General Resources and Publications
Podcast: Native Warm Season Grass Episode 8 – Dr. Pat Keyser
Dr. Pat Keyser, Director of the Center for Native Grasslands Management shares his 40+ year knowledge about establishing native warm-season forages.
Podcast: Native Warm Season Grass Episode 7 – Steve Clubine
Steve Clubine, producer from West-central Missouri and retired grassland biologist discusses starting out with a grazing system and animal performance.
Landowner Resources
WLFW collection of resources specifically for landowners.
Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership
The Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership enables NRCS and the Forest Service to collaborate with agricultural producers and forest landowners to invest in conservation and restoration at a big enough scale to make a difference.
USDA Invests More than $48.6 Million to Manage Risks, Combat Climate Change
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest more than $48.6 million this year through the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership for projects that mitigate wildfire risk, improve water quality, restore forest ecosystems, and ultimately contribute to USDA’s efforts to combat climate change. This year, the USDA Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will invest in projects, including 14 new projects, bringing together agricultural producers, forest landowners, and National Forest System lands to improve forest health using available Farm Bill conservation programs and other authorities.
Working Lands for Wildlife: Northern Bobwhite, Grasslands and Savannas Framework for Conservation Action
Working Lands for Wildlife: Northern Bobwhite, Grasslands and Savannas Framework for Conservation Action is a 2022 publication by NRCS capturing a long-term, large landscape conservation plan to recover central and eastern grasslands for northern bobwhite and other wildlife species. To support the win-win approach of WLFW, this framework also includes anticipated outcomes for risk management and revenue enhancements for agricultural/forestry operations, as well as measured outcomes for greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation.
Grazing Gone Native
Producer Drexel Atkisson talks about role of NWSFs in his grazing system in dealing with drought.
Podcast Episode: Native Warm Season Grass Episode 6 - Technical and Financial Assistance
J.B. Daniel, Grassland Agronomist and Grazing Specialist with NRCS Virginia talks about NRCS programs that offer technical and financial assistance for planting native warm-season forages and set up grazing systems.
The Conservation Foundation Private Landowners
The connections between people and land are countless. Land can provide a spiritual sense of place, happy memories of times past, and hope for future generations’ connections with the land around them. Some of our greatest accomplishments have been tied to preserving not only the land, but the legacies that go with it. There are many reasons why someone may want to ensure the long-term protection of a piece of land or restore its ecological health and many ways to accomplish it. Check out the many options that are available for you to protect or restore your special place.
Defenders of Wildlife Private Lands Conservation
Defenders works with private landowners, land trusts and other partners to communicate, educate and apply conservation and restoration techniques on the ground habitat to advance species recovery and wildlife coexistence on private lands nationwide.
Using the Conservation Tax Incentive
The permanent conservation easement tax incentive is a powerful tool that helps Americans conserve their land voluntarily.
The Nature Conservancy Private Lands Conservation
The Nature Conservancy works to establish local groups that can protect land. Private lands conservation is an innovative tactic that leverages the increasing interest of the private sector to take part in conservation. TNC works with landowners, communities, cooperatives and businesses to establish local groups that can protect land. Some of the main tools used to achieve these goals include land trusts, conservation easements, private reserves and incentives.
The Nature Conservancy Nature Lab
Nature is the fantastic factory that makes the building blocks of all our lives—food, drinking water, the stuff we own, and the air we breathe. That’s why The Nature Conservancy and its 550 scientists have created Nature Lab: to help students learn the science behind how nature works for us and how we can help keep it running strong.
Final Release Webinar: An Assessment of Native Seed Needs and the Capacity for Their Supply
You are invited to a briefing on An Assessment of Native Seed Needs and the Capacity for Their Supply: Final Report, prepared by an ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The final report provides findings on public and private sector needs for the seeds of native plants for ecological restoration and other revegetation activities, and an assessment of the nation’s capacity to supply native seeds for multiple purposes. The report presents the results of two surveys, one of native seed suppliers and the other, of state departments of wildlife, parks, transportation, and agriculture. The report offers insights into the native needs uses of federal land-management agencies, tribal nations, and the private sector, and provides recommendations for improving the reliability, predictability, and performance of the native seed supply.
An Assessment of Native Seed Needs and the Capacity for Their Supply: Final Report (2023)
In our efforts to analyze the nation’s system of producing and using native plant materials for restoration and to identify the most impactful steps toward improving the supply, we were not helped by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our meetings, presentations, and information gathering were slowed significantly, and the availability of our committee members, National Academies staff, and expert informants across the nation were drastically altered by the many changes to people’s professional and personal lives. “Nevertheless, we persisted.” We are now honored to release what we believe is a well- supported set of key recommendations for improving the native seed supply, backed by findings and conclusions reached through collecting input from native seed producers and users in the public, private, nonprofit, and academic sectors across the US.
Sage Grouse
Sage grouse define the American West. We're working to make sure they thrive through win-win, voluntary conservation.
Yazoo Darter
The Yazoo darter (Etheostoma raneyi) is a small fish that is found only in two watersheds – the Little Tallahatchie and Yocona River watersheds in northern Mississippi.
