Invoking the Defense Production Act for the rest of the food supply
President Donald Trump’s executive order late last month invoking the Defense Production Act to keep meat and poultry plants open got a ton of media attention, but there’s one big thing that…
Read More...EPA report: Dams play large role in raising water temperatures
The EPA issued a report Tuesday detailing summertime water temperature problems on the lower Snake and Columbia rivers and assigning significant responsibility to federal dams. The report said dams on…
Read More...USDA announces details of direct assistance to farmers through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
USDA announced details of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which will provide up to $16 billion in direct payments to deliver relief to America’s farmers and ranchers impacted by…
Read More...Pandemic relief could become next forest policy battleground
The long-running debate about how best to care for national forests — and what to do with timber that’s taken from them — is quietly brewing again as lawmakers look…
Read More...To reach sustainable wild horse levels, feds say it will take more than $1 billion and years of work
Federal land managers say it will take two decades and cost more than $1 billion over the first six years alone to slash wild horse populations to sustainable levels necessary…
Read More...Feds, tribes raise concerns about cuckoo habitat proposal
The Fish and Wildlife Service has rekindled an Endangered Species Act debate with its proposal for a large, multistate critical habitat for the western yellow-billed cuckoo. The Army Corps of…
Read More...‘Hydrologists should be happy.’ Big Supreme Court ruling bolsters groundwater science
A new U.S. Supreme Court ruling puts groundwater science at the center of decisions about how to regulate water pollution. Today, in a closely watched case with extensive implications, the…
Read More...EPA finalizes Trump administration rollbacks on stream and wetland protections
The Trump administration published a final rule Tuesday rolling back Obama-era environmental protections. The final rule, written by the Engineers Corps and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), redefines the scope of waters…
Read More...USDA announces coronavirus food assistance program
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). This new USDA program will take several actions to assist farmers, ranchers, and consumers in response…
Read More...Historic agreement to protect monarch butterfly issued by FWS
The candidate conservation agreement with assurances (CCAA) potentially applies to over 26 million acres managed by energy companies and departments of transportation across the United States. Via the agreement, public and…
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