Largest Working Ranch Donation in Montana History
With 38,300-acre donation to RSA, Dale and Janet Veseth create an agricultural stronghold, securing their legacy and standing up for ranching in south Phillips County.
Community Effort Brings Agriculture to Life for Malta Elementary Students
Few industries carry tradition as strongly as agriculture. Generations of ranchers have built knowledge through firsthand experience, passing down practices shaped by the challenges of their time. That inheritance deserves respect. Yet every generation must also face its own realities, asking hard questions about whether the methods of the past still serve the needs of today.
What If We Tried It This Way?
Few industries carry tradition as strongly as agriculture. Generations of ranchers have built knowledge through firsthand experience, passing down practices shaped by the challenges of their time. That inheritance deserves respect. Yet every generation must also face its own realities, asking hard questions about whether the methods of the past still serve the needs of today.
2024 Annual Report
Students Explore STEM on the Range
This summer, the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance (RSA) partnered with Montana State University’s Science Math Resource Center to host its first-ever Geospatial & Mapping Camp in Malta. The free, five-day program, held June 9–13, introduced high school students to tools and technologies like mapping software, drones, GPS, and satellite imagery that are increasingly important in agriculture, conservation, and land management.
They Think They’re Just Ranching
In the vast grasslands of the Northern Great Plains, ranchers have long been the silent stewards of some of America’s most fragile ecosystems. These are people who understand the land in a way few others do—people whose hands are calloused from years of hard work, and whose education often comes from the very soil they […]
RSA Receives National BLM Award
The following is a press release from the Bureau of Land Management: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently announced the winners of the 2024 Rangeland Stewardship and Rangeland Innovations awards, which recognize exemplary management and outstanding accomplishments in restoring and maintaining the health of public rangelands. The awards were presented Sept. 18 […]
Next Year Country
If walls could talk, the pistachio green surface of Sally Austin’s kitchen would instantaneously have you settled in over a cup of steaming Folgers. A gallery of framed photos, some slightly askew, tells the story of the 70 years Austin has lived on the ranch. Tucked among them, funeral programs and a well-worn flyswatter remind […]
Tradition, Trial, and Targeted Implementation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QPfYuvcj2A Beneath wispy clouds set in a blindingly blue sky where Montana and Saskatchewan become indistinguishable from one another sits the Louie Petrie Ranch, an exemplary model in ranch tradition, innovative trial, and targeted implementation. It’s on this land outside of Turner where you’ll find multiple generations strategizing for the long-term viability of the ranch […]
Ranchers Stewardship Alliance Honors Jacquelyn (Jacquie) Evans with 2024 Gold Star Award
The Ranchers Stewardship Alliance (RSA) is proud to announce Jacquelyn (Jacquie) Evans as the recipient of the 2024 Gold Star Award. Evans, the Science Integration Specialist with the Prairie Pothole Joint Venture (PPJV), received this prestigious accolade on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at the Matador Ranch Science Symposium. The Gold Star Award is presented annually […]