rural

Beginning on July 27, Eastern Kentucky and surrounding regions were battered by the impacts of climate change through unprecedented flash floods which inundated much of Eastern Kentucky. Here’s a list of resources.

Lessons learned from a multi-year series of virtual exchanges showcasing the work of on-the-ground tribal and rural practitioners in their own voices and focused on practical rural development strategies.

This Executive Summary of Measure Up: A Call to Action highlights six principles for measuring rural development progress.

This Annotated List of Resources for Measuring Rural Development Progress is for rural practitioners to share resources and ideas to improve outcomes for rural families, communities, and regions.

This Call to Action highlights six principles for measuring rural development progress to encourage funders and investors to design programs that consider lower-capacity communities’ realities, needs, and goals. 

Rural community practitioners and allies gathered at an Open Field session to share how they think and act on rural environmental justice, including ideas on just and equitable energy transitions. This blog curates the themes, ideas, and resources shared by participants.

Four rural development practitioners share how we can better define rural development success.

Over 50 rural community practitioners gathered to share how they are thinking and acting on rural stewardship, including how they are working to balance their region’s economic development with environmental sustainability.

Organizational capacity and technical assistance need to be carefully and intentionally strengthened in rural and Native nation communities to grow economies, health, and livelihoods for each and every person in their regions. So, how are rural organizations growing capacity? 

What are some important steps we can take to ensure the long-term viability of our country’s natural resources?