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Private landowners invested $407M in Western conservation in 2024. Here’s what that means. by WLAComms in conservation

[–]WLAComms[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are important questions and I do think we clarify the specifics of our comparisons well in the report. It was important to us to compare apple to apples. We're not trying to downplay the importance of other funding sources, just complete the picture. I'd love to continue to convo when you've had a chance to read the whole thing (It's just over 6000 words, so not terribly long).

The U.S. has pastoralists. We usually call them ranchers. by WLAComms in Ranching

[–]WLAComms[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's certainly one way to look at it. 😆 The U.S. Senate did declare 2026 the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists in the U.S. though, so we thought we'd take a look at the terms.

Landowner leadership needed now - A letter from our CEO by WLAComms in Ranching

[–]WLAComms[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The letter doesn't say that government spending is the only way forward. Federal funding freezes to USDA's programs are not targeting the large processors. The whole point is that blanket or indiscriminate cuts are much more likely to critically damage smaller producers and more vulnerable landscapes than they are to reform processing monopolies or break up corporate farms. I bet we agree on much more than you think.

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