The Southwest is a dry place. This statement should not surprise anyone; when you think of Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico, you think of Prickly Pear and Saguaro, desert sunsets and dusty streets. What may not so quickly come to mind are the rapidly growing cities of Los Angeles, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Denver, and Las Vegas. Read more about Pulse of the River —Reid Lewis[…]
BACKGROUND Bridger-Teton National Forest (BTNF) in western Wyoming is the third-largest forest in the continental United States. It is a key piece of the biodiverse Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, home to everything from charismatic megafauna like wolves and grizzly bears to birds and trout. It is also a place that has been shaped inexorably by human Read more about Engaging the Jackson Hole Latinx and Youth Communities in Bridger-Teton National Forest Review Processes —Eve Barnett, Haley Leslie-Bole, and Jesse Bryant[…]
Black bear at a bird feeder Carnivores have become social media sensations when they enter into urban areas. Hundreds of videos of bears breaking into houses and raiding the refrigerators or mountain lions lying under an unsuspecting resident’s back porch can be found with one quick online search. After a predator shows up in a Read more about Urbanization & Human-Wildlife Conflict in the West —Amy Zuckerwise[…]
A significant amount of carbon is locked up underneath the ancient grasslands of North America. Grasses naturally absorb carbon during their lifecycle, and over time can sequester that carbon into the underlying soils. Grasslands carbon is considered safely locked away and out of the picture when it comes to rapidly accelerating global greenhouse gas emissions Read more about Grasslands Can Help Fight Climate Change —Jeffrey Conti[…]
Northern Plains Resource Council is a grassroots conservation group that organizes Montana citizens, farmers, and ranchers around coal, water quality, and the interconnected health of landscapes and agricultural communities. It’s unlike any other conservation organization I’ve worked with or heard of in that it was founded by ranchers having to fight coal to stay on Read more about Campaign for a Soil Ethic- Eamon Heberlein[…]
Join the Ucross High Plains Stewardship Initiative, Westies, and the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy for a two-part panel series, “Public-Private Partnerships: Making Conservation Work in the West” featuring the Chama Peak Land Alliance and the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
Join the Ucross High Plains Stewardship Initiative, Westies, and the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy for a two-part panel series, “Public-Private Partnerships: Making Conservation Work in the West” featuring the Chama Peak Land Alliance and the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
Are you interested in livestock operations, rangeland management, and climate-friendly agriculture? This two-day workshop is a unique offering designed to introduce Yale students to the essential tools and tenants of Holistic Management. The Savory Institute’s Byron Shelton will provide students with a deep introduction to the decision-making framework employed by land stewards to manage for Read more about Holistic Management with the Savory Institute: Professional Skills Module[…]
A chance meeting three years ago over dinner at the Ucross Foundation schoolhouse led to a unique collaboration between UHPSI and a group of faculty/alumni from the Land Arts of the American West Program at the University of New Mexico. Over the course of two summers, the collaborative team worked together in the field to Read more about Ucross: A Portrait in Place[…]
Our third and final lunch lecture of the fall semester will be Monday, November 30th! Come hear Brian Kuehl, a principal with K-Coe Isom, a food and agricultural consulting firm. Brian leads the firm’s Federal Affairs service area. With a background in environmental law and regulations, he identifies and educates business owners on how to Read more about Looking West: Voices from the American Plains – Brian Kuehl, Principal, K-Coe Isom[…]
Come hear Karen Hostetler, the Co-founder and owner of Mountain Meadow Wool Company. Mountain Meadow Wool is a full-service wool spinning mill in Wyoming whose mission is to create a company that sustains ranching. Karen will be talking about her experience starting a wool mill as well as her work researching the wool industry and Read more about Looking West: Voices from the American Plains – Karen Hostetler, Co-founder and Owner, Mountain Meadow Wool Company[…]
Shane is a member of the Western Energy Counsel at Trout Unlimited and a partner in his family’s cattle ranch. Prior to Trout Unlimited, he was a litigation associate at Holme Roberts and Owen LLP in Denver, Manager of the Powderhorn Ranch in Douglas, Wyoming, and an instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School. He Read more about Looking West: Voices from the American Plains – Shane Cross, Western Energy Counsel at Trout Unlimited[…]
A day long symposium with morning talks, lunch and afternoon workshops: bird and plant walk, photography workshop, ranch mapping and hydrology workshop, and a naturalist hike for kids! Participants include writers Frank Goodyear and Laura Bell; photographers Michael P. Berman and William S. Sutton; Bighorn Audubon Society President Dr. Jackie Canterbury; Charlie Bettigole, Arthur Middleton, Read more about Wyoming Grasslands Symposium: The Art and Science of Grasslands[…]