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Perpetuity is Forever, Almost Always: Why It Is Wrong To Promote Amendment and Termination of Perpetual Conservation Easements

By: Ann Taylor Schwing
When a landowner makes a charitable gift of a conservation easement to a nonprofit organization or government entity and elects to seek a federal tax deduction, both landowner and easement holder are subject to federal tax laws and regulations governing the creation, monitoring, amendment, and extinguishment of the easement. https://www.landcan.org/article/Perpetuity-is-Forever-Almost-Always-Why-It-Is-Wrong-To-Promote-Amendment-and-Termination-of-Perpetual-Conservation-Easements/3511/

 

Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Assessment and Strategy for Oregon - A Plan to Maintain and Enhance Populations and Habitat

By: Christian Hagen
Plan describes Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s management of greater sage-grouse and provides guidance to public land management agencies and land managers for sage-grouse conservation. https://www.landcan.org/article/Greater-SageGrouse-Conservation-Assessment-and-Strategy-for-Oregon--A-Plan-to-Maintain-and-Enhance-Populations-and-Habitat/2245/

 

NRCS Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative

In November of 2009, Secretary Vilsack announced a commitment of $320 million over the next four years for a Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative to address water quality, wildlife habitat and natural resource conservation concerns in the Basin.& ...https://www.landcan.org/article/NRCS-Mississippi-River-Basin-Healthy-Watersheds-Initiative-/67/

 

Conserving Greater Sage-Grouse - A Sportsmen's Priority

By: Backcountry Hunters and Anglers
The Backcountry Hunters and Anglers' Report on the Greater-Sage Grouse shows how Wyoming got Sage-Grouse conservation right by getting everyone around the table.& ...https://www.landcan.org/article/Conserving-Greater-SageGrouse--A-Sportsmens-Priority/2242/

 

Tools for Helping Imperiled Wildlife on Private Lands

By: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
This booklet provides information for citizen stewards and landowners, who embody President Bush’s vision of cooperative conservation—a vision built upon innovation, local ideas, inspiration and incentives, and on-the-ground action. https://www.landcan.org/article/Tools-for-Helping-Imperiled-Wildlife-on-Private-Lands/1892/

 

Best Management Practices for Solar and Wind Energy Development - A Conservationist’s Guide

By: Allison Jones, Wild Utah Project, Salt Lake City, UT, Emanuel Vasquez, Wild Utah Project, Salt Lake City, UT, Amy O'Connor, Wild Utah Project, Salt Lake City, UT
Best Management Practices provide science-based criteria and standards that land managers and conservation planners follow in making and implementing decisions about human uses and projects that affect our natural resources. https://www.landcan.org/article/Best-Management-Practices-for-Solar-and-Wind-Energy-Development--A-Conservationists-Guide/2824/

 

Farmers, ranchers work to conserve biggest aquifer in the US

By: USDA NRCS
The conservation efforts taken by farmers and ranchers have helped decrease the water withdrawn from the Ogallala Aquifer by more than 280 billion gallons over the past four years and are expected to continue contributing to the aquifer's health in the future.https://www.landcan.org/article/Farmers-ranchers-work-to-conserve-biggest-aquifer-in-the-US/1009/

 

USDA Technical Service Providers

By: Resources First Foundation - RFF
The 2002 Farm Bill. authorized USDA to use Technical Service Providers (TSPs) The premise behind Technical Service Providers is that the demand for assistance to do conservation work is increasing and will exceed the current staffing capacity of the NRCS. https://www.landcan.org/article/USDA-Technical-Service-Providers/136/

 

Working Together - Tools for Helping Imperiled Wildlife on Private Lands

By: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
This booklet provides information for citizen stewards and landowners, who embody President Bush’s vision of cooperative conservation—a vision built upon innovation, local ideas, inspiration and incentives, and on-the-ground action. https://www.landcan.org/article/Working-Together--Tools-for-Helping-Imperiled-Wildlife-on-Private-Lands/1980/

 

Fish and Wildlife Management A Handbook for Mississippi Landowners

By: By Adam T. Rohnke and James L. Cummins
A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO ENCOURAGING FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, LAND MANAGEMENT, AND MAXIMUM ENJOYMENT OF RESOURCES Featuring over five hundred illustrations and forty tables, this book is a collection of in-depth discussions by a tremendous range of experts on topics related to wildlife and fisheries management in Mississippi. https://www.landcan.org/article/Fish-and-Wildlife-Management-A-Handbook-for-Mississippi-Landowners/2535/

 

Farmers, Ranchers Mitigate Impacts of Drought with Good Planning

By: USDA NRCS
USDA’s NRCS is helping to mitigate impacts of drought across the nation. With good drought plans and conservation systems, farmers and ranchers are better equipped to manage dry and other extreme weather.https://www.landcan.org/article/Farmers-Ranchers-Mitigate-Impacts-of-Drought-with-Good-Planning/900/

 

Using the 2010 Arkansas Phosphorus Index

This 14-pager from the Univ. of Arkansas Div. of Agriculture summarizes the Arkansas P Index, or API, adopted by the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission effective Jan. https://www.landcan.org/article/Using-the-2010-Arkansas-Phosphorus-Index/330/

 

A Collsion of Visions -The truth about the woods

By: Bruce Vincent
Rural America and the rest of the nation are experiencing a collision of visions. Rural Americans seek the conservation of their natural resources in combination with economic stability, while urban American visitors to these lands use political pressure to keep these lands pristine.https://www.landcan.org/article/A-Collsion-of-Visions-The-truth-about-the-woods/843/

 

Unlocking the Economic Potential of Your Woodlot

By: Carl Wiedemann
If you’re interested in long-term woodlot management, this article investigates the benefits of silviculture and the idea that forest management considers the trees that are left growing after a timber sale are just as important as the trees that are cut. https://www.landcan.org/article/Unlocking-the-Economic-Potential-of-Your-Woodlot-/206/

 

Missouri Waterbirds and Working Lands

By: William E. Jensen
As a product of the Waterbirds on Working Lands Audubon-Monsanto partnership, this report summarizes the interface between wetland and waterbird conservation and agriculture in Missouri, with special emphasis on Audubon Missouri's (AM) Important Bird Areas (IBA) program. https://www.landcan.org/article/Missouri-Waterbirds-and-Working-Lands/2706/

 

Working Trees for Agriculture

By: USDA National Agroforestry Center
Putting trees to work in conservation and production systems for farms, ranches, and nearby communities means planting the right trees, in the right places and in the correct design to achieve desired objectives. https://www.landcan.org/article/Working-Trees-for-Agriculture/2027/

 

RWP Executive Summary (March 2014)

By: WAFWA
This updated Executive Summary of WAFWA's Range-wide Conservation Plan for the Lesser Prairie Chicken outlines the WAFWA Mitigation System, the Plan Administration (including committee composition), and current implementation status. https://www.landcan.org/article/RWP-Executive-Summary-March-2014/2087/

 

Water From the Desert - Entrepreneurs Tap into Unlikely Water Sources

By: Reed Watson
Water is a scarce and contentious resource in California. Its allocation frequently breeds conflicts over endangered species, land use, and public health. https://www.landcan.org/article/Water-From-the-Desert--Entrepreneurs-Tap-into-Unlikely-Water-Sources/1971/

 

2012-2013 Cover Crop Survey

By: Steve Werblow and Chad Watts
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program has published the results of a nationwide survey that assesses the benefits, challenges, yield impacts, and scale of adoption of cover crops.https://www.landcan.org/article/20122013-Cover-Crop-Survey/1374/

 

Wildlands and Woodland - A vision for the New England landscape

By: David R. Foster, Brian M. Donahue, David B. Kittredge, Kathleen F. Lambert, Malcolm L. Hunter, Brian R. Hall, Lloyd C. Irland, Robert J. Lilieholm, David A. Orwig, Anthony W. D’Amato, Elizabeth A. Colburn, Jonathan R. Thompson, James N. Levitt, Aaron M. Ellison, William S. Keeton, John D. Aber, Charles V. Cogbill, Charles T. Driscoll, Timothy J. Fahey, Clarisse M. Hart
New England’s distinctive landscape is a testament to the resiliency of the land and the conservation ethic of its people. The remarkable return of the region’s forests following an early history of forest clearing and intensive logging offers an unprecedented opportunity to secure a more sustainable future.https://www.landcan.org/article/Wildlands-and-Woodland--A-vision-for-the-New-England-landscape/874/