RVCC believes that the long-term health of our western landscape and communities depends largely upon the protection and productivity of private working lands. We believe that federal policies must work towards a balanced conservation-based approach to sustain the West’s working landscapes.

RVCC Key Recommendations:

1. Fund existing programs that provide technical assistance and financial incentives for conservation of private forest and ranchlands.
2. Include in the final Farm Bill reauthorization, currently under debate in Congress, a permanent extension of an important tax incentive provision for private land conservation.
3. Fund existing programs for acquisition and long-term stewardship of working forests.
4. Pass legislation supporting new and innovative authorities that allow for acquisition of landscapes facing high development pressure.

Read the 2008 Private Working Lands Issue Paper.