Archive for September 2015
Sage Grouse Decision Validates Landowner Conservation Efforts
September 22, 2015 The Western Landowners Alliance announces that today’s decision by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) finding the greater sage grouse as not warranted for listing validates…
Read More...Interior Department Proposes First Master Leasing Plan in Utah for Balanced Energy Development, Conservation
Release Date: 08/14/15 Contacts: Jessica Kershaw , Interior_press@ios.doi.gov Megan Crandall , BLM-UT, 801-539-4013 Draft Moab Master Leasing Plan Takes Landscape-level Approach to Minimize Conflicts, Facilitate Responsible Energy Development WASHINGTON –…
Read More...Most of the U.S. Rented Farmland is Owned by Non-Farmers
WASHINGTON, Aug 31, 2015 –Agricultural producers rented and farmed 353.8 million acres of farmland, according to the results of the 2014 Tenure, Ownership, and Transition of Agricultural Land (TOTAL)…
Read More...