The Healthy Public Lands Project (HPLP) began in 2019 following a convening of regional and national conservation groups in Washington, DC, focused on addressing the ecological harms of livestock grazing on federal public lands. Since then, coalition working groups have met regularly—both on a scheduled and ad hoc basis—to develop advocacy tools, analyze agency data, create mapping resources, coordinate public comment campaigns, defend against legislative rollbacks, advance proactive grazing reform, and shape media strategies.

In 2022, once it was safe to gather in person again, HPLP hosted its first conference at the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law in Salt Lake City. The event brought visibility to the coalition’s ongoing work and sparked new engagement from groups and individuals who had been aware of grazing impacts but not yet actively involved in the movement to reform public lands management.

Since then, the coalition has remained active—collaborating to advance our shared vision of healthy watersheds, intact wildlife habitat, and public lands managed in the public interest.