Grasslands, Aridlands and Forests

Looking Ahead: Advancing Habitat and Climate Progress After the Budget Bill
August 01, 2025 — ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ maintains its unyielding commitment to supporting federal policy that benefits birds, people and the places they call home
Policy & Advocacy
Congress’ Budget Bill Presents Setbacks for Habitat Conservation and Climate, While Preserving Agricultural Funding, Dropping Public Lands Sales
August 01, 2025 — ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ assesses how the newly passed budget reconciliation bill affects birds and communities
Policy & Advocacy
Spectacled Eider swimming in a wetland.
Why Protecting Alaska’s Western Arctic Matters Now More Than Ever
July 31, 2025 — Urge the Department of the Interior to uphold the 2024 rule that protects critical Arctic lands.
Public Lands
Maier’s Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed Farm Recognized as First ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Certified Bird-Friendly Habitat in Minnesota
July 23, 2025 — Cattle are the key for creating grassland bird habitat at central Minnesota farm
Conservation Ranching
Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed Ranch Network Earns ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡â€™s Bird-Friendly Land Certification
July 22, 2025 — ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Certified Bird-Friendly Lands boast grazing practices that benefit birds
Conservation Ranching
One person unspools wire while another holds several metal stakes. Cattle graze behind them.
To Grow Grassland Habitat, Conservationists Try a New Incentive: Cash for Birds
December 12, 2024 — ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ and partners hope the novel approach will yield more bird-friendly grazing on livestock farms in the Midwest.
Conservation Ranching
Two men pound wood posts into a creekbed.
Flowing Forward: Reviving Streams Through Partnerships
November 19, 2024 — The launch of a stream restoration project on a Colorado Ranch.
Western Water
A partial rainbow over sagebrush steppe landscape.
Our 2024 ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Conservation Ranching Bird Monitoring Results
September 27, 2024 — Bird activity and sightings on ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Certified bird-friendly ranches were noticeably higher this year.
Conservation Ranching
Sunrise over pine trees.
Birding Tours on Cattle Ranches?
September 12, 2024 — ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Conservation Ranching and Reefs to Rockies add a new dimension to ecotourism.
Conservation Ranching
Group of teenagers pose with staff in front of a sign for the bird-friendly maple program
Junior Forest Technicians Visit Bird-Friendly Maple Sugarbush
September 11, 2024 — “As soon as we got out of our cars, I immediately heard a huge difference in bird abundance and diversity" - Danni, JFT Crew Leader