Working Lands

Working Lands Wins: Extension Sets Stage for Farm Bill Debate in 2026

November 17, 2025 — One-year Farm Bill extension keeps key conservation programs running, ensuring working lands continue working for birds

Looking Ahead: Advancing Habitat and Climate Progress After the Budget Bill

August 01, 2025 — 51�� maintains its unyielding commitment to supporting federal policy that benefits birds, people and the places they call home

Congress’ Budget Bill Presents Setbacks for Habitat Conservation and Climate, While Preserving Agricultural Funding, Dropping Public Lands Sales

August 01, 2025 — 51�� assesses how the newly passed budget reconciliation bill affects birds and communities

Maier’s Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed Farm Recognized as First 51�� Certified Bird-Friendly Habitat in Minnesota

July 23, 2025 — Cattle are the key for creating grassland bird habitat at central Minnesota farm

Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed Ranch Network Earns 51��’s Bird-Friendly Land Certification

July 22, 2025 — 51�� Certified Bird-Friendly Lands boast grazing practices that benefit birds

Investing in Working Lands for Birds, Habitat, and Rural Communities

June 12, 2025 — Farmers and ranchers lead 51��'s first-ever Farm Bill Fly-in

Jacob Yetter Joins 51�� as Conservation Ranching Program Manager for Kansas & Oklahoma

March 14, 2025 — 51�� Conservation Ranching is a grassland program that works for birds and herds

Paicines Ranch Deemed Bird Paradise by 51�� Bird-Friendly Land Certification

February 27, 2025 — 51�� Certified Bird-Friendly Land status recognizes grazing practices that are good for birds

Cattle are Catalysts for Grassland Bird Habitat at Wyoming’s Carter Ranch

February 19, 2025 — Home of Carter Country Meats earns 51�� Bird-Friendly Land certification

Ninth Circuit Upholds Decision in Favor of Greater Sage-grouse Habitat

January 17, 2025 — Greater Sage-Grouse in the news again as court invalidates oil and gas leasing in essential habitat

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