Lancaster Conservation Solutions, LLC

Lancaster Conservation Solutions

Arlen Lancaster founded Lancaster Conservation Solutions, LLC to help organizations, companies, and governments with their conservation goals and meet his goal of supporting a world where agriculture and conservation thrive.

Arlen Lancaster 2010 photo

About Arlen

Arlen Lancaster has more than twenty years of experience shaping, funding, and implementing conservation solutions.His background is uniquely deep and broad. He has worked at the intersection of agriculture and conservation at the highest levels.He headed the U.S. Government's preeminent conservation agency; guided the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) interactions with Congress, States, and Tribes; advised on conservation legislation and policy in the United States Senate; and worked for one of the worlds largest conservation non-profits.He also has experience at the state and local level where he is an elected supervisor for his local conservation district and has served on numerous government and non-profit boards and working groups that promote rural, agricultural, and conservation interests.

  • Thirteenth Chief of the Natural Resource Conservation Service, and its first Asian American Chief.

  • Led USDA's negotiations with Congress on the conservation title of the 2008 Farm Bill and directed implementation.

  • Acting Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary for USDA's Office of Congressional Relations, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and External Relations, and Office of Native American Programs.

  • Coordinated legislative efforts at USDA's 32 agencies and offices and outreach with federal, state, tribal, and local government entities.

  • Senior Advisor to U.S. Senator Mike Crapo and staff director of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization.

  • Helped draft the 2002 Farm Bill and Healthy Forests Restoration Act.

  • Conservation Director for the Nature Conservancy in Wyoming.

Agriculture Conservation Future

Our Services

The agriculture conservation landscape is large and complex. We help you meet your conservation goals by providing strategic direction in four areas.

  • Understand policy and sustainability opportunities.

  • Influence policy and supply-chain dynamics.

  • Implement conservation solutions.

  • Communicate conservation successes and opportunities.

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Thank You

We look forward to working with you for a future where agriculture and conservation thrive.