Mutually Beneficial: Conservation Funding at Work on Ranches

About this episode

This episode discusses the collaboration between ranchers, conservation partners, and local communities through the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance’s Conservation Committee.

What happens when ranchers, conservation partners, and local communities all pull in the same direction? In this episode of the Ranch Stewards Podcast, we pull back the curtain on the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance’s Conservation Committee. Host Haylie Shipp is joined by Martin Townsend, Conservation Director for the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, and Leo Barthelmess, rancher and RSA Board Member currently serving as Co-Treasurer, for a conversation about how this committee came together, wh...

People in this episode

Host: Haylie Shipp

Guests: Martin Townsend, Leo Barthelmess

Topics covered

• conservation
• ranching
• community collaboration
• funding
• sustainability

Keywords

• conservation funding
• ranchers
• community
• sustainability
• Ranchers Stewardship Alliance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, Ranchers Stewardship Alliance’s Conservation Committee

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