If you have the time and the ability to get to Minnesota, it will be a great learning opportunity through immersion in stories about how broad partnerships are accomplishing great things for natural resources.
Over the last 9 months, Partnerscapes, along with the National Wildlife Federation and Rural Coalition, convened 4 focus groups of landowners/agricultural producers, former NRCS staff, and a small subset of partners that work together with landowners and NRCS to get a feel for how things were going with CTA and NRCS.
Earlier this month, the Natural Resource Conservation Service and Farm Service announced major changes.
In the first of its kind questionnaire and report, Western Landowners Alliance commissioned a survey conducted by Southwick Associates collecting responses from 649 landowners across Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
During the last 3 years, the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, hosted by the Wildlife Management Institute (WMI) and its partners, has created a forum for discussion about creating a refined set of Foundational Elements of Fish and Wildlife Conservation that is current and forward-looking. A new online questionnaire seeks to gain insights from practitioners, landowners. policymakers, academics and others about what policy items each person believes important to include in a future list of Foundational Elements.
What might be the impact of AI on voluntary collaborative conservation work with private landowners?
Partnerscapes continues to see the power of sharing stories of different perspectives coming together to address shared concerns and values.
It is with deep respect and sadness that we share the passing of Carl Madsen, a pioneering leader in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and a true champion for private lands conservation.
Thank you for all you have done for your land, landscape, community and organization this year! I wanted to state that up front before I expand on why it is important, knowing this is long enough to get moved from the newsletter to the blog page!
Early last month, the 17th annual Private Lands Partners Day was convened in Williamsburg, Virginia.
In late July 2025, Partnerscapes was honored to work with a broad range of partners to host a partnership forum in the Refugio-Goliad Prairie in the middle Texas Gulf Coast.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is providing annual payments to landowners who have Florida panther habitat of high conservation priority.
Partnerscapes Conservation Network Facebook Group is a national community for anyone involved in collaborative conservation. It’s a place to share stories, learn from others, and celebrate success. Landowners, Tribal members, agencies, organizations, and individuals are all welcome—whether you’re bringing years of experience or just getting started.
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