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.

Earlier this month, the Natural Resource Conservation Service and Farm Service announced major changes.

What might be the impact of AI on voluntary collaborative conservation work with private landowners? 

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!

It is my hope that when the importance of a program like USFWS-Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program is questioned, the important impact the program has had on college organizations and young conservationists like UWSP is strongly considered in the conversation.

I cannot stress enough how absolutely important and valuable the PFW program is to farmers and ranchers, and by helping to sustain and promote wild and native grasslands, it is extremely beneficial to our whole society as well.

Since the Program’s inception in 1987, over 50,000 landowners have worked with Partners staff to complete 60,000 habitat conservation projects on 7 million acres.

The Great Plains Partnership Forum scheduled for February in Manhattan, Kansas was caught in a Polar Vortex...

Partnerscapes was invited by conference organizers and USDA-NRCS Working Lands for Wildlife to offer a private lands perspective at the Pew Charitable Trust Corridor and Connectivity conference.