Together We Can

This training video highlights the efforts of people committed to working together for long-term protection of wildlife habitat. In the Sandhills of Nebraska, the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, and the ACE Basin of South Carolina, people are working together to bring about widespread change. Whether it's a birding festival that brings thousands of dollars into local communities, or ranchers who are improving cattle management practices, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been both a leader and a supporter in helping others to understand the connections between local actions on the ground and the long-term impacts of these actions on the broader landscape. By building trust, by integrating biological information with community needs, and by taking risks, communities are gaining a greater understanding of the relationship between functioning ecosystems and their livelihoods.