A coalition of more than 130 organizations has banded together to protect rural places across the U.S.

Maintaining funding that encourages innovation, implementation and investment in rural America and in our federal agency partners is imperative.

In this spirit, more than 130 organizations representing ranchers, farmers, foresters, conservationists, sportsmen and women, and businesses have endorsed a set of unifying principles to achieve rural economic health, a productive agricultural sector, provide for human needs, and protect the landscapes in which we live and work. These are:

By Lesli Allison | Steve Jester | and Karen Hardigg

Strength in Numbers