LandCAN

LandCAN Conservation Success Stories

Browse our Growing Library of Success Stories

South Carolina Forester Big on Conservation

By:

Scott Rhodes plants longleaf pine trees prized by federally endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers. He also burns his woodlands to create ideal habitat for numerous species including, one day perhaps, at-risk gopher tortoises.



 

Taming Battle Creek

By:

Coffee with conservationist wins rancher’s struggle



 

Walking the River

By:

Fly fishing guide Gary Lang wades in on conservation and his passion for angling



 

A Promising Future For a California Plant Once Believed Extinct

By:

How a Southern California developer helped save the San Fernando Valley spineflower



 

Where Quail is King

By:

Preserving Hunting Traditions in South Carolina



 

Restoring Sagebrush Country With Modern Wildfire

Through the Sage Grouse Initiative (SGI), private landowners across Eastern Oregon are volunteering to perform proactive conservation treatments on their rangeland to promote healthy habitat for sage grouse and other wildlife.



 

Local Partners Mimic Beavers to Restore Streams In Wyoming

By:

A few SGI field conservationist volunteer to help the Wyoming Game and Fish build “beaver dam analogues” for a pilot project on private land



 

Conservation Road Trip – Taking No-Till To The Next Level

By:

Montana rancher returns cropland to permanent grasses and forbs to provide forage for livestock and sage grouse



 

Idaho Models “3 C’s” - Collaboration, Cooperation, Conservation

By:

The Idaho Sage Grouse Action Team is a prime example of how neighbors are working together to achieve unprecedented conservation success for people and wildlife across the range.



 

Thomas Brothers Make The Ground Better In Idaho

By:

Cooperating with USDA, young ranchers improve the land for both sage grouse and cattle



 

Sweet Present, Rich Past

By:

Berry grower embraces conservation and history



 

Two People, One Goal

By:

Farmer and hunting enthusiast embrace conservation



 

What The Eyes Don’t See, The Heart Doesn’t Feel

By:

Family owned and operated Reed Ranch builds a legacy beyond livestock



 

Building Blinds, Building Lives

By:

Disabled veteran crafts accessible hunting blinds



 

Pearl in The Making

By:

Program bolsters oysters in the Chesapeake



 

The Homeplace Past The Hollow

By:

Practices preserve farm for future generations



 

A Ripple Effect

By:

Texas Lawyer transformed part of Prairie Creek into a habitat where river otter, white-tailed deer and other wildlife thrive



 

Bringing back the “Prince of Game Birds”

By:

Bob Spiering, with the help of the USDA and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, worked to bring back the bobwhite quail to his farm



 

Artifacts Of Epoch's Past

By:

Rio Grande trout benefit from private lands conservation



 

A Marriage of Opposites

By:

Nadya Seal Faith is a conservation biologist with the Santa Barbara Zoo; Luke Faith is a foreman for Seneca Resources Inc., an oil-production company.