North America Events, News and Resources

Upcoming Events

Transhumance Festival: Petaluma River Park

International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists Celebration

21-22 April 2026

Soil Health Workshop - Lubbock, TX

Sonora Research Station 110 year Anniversary Celebration - Sonora, TX

Texas Tech at Crowell Range Workshop

Global Gathering of Pastoralist Women

North American Grazing Lands Congress

9-15 August 2026

International Herders Conference

20-22 October 2026

Texas Section Annual Meeting, Abilene, TX

Western Spirit Museum IYRP Event #1

Past Events

13-14 March 2026

Women in Ranching Confluence Gathering

10 February 2026

SRM Ignite Session: the 12 global themes of the IYRP2026

9 February 2026

IYRP 2026 Stakeholder Action-Planning for North America

7-11 February 2026

SRM Annual Meeting: "Herd 'round the World": Celebrating Global Rangelands and Pastoralism

North American Pastoralist Women's Gathering

Santa Rita Experiment Range Discovery Friday Seminar Series

Range Science Forum: Celebrating Rangelands: honouring the past and looking forward to the future

8 December 2025

PastureScapes Event 2: Buffalo in Canada's Prairies (IYRP2026 event series)

21 November 2025

Official Launch of the GCSAYN Road to the IYRP 2026

13 November 2025

Celebrating Rangelands: Connecting Research to On-Ranch Management

6 November 2025

Western Spirit Museum IYRP Event #2

IYRP Art-Based Education Webinar: Contests

Resources included on this website are scientific, educational and outreach materials that refer directly to the IYRP initiative.

Resources

IYRP2026 Action Plan for North America (May 2025)
2025-06-23
Film Festivals & Proclamations Webinar
2025-06-21
IYRP Secretariat Members (August 2025)
2025-06-21
IYRP for North American Rangeland Managers (Spanish)
2020-10-22
IYRP for North American Rangeland Managers (English)
2020-10-22

News

SRM 2026 Awards Ceremony video (including Renner Awards)
2026-03-15
SRM 2026 Renner Award Press Release
SRM Renner Award Introduction to the Winners - 8 minutes
SRM Awards Ceremony - YouTube - the Renner Award starts at 23 min.
Nebraska celebrates the IYRP
2026-02-20
RISG North America update Sept 2023
2024-01-01
North America 2023 Film Festival Announcement
2023-08-10
IYRP Campfire Conversation at SRM (February 21, 2022)
2023-08-07
2023 U.S. Farm Bill Recommendations (SRM-IYRP N.A.)
2023-06-26
What is the Farm Bill?
RISG North America Report Update 7-Feb-2023 (PPT)
2023-02-10
Barry Irving, Layne Coppock, Lauren Svejcar, and David Borre
U.N. designates 2026 international year of rangelands, 'pastoralists'
2022-04-02
Capital Press article by Matthew Weaver; March 25, 2022
IYRP North America Group Letter to Agency Secretaries - June 15, 2021
2021-07-28
Why the IYRP Should Matter to the U.S. Government
2021-07-20
Read More & Watch Video
Why the IYRP Should Matter to the United States Government
2021-06-21
Trilateral Grasslands Meeting Report, May 2021
2021-06-07