Restoring and Protecting Natural Resources in the Northern Great Plains

Supporting the development of place-based and jurisdictional projects helps restore and preserve natural ecosystems and improve livelihoods. This session will provide insights into a collaboration between a funder, the WWF, and ranchers and their successes and challenges. Attendees will learn how to evaluate the value of place-based investments, how these local investments can have great returns for communities, both in terms of environmental resiliency and economic development for the long term and how to get corporate funders engaged in rural America.

Session Designer: Mariel Messier, Senior Manager, Global Communications, Walmart