Heart Of The Rockies Initiative

In 2023, the conflict reduction program grew out of the high divide collaborative into its own program. It ensures agricultural producers and rural communities have reliable and predictable access to resources that prevent conflicts with carnivores, benefiting wildlife and working lands. Unique among other regional efforts, heart of the rockies initiative serves as a coordinator and convenor of local, state, and tribal groups committed to carnivore conflict reduction, creating a ripple effect that allows our conservation community to achieve more together than any of us could alone.

Our rural initiatives program was developed from the premise that thriving rural communities are inextricably linked to thriving conservation. The program serves rural and tribal communities through a community-led process to create and implement community vitality projects that deepen a sense of place, support thriving economies, and ensure the outdoors is accessible and supports community well-being.

Coordinated and convened the high divide collaborative a partnership of ranchers, local community leaders, public land managers, state wildlife managers, scientists, and conservation groups in a portion of idaho and montana for peer-to-peer learning, networking, fundraising opportunities, and conservation delivery. We supported and helped expand landowner-led wildlife conflict reduction efforts.