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Who We Are Our Story Our Board Our Team Work for WLA Diversity and Equity Partners Program Funding Annual Report Contact Us What We Do Stewardship Policy Water in the West Working Wild Challenge Publications On Land magazine Events Find or Post a Ranch Job Voice On Land The On Land Podcast Working Wild University Films Shop Join Us Donate Search for: The next era of conservation We’re building a better future for the West. Western Landowners Alliance is a West-wide organization of landowners, natural resource managers and partners dedicated to keeping working lands whole and healthy for the benefit of people and wildlife. Join us! BECOME A MEMBER DONATE NOW WLA welcomes Jason Fearneyhough as Chief Policy Officer The Western Landowners Alliance is proud to announce the hiring of Jason Fearneyhough, veteran agriculture and natural resources advocate, as the organization’s first Chief Policy Officer. We are at a pivotal moment for both agriculture and conservation in the West,” remarked Western Landowners Alliance CEO Lesli Allison. "Jason is an incredibly well-known and well-respected bridge-builder and advocate for agriculture and sustainable resource management. His astute policy mind makes him the perfect fit for WLA, and for this moment in the West.” Learn More $22 million coming to the West to help ranchers steward habitat and reduce conflicts with large carnivores More than $22 million in USDA funds are coming to help livestock producers across five Western states remain economically viable and steward habitat in predator rich environments, thanks to two Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) grants awarded to a consortium led by Western Landowners Alliance and Heart of the Rockies Initiative. Learn More Huge victory for New Mexico’s land and water! Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the state’s budget on March 6th, which includes an additional $300 million for the now fully-funded Land of Enchantment Legacy Fund. This money will provide long-term funding for land and water conservation, agriculture, and outdoor recreation projects statewide. What began as a partnership initiative between Western Landowners Alliance and the New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts has now become the most significant investment in New Mexico’s land and water future ever. Learn More What we’re all about A Better Place In this short film we celebrate Western landowners’ visionary stewardship. Watch, share and be inspired to support our mission of sustaining working lands, connected landscapes and native species! BECOME A MEMBER DONATE NOW Priorities The Habitat Lease Critical habitat for wildlife in the West is disappearing at an alarming rate. We’re working on a big solution. A simple, proven model, applied at scale Habitat leases are designed to secure existing habitat and ecological services currently provided on private lands that meet threshold requirements for ecological site condition. Learn More Water & Drought Leading the proactive response from landowners , on the land and through policy, to the Western water crisis. Water in the West The West’s water crisis is a challenge landowners are rising to, with the right support. Learn More The Working Wild Challenge Thriving ranches and thriving wildlife. Landowner leadership to reduce conflicts between wildlife and livestock Our approach leads to stronger partnerships, more resilient ranches, and ultimately, better-connected landscapes. Learn More On Land The Voice of Stewardship in the American West Magazine + Podcast WLA’s magazine On Land tells the stories of stewardship in a new West, in the voices of the people who are living it, at the leading edge of a future that puts people and nature together again for the benefit of both. Read Now Listen to our new Podcast! The Habitat Lease Critical habitat for wildlife in the West is disappearing at an alarming rate. We’re working on a big solution. A simple, proven model, applied at scale Habitat leases are designed to secure existing habitat and ecological services currently provided on private lands that meet threshold requirements for ecological site condition. Learn More Water & Drought Leading the proactive response from landowners , on the land and through policy, to the Western water crisis. Water in the West The West’s water crisis is a challenge landowners are rising to, with the right support. Learn More The Working Wild Challenge Thriving ranches and thriving wildlife. Landowner leadership to reduce conflicts between wildlife and livestock Our approach leads to stronger partnerships, more resilient ranches, and ultimately, better-connected landscapes. Learn More On Land The Voice of Stewardship in the American West Magazine + Podcast WLA’s magazine On Land tells the stories of stewardship in a new West, in the voices of the people who are living it, at the leading edge of a future that puts people and nature together again for the benefit of both. Read Now Listen to our new Podcast ! AWARD-WINNING PODCAST | Season 2 out now! Working Wild University Working Wild U is our award-winning documentary podcast that takes you out into the field, forest and range with the people and wildlife of the American West to tell you the big stories at the heart of the struggle to sustain resilient and connected landscapes and communities. Season 2 takes a close look at the Endangered Species Act where it meets the ground on working lands across the West. Season 1 explored wolves in the West - from extermination to recovery, to uncovering what it really means to share the landscape with these iconic carnivores. LATEST FILM The Fish & the Flame Our award-winning short film shows how Tim Haarmann, ranch manager at Banded Peak Ranch, and Jim White, a biologist with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, collaborated to save one of the last remaining populations of nearly-extinct San Juan cutthroat trout, just as a wildfire threatens to decimate the fish. PROTECTING WHAT MATTERS IN THE WEST WORKING LANDS, CONNECTED LANDSCAPES, NATIVE SPECIES Together these things make up the revered and vital character of the American West. Landowner leaders are stepping up to keep them intact. We know that the people living and working closest to the earth every day are our best hope for overcoming the challenges we face in the West. Can you help by answering just one question right now? Take the Survey OUR MISSION Western Landowners Alliance advances policies and practices that sustain working lands, connected landscapes and native species. OUR VISION We envision a future in which private and leased public lands in the West are resilient to stressors, healthy, and biologically diverse, and provide for prosperous rural livelihoods and critical ecological services. OUR APPROACH We provide a collective voice, a peer network and a shared knowledge base for landowners striving to keep the land whole and healthy. What We Do VOICE Bringing landowner perspectives and stories to bear on major issues shaping the West. READ MORE STEWARDSHIP WLA’s peer network and shared knowledge base is designed for landowners striving to keep the land whole and healthy. READ MORE POLICY Advancing pragmatic, common ground solutions that sustain working lands, connected landscapes and native species. READ MORE The West Needs Your Voice Join our collective effort and enjoy the benefits of membership. Critical Updates from around the West Landowner Knowledge Exchange Special Events and Member Discounts Receive our magazine On Land Join the Alliance BECOME A MEMBER MEDIA CENTER Western Landowners Alliance is proud to share our stewardship videos. SEE ALL FILMS Join WLA to stay up to date on the most important news and policy for land stewards. Become a member for free today and we will send you the news and policy developments critical to the economic and ecological health of working lands. Join the Alliance BECOME A MEMBER WLA works on behalf of landowners and practitioners throughout the West. We will...