In addition to our private lands conservation work, LRLT has long recognized the inextricable link between the public lands surrounding our private working lands. So in November 2010, LRLT gladly joined representatives from nine Central Idaho ranches, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Pioneer Mountain Group (PMG) for the inaugural meeting of the inaugural meeting of the collaborative network of ranchers, conservation organizations and agencies now known as the Central Idaho Rangelands Network (CIRN). Two years later, CIRN includes ten ranches totaling nearly 84,600 acres of private land and nearly 926,300 acres on public lands grazing allotments, with participating ranches located in Lemhi, Custer, Butte and Blaine counties.
In addition to encouraging collaboration and rangeland monitoring, in August of 2012, CIRN hosted a tour with US Forest Service Region 4 Forester, Harv Forsgren and Congressman Simpson’s Natural Resources Director, Laurel Sayer, on Beyeler Ranches private ground and US Forest Service Mill Creek Allotment. This tour gave CIRN members an opportunity to learn more about Beyeler Ranches’ operations, while having the opportunity to share more with agency and US Forest Service representatives about what they are accomplishing on their own property and allotments and throughout the region.
We encourage you to learn more about what this diverse group of ranchers and conservation organizations are accomplishing by visiting their website: www.idahorangelands.org
