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North America News and Resources

Resources included on this website are scientific, educational and outreach materials that refer directly to the IYRP initiative.
  • Information for pastoralist organisations Oct 2024 (English)
  • RISG North America update Sept 2023
  • North America 2023 Film Festival Announcement
  • IYRP Campfire Conversation at SRM (February 21, 2022)
  • 2023 U.S. Farm Bill Recommendations (SRM-IYRP N.A.)

    What is the Farm Bill?

  • Overview of IYRP North American Outreach Plans - April 2023 [PPT presentation, 6 slides]
  • RISG North America Report Update 7-Feb-2023 (PPT)

    Barry Irving, Layne Coppock, Lauren Svejcar, and David Borre

  • Info about IYRP2026 for business (2022)
  • Social Media Banner 1
  • Wallpaper 7 Sonoran Desert B
  • Wallpaper 6 Sonoran Desert A
  • Wallpaper 5 White Mtns Arizona B
  • Wallpaper 4 White Mtns Arizona
  • Wallpaper #2
  • Extension Media Guide
  • U.N. designates 2026 international year of rangelands, 'pastoralists'

    Capital Press article by Matthew Weaver; March 25, 2022

  • 12 IYRP global themes graphic + text (old logo)
  • IYRP North America Group Letter to Agency Secretaries - June 15, 2021
  • Why the IYRP Should Matter to the U.S. Government

    Read More & Watch Video

  • Why the IYRP Should Matter to the United States Government
  • Trilateral Grasslands Meeting Report, May 2021
  • IYRP 1-page flyer 2021
  • IYRP for North American Rangeland Managers (Spanish)
  • IYRP for North American Rangeland Managers (English)
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