Ranchlands Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing educational services to members of the ranching industry, aspiring and future ranchers, and the public at-large throughout the United States.
Our mission is to unleash the power of ranchers to build community, restore ecosystems, grow food, and bring people back to nature.
Our Vision
Ranchlands envisions a future where hundreds of thousands of acres are being stewarded by a growing group of young ranchers, cooperatively supported by their community.
Why Ranching is the Key to Conservation
For four generations, we have been working with nature, managing and stewarding the land in a way that mimics natural ecosystems and relies on the inherent power of the land itself. We have been guiding the health of rangeland and protecting the integrity of intact natural ecosystems in the American West by working in partnership with the natural environment, not against it. We use cattle as a tool to disturb the surface of the land to achieve conservation goals by recycling nutrients and improving the water cycle, mimicking the symbiotic relationship between the North American grasslands and the great bison herds of the past.
What we’re doing is not new or novel. Hundreds of other ranchers are doing the same. But they are often not considered, by themselves or others, as conservationists or ecological stewards, and they are struggling financially.
We see economic diversification as being directly linked to responsible conservation processes because it creates flexibility in determining livestock carrying capacities during drought, reducing the stress on the ecosystem.
What Your Contribution Supports
Donations to the Ranchlands Foundation support the apprenticeship program, running a bird banding station, creating education materials to share with the public, and financing the development of a new cooperative model.
