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We connect people to ideas and innovations – and each other – building a community of practice for landscape conservation. Together, we are developing tools and strategies and advancing best practices and policies to help people sustain the landscapes we cannot live without.

Catalyst Fund
The Network's Catalyst Fund builds capacity for Landscape Conservation Partnerships by investing in the “backbone” coordination of the collaborative process

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Explore the report that emerged from the strategic discussions of the 2017 National Forum on Landscape Conservation

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Explore the summary report of the 2017 survey of North American landscape conservation initiatives

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Perspectives: Landscape Conservation in Action
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Ranchers don’t really raise cattle, according to John Richardson. They raise grass. Richardson, who owns the Hat Creek Ranch in Montana’s Big Hole Valley, said he knows that healthy grass means healthy cattle, and healthy grass, of course, comes from healthy soil and water. Richardson said he keeps soil and water health at the forefront of his ranch practices, from installing solar wells to building wildlife-safe fencing to preventing overgrazing by raising a smaller herd once every few years. Protecting...
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