Success Stories
Our success stories offer snapshots of proactive, science-based conservation efforts that are benefiting working lands and wildlife across the American West.
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Sage Grouse Initiative

Our success stories offer snapshots of proactive, science-based conservation efforts that are benefiting working lands and wildlife across the American West.
Ask an Expert | Mitch Faulkner, 2020 Rangeland Management Specialist of the Year, Talks Partnerships and MoreMay 27, 2020
Mitch Faulkner, 2020 NRCS Rangeland Management Specialist of the Year, talks about the partnerships that have advanced rangeland conservation across boundaries in South Dakota.
Success Story | Innovative Small Business Owner Integral to Restoring Grazing LandsMay 6, 2020
Meet Cecil Swaggart, an innovative small business owner whose expertise is advancing sagebrush restoration in the West.
SGI’s “Ranching First” Approach Proves Key to Protecting Ranch in WashingtonMarch 10, 2020
The Keane Ranch is now protected from development in perpetuity thanks to a conservation easement supported, in part, by the USDA-NRCS Sage Grouse Initiative. Photo courtesy of CDLT. The early morning sunlight dances across the hill tops, slowly lighting up the canyon walls just outside Wenatchee, Washington. On the surface nothing is different about this […]
Nature’s Engineers: How Beavers Boost Streamflows and Restore HabitatJanuary 13, 2020
Almost like magic…How beavers boost streamflows and restore habitat with a little help from humans.
Low tech riparian restoration hits the ground in IdahoNovember 6, 2019
In Idaho, low-tech stream restoration is taking off, thanks in part, to SGI’s workshops and education efforts.
Birds of a Feather on Working LandsAugust 20, 2019
Read about how Working Lands for Wildlife is benefiting the golden-winged warbler and the greater sage grouse, two bird species that have more in common than expected.
Western Working Lands for Wildlife 2019 Workshop – Rangeland ResiliencyJune 25, 2019
Read about the workshop and conference in Twin Falls, Idaho and follow along with the second-day field tour across Idaho and Utah.
Sustainable Ranching in Utah: A Boon For Wildlife And LivestockJune 12, 2019
Sustainable Ranching in Utah: A Boon for Wildlife and Livestock | Read how Stephen and Kris Ellis keep their family tradition alive and strong on the Circle Bar Ranch.