Defending conservation and advancing commonsense policy.

Recently, our team celebrated an incredible milestone: over 20,000 acres enrolled in the Conservation Forage Program (CFP)! This achievement was made possible by landowners, partners, and organizations who believe in a healthier future for our grasslands and wildlife across North Dakota. The Conservation Forage Program aims to put grasslands back on the landscape for birds and livestock producers through a unique land-restoration model in the Dakotas.

To celebrate this achievement, landowners, conservation partners, and agency leaders gathered in September in Bismarck to recognize the program’s impact and the partnerships that make it all happen.

Beginning with a field tour of the Welch’s family farm south of Bismarck, attendees saw firsthand the land restored through the Conservation Forage Program and learned how conservation practices can benefit working lands and wildlife.…