For conservationists and preservationists, the slight, implicit difference between “conservation” and “preservation” in connotation is significant because, in practice, it indicates a difference in how to carry out protection. WildLandscapes focuses on adaptive landscape conservation that protects land for wildlife and people while allowing for uses like, for example, sustainable ranching on landscapes in Florida.
WildLandscapes has partnered with Roaring Springs Ranch (the Ranch) and High Desert Partnership to implement several scientific studies that will inform sound sustainable ranching activities and determine the health of the ecosystems and its wildlife conservation efforts in the region. The sustainable management of the land will be key to preserving the Sheldon-Hart-Malheur landscape in the face of future climate change and growing threats of megafires.