Grasslands, Aridlands, and Forests

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Grasslands, Aridlands, and Forests

We improve habitat quality on privately managed and public lands.

Burrowing Owls. Photo: Sandrine Biziaux Scherson/Լ��Ƶ Photography Awards

Working on working lands.

Working lands represent one of the best hopes for conservation. These parcels of forests, ranches, and farms add up to roughly a billion acres—or about half the land in the entire Lower 48 states. Լ��Ƶ collaborates with landowners, land managers, government agencies, and private industry across the hemisphere to increase the quality of habitat on privately managed lands to benefit 20 flagship bird species. Լ��Ƶ also helps landowners and land managers apply bird-friendly practices on their lands.

Our Areas of Focus

Public Lands Conservation Ranching Natural Climate Solutions Regenerative Agriculture Private Lands

Cattle ranching for birds: a song for sustainability

Cattle ranching for birds: a song for sustainability

The new Sustainable Cattle Ranching Playbook recently launched by Լ��Ƶ Americas shares the ancient and vital connection of people and birds, and best practices to boost productivity while helping birds.

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Bird Friendliness Index Shows Լ��Ƶ Conservation Ranching is Bringing Grassland Birds Back

Bird Friendliness Index Shows Լ��Ƶ Conservation Ranching is Bringing Grassland Birds Back

Populations show a jump of more than a third in some areas.

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House Vote to End Lesser-Prairie Chicken Protections Ignores Clear Science

A stripy brown chicken-shaped bird with big orange eyebrows stands on the ground among dead, monochromatic sticks.

House Vote to End Lesser-Prairie Chicken Protections Ignores Clear Science

Removing endangered species protections would put the species on a path toward extinction.

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Ranchlands’ Colorado & Wyoming Ranches Certified as Լ��Ƶ Bird-Friendly Habitats

A small owl standing in grass holds a worm dangling from its beak and looks at the camera with its bright yellow eye.

Ranchlands’ Colorado & Wyoming Ranches Certified as Լ��Ƶ Bird-Friendly Habitats

Cattle cater to bird conservation in the Լ��Ƶ Conservation Ranching program

Working Lands

Protecting our wild heritage.

Public Lands

Protecting our wild heritage across the hemisphere on lands managed for everyone.

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Grasslands, Aridlands, and Forests

Լ��Ƶ Conservation Ranching

To combat the negative effects of grassland degradations—and to keep grass on the landscape—Լ��Ƶ has developed the Conservation Ranching Initiative. This market-based conservation approach offers incentives for good grassland stewardship through a certification label on beef products.

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Silvopasture Across the Hemisphere

Լ��Ƶ aims to bring bird-friendly practices to 4.7 million hectares of productive lands in Latin America and the Caribbean, increasing habitat and connectivity across landscapes. This will boost the overwinter survival rate of migratory birds while increasing the abundance of local wildlife, including endemic and threatened birds.

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Adult. Photo: Olivia Graves/Great Backyard Bird Count Participant

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

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Tricolored Blackbird May Be Listed as Endangered in California

December 10, 2015 — Protections for struggling bird will go into effect while Commission considers full listing.

Working Lands

6 Other Birds That Will Benefit From Sagebrush Conservation

September 22, 2015 — As much as we love them, it's not just about the Greater Sage-Grouse.

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6 Ways to Help Sage-grouse Right Now

September 22, 2015 — The Greater Sage-grouse won’t be listed under the Endangered Species Act, but that doesn’t mean important conservation opportunities aren’t ongoing.

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