This is a special podcast episode that features a conversation between the Executive Director of Western Landowners Alliance, Lesli Allison, and Ranchlands’ founder and CEO, Duke Phillips III.

Western Landowners Alliance– also known as WLA– is an organization of landowners, natural resource managers, and partners dedicated to keeping working lands whole and healthy for the benefit of people and wildlife. Lesli and her team at WLA support working lands through political advocacy, education, storytelling, events, and more, and they have established themselves as one of the most effective champions for large-scale, private lands conservation.

Ranchlands and WLA have been longtime friends and collaborators, and there is a significant amount of overlap between our missions, goals, and philosophies. So it was a great pleasure to connect with both Duke and Lesli to hear their thoughts on the current state of working lands conservation and the outlook for the future.

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