Announced Speakers

We’re bringing together a powerful lineup of experts, advocates, and scientists to address some of the most pressing challenges facing our western landscapes. Our speakers will explore real-world success stories, expose misinformation, and provide actionable strategies for restoring public lands from the impacts of livestock grazing.

  • Imagining the Ideal: Enduring projects and success stories of landscapes restored from the removal of livestock grazing.

  • Underrepresented Biota Affected by Grazing: Exploring the effects of grazing on underrepresented species and fostering connections to advocate for their protection.

  • Vegetation Treatment and Native Plants: Challenging misconceptions about pinyon-juniper management and highlighting the legal and ecological importance of native vegetation.

  • History of Grazing Management and Changing Agency Culture: Examining the history of grazing policies, the challenges of agency reform, and the need for grassroots action to create lasting impact.

  • Misinformation and False Solutions in Range Management and Native Grassland Restoration: How to Find the Flaws and Work Towards Rewilding: Challenging false solutions, shifting baselines, and myths in range management while exploring science-based paths to restoration.

  • Wild Horses, Livestock, and Rangeland Health Issues: Analyzing BLM data and messaging to compare the ecological roles of wild horses, cattle, and sheep, and recommending strategies for healthier rangelands.

  • Who owns the federal public lands?: Exploring Native American claims as a tool to counter state takeovers, the history of Utah’s efforts, and strategies to challenge current overreach.

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