Conservation Ranching Program News Today

Preserving grasslands preserves a family's ranching legacy.

Across the West, women are changing the ways land and livestock are managed. Ashley Ahearn saddled up for the Mountain West News Bureau to chronicle their big dreams – and daily challenges. This is the second story of a three-part series.

Across the West, women are changing the ways land and livestock are managed. Ashley Ahearn saddled up for the Mountain West News Bureau to chronicle their big dreams – and daily challenges. This is the second story of a three-part series.

Across the West, women are changing the ways land and livestock are managed. Ashley Ahearn saddled up for the Mountain West News Bureau to chronicle their big dreams – and daily challenges. This is the second story of a three-part series.

Across the West, women are changing the ways land and livestock are managed. Ashley Ahearn saddled up for the Mountain West News Bureau to chronicle their big dreams – and daily challenges. This is the second story of a three-part series.

Across the West, women are changing the ways land and livestock are managed. Ashley Ahearn saddled up for the Mountain West News Bureau to chronicle their big dreams – and daily challenges. This is the second story of a three-part series.

Across the West, women are changing the ways land and livestock are managed. Ashley Ahearn saddled up for the Mountain West News Bureau to chronicle their big dreams – and daily challenges. This is the second story of a three-part series.

Across the West, women are changing the ways land and livestock are managed. Ashley Ahearn saddled up for the Mountain West News Bureau to chronicle their big dreams – and daily challenges. This is the second story of a three-part series.

Marshall Johnson is spreading the word on how your meat purchases can help grassland birds, one burger at a time.  With an estimated 90 percent of North America’s grasslands owned or managed by ranchers, they—along with farmers and consumers—are an integral part of the solution to habitat loss and climate change. In 2016, Marshall and his team launched Audubon’s Conservation Ranching Program, eventually partnering with over 400 farmers and ranchers to promote conservation across more t...

The Morro Coast Audubon Society hosts its next virtual program, Climate Smart Solutions for Grassland Birds, on Feb. 15, at 7 p.m. This free event is part of the groups monthly Zoom series. Guest speaker Matt Allshouse will discuss the Audubon Societys Conservation Ranching Program, which uses a market-based approach to connect conservation-conscious consumers to ranchers who employ bird-friendly management practices in raising their livestock. A rangeland ecologist, Allshouse has mo...