Building Native American Capacity for Conservation of Grazing Lands

 : The project’s goal is to develop resources that will build the capacity of Native producers to sustainably manage agricultural natural resources through developing conservation plans as well as monitoring and evaluating grazing systems. Two-year objectives are to: 1.Build local capacity in three communities on the Navajo Nation Reservation and at the Tohono O’odham Nation in Arizona to develop conservation plans. 2.Develop A Conservation Evaluation & Monitoring Planning Guide for Native American Ranchers to support the evaluation and monitoring of grazing systems to meet natural resource objectives. 3. Document and publish three case studies of successful Native conservation plan development and implementation to encourage other Native producers to develop conservation plans.