management activities including range riding, carcass management and electric fencing to…
Policy Opportunities for Western Working Lands in the next Congress and Federal Administration
Join WLA’s new Chief Policy Officer, Traci Bruckner, and WLA CEO Lesli Allison for a special live, members-only event to learn about the many ways we can advance policies that support vibrant rural communities and thriving working lands and wildlife. There are major opportunities before us that WLA is poised to seize. Come find out…
Range Rider Training
Morgridge Commons Meeting and Conference Center 815 Cooper Ave 2nd Floor, Glenwood Springs, CO, United StatesWe’ve designed this short course format for individuals looking to enhance their skills and understanding of range riding and reducing wolf interactions.
Beneath Our Feet: Are groundwater easements a solution for the west?
Zoomhttps://youtu.be/8ZSrMTZHmqE The second webinar of WLA’s 2025 Water and Working Lands Webinar series will explore the topic of groundwater easements as a potential solution for addressing groundwater shortages. We’ll hear how these programs have been designed, implemented, and received by select communities, and if groundwater easements really can become an effective tool in combating water…
Working Hands, Wild Lands – Mini documentary film festival
Patagonia Denver 2600 Walnut St, Denver, CO, United StatesJoin Western Landowners Alliance for an in-person conservation-minded documentary film festival at Patagonia Denver! We will be highlighting three films: Against the Herd Almost a century of poorly managed grazing degraded millions of acres of America’s public lands. But Cottonwood Ranch has discovered that cattle can actually be the key to restoring our rangelands. Now…
The Monarch Proposed Listing and Western Landowners: What you need to know
ZoomIn this WLA members-only webinar with USFWS staff, we will hear from the agency personnel responsible for the proposal to add the monarch butterfly as a threatened species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife under section 4(d) of the ESA, including the designation of critical habitat for the species. WLA's chief policy officer,…
Proposed Grizzly Bear Listing Change: Impacts and Insights for Landowners
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is proposing revisions to the listing of grizzly bears in the lower 48 states, retaining their threatened status under the Endangered Species Act while designating a distinct population segment (DPS).
According to the proposed rule, published January 15, 2025 on the Federal Register, the proposal includes provisions to allow ranchers and state agencies to address human-bear conflicts, including limited lethal control and relocation of bears. The public comment period on the proposal closes March 17, 2025.
Join WLA policy and working wild challenge field staff to discuss this rule, the current listing status, and challenges and solutions to reduce grizzly conflicts in this webinar.
Neighboring Through Drought: Water sharing solutions and what they might mean for the West
ZoomThe third webinar of WLA’s 2025 Water Webinar series will highlight the successes and challenges of community-scale solutions to water sharing during times of drought. What works? What doesn’t? And what do landowners need to know about developing community-led solutions? Our panel of landowners, policy experts, and regional NGO partners will tackle these questions, and…
NE Oregon Rangeland Summit
Eastern Oregon Universy - Hoke 339 One University Blvd, La Grande, OR, United StatesThe first-ever Northeast Oregon Rangeland Summit will be held virtually and in-person at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande on Thursday, April 3rd, 2025. The theme of the event is “Managing Working Lands in 2025: Learning from the past, leaning into the future.”
Irrigating for Food and Fish: Water infrastructure and healthy streams
ZoomThe fourth webinar of WLA’s 2025 Water Webinar series will explore the projects and innovative solutions that enable fish to survive and thrive within heavily irrigated systems. Our panel of landowners, scientists, and engineers will explain what needs to happen to protect fish and farms alike, and how these projects require innovation to overcome unique…