Wildlife Conservation Through Sustainable Ranching
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New South Dakota-focused Cattlemen to Cattlemen Segment Airing TONIGHT on RFD-TV
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CHALLENGE OF WOODY ENCROACHMENT IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND HOW PRODUCERS ARE PARTNERING WITH NRCS's WORKING LANDS FOR WILDLIFE TO REMOVE TREES, IMPROVE FORAGE PRODUCTION, AND RESTORE WILDLIFE HABITAT
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The National Cattlemen Beef Association's flagship TV show, Cattlemen to Cattlemen, is focused on how WLFW is working with producers to combat woody expansion in South Dakota with a segment airing tonight (Tuesday, March 28) at 8:30 p.m. Eastern on RFD-TV.
Hear South Dakota ranchers, landowners, and NRCS personnel share how they're addressing this major challenge, why prescribed fire is a powerful tool for managing invading woody species, and what benefits to forage production, wildlife habitat, and resilient grasslands they're seeing after controlled burns.
If you can't catch the show tonight, tune in to Cattlemen to Cattlemen's YouTube channel where the segment will appear in the days after the full episode airs.
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New Science Incorporates Sage Grouse Genetics and Connectivity
RESEARCH OPENS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSERVATION
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New research has spatially mapped connectivity pathways between existing sage grouse Priority Areas for Conservation. These maps provide managers and practitioners with valuable insight into where to invest conservation resources that best conserve genetic exchange among sage grouse populations within PACs.
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| New Storymap Details a Year in the Life of a Sage Grouse
LEARN HOW SAGE GROUSE SPEND THEIR YEAR IN THIS BEAUTIFUL STORYMAP
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Packed with stunning photos from acclaimed sage grouse photographer, Noppadol Paothong, this new storymap, produced by WLFW multimedia specialist Tarra Rotstein-Gray, takes viewers through a sage grouse's year. From spring mating rituals to winter survival techniques, the storymap delivers basic natural history information in an easy-to-digest and gorgeous-to-look at format. Check it out today!
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Cornell Films Highlight Grasslands
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FOUR SHORT FILMS FEATURE PEOPLE ON THE FRONT LINES OF GRASSLAND CONSERVATION, INCLUDING WLFW SCIENCE ADVISOR DIRAC TWIDWELL
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"Reconsidering Cedar" is one of the four films that highlights how partners are coming together to protect and restore North America's imperiled grasslands. Featuring Nebraska's Sandhills and Dirac Twidwell, WLFW science advisor and professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the film dives into the complicated relationship residents of the Great Plains have with eastern redcedar trees - one of the most significant threats facing the biome.
As Twidwell puts it in the film: "There is no other threat I can measure in the Sandhills that displaces production and wildlife habitat as much as woody encroachment. I can connect this to every citizen that lives in the Great Plains."
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The other three films also feature familiar themes and faces. Both "Mending Fences" and "Uncrossed Arms" highlight collaborative efforts in northeastern Montana where WLFW-partner Rancher Stewardship Alliance is working to build community and reduce fence impacts to wildlife. Martin Townsend, a former WLFW Strategic Watershed Action Team member and current RSA staffer, plays a prominent role in both of these efforts. The film, "Vital Signs" features longtime WLFW partner the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies and their efforts in South Dakota to monitor grassland songbird populations following improved grazing practices, a key component of WLFW's range-wide conservation efforts.
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Find more news and resources at WLFW.org
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Check out this podcast episode from Backcountry Hunters and Anglers that features Dean Krehbiel, Kansas NRCS state resource conservationist, and Cade Rensink, a central Kansas agricultural producer, talking about the various programs USDA has to help the farming and ranching community manage their property for better profits and conservation.
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If you're an educator or parent looking for ways to teach your students or children about nature in the Rocky Mountain West, these resources can help! Each was created by Audubon's local Community Naturalists, professional environmental educators who cultivate an appreciation and understanding for nature in Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah. Check them out today!
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With support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, partners are teaming up to address cheatgrass invasions on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation, a two-million-acre landscape with abundant wildlife. The collaborative effort is part of a broader Wyoming-wide strategy that is proactively targeting cheatgrass across the Cowboy State.
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Treating cheatgrass invasions early, through a Defend the Core approach, is a key strategy to preventing further invasion. This is exactly what Gunnison County in Colorado is doing with its new "cheatgrass coordinator" position. Hiring a coordinator gives the county the additional capacity it needs to continue to treat cheatgrass across agency, county and property lines. With the new position and funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocated, the county is well-poised to work across boundaries to defend intact cores and prevent widespread cheatgrass infestations.
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The Idaho Governor’s Office of Species Conservation and Sage-Grouse Actions Team are accepting proposals for sage-grouse habitat restoration projects. For state Fiscal Year 2024, $800,000 will be available for projects that implement actions outlined in the Governor’s Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Strategy. Application deadline: Friday May 5, 2023. Learn more and apply.
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Working Lands for Wildlife is the Natural Resources Conservation Service's premier approach for conserving America's working lands to benefit people, wildlife, and rural communities. In the West, WLFW is guided by two, action-based frameworks for conservation. The framework approach is designed to increase conservation and restoration of rangelands by addressing major threats to rangeland health and through the implementation of conservation measures that limit soil disturbance, support sustainable grazing management, promote the strategic use of prescribed fire, and support native grassland species. Together, the frameworks leverage the power of voluntary, win-win conservation solutions to benefit people and wildlife from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
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