North Dakota Grazing Lands Coalition

North Dakota Grazing Lands Coalition is a non-profit organization that provides outreach, education, and technical assistance to ranchers and landowners to support regenerative grazing practices, soil health, and grassland conservation. Through federal grants, they partner with agencies like USDA and USFWS to mentor ranchers, host workshops and tours, develop grazing infrastructure, and increase adoption of grazing systems that benefit livestock, wildlife, and natural resources.

Past prime federal grants to North Dakota Grazing Lands Coalition have focused on promoting soil health and economic resilience through outreach on regenerative grazing ($64,000 from USDA ARS), building trust with ranchers to show compatibility of grazing and bird conservation in working grasslands ($40,000 from USFWS), expanding influence and on-the-ground conservation on private lands ($60,000 from USFWS), and expanding education on holistic grassland management practices (USDA NRCS). As a sub-recipient, they have received funding to facilitate rancher-to-rancher mentoring, offer educational programming, highlight conservation stewardship, and improve management of over 50,000 acres of grasslands vulnerable wildlife like sage-grouse. Prime partners have included North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, North Dakota Game and Fish, and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.