Ranchers and conservationists partner to protect central Idaho wildlife habitat

By agreeing not to develop their land, some ranchers and conservations have been teaming up for almost 20 years to protect wildlife habitat in central Idaho.

Last month, The Nature Conservancy reached a milestone after helping secure a conservation easement on a 5,368 acre ranch near the Pioneer Mountains owned by Glenn Schumacher. The easement put the organization and its partners over the milestone of protecting a cumulative 100,000 acres in central Idaho since 2007.