President Biden and USDA Invest More Than $166.5 Million in Infrastructure to Protect American Communities
President Joe Biden and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $166.5 million in 108 infrastructure projects as part of implementing…
Read More...Private Forest Accord passes Senate, clearing way for House vote
The Private Forest Accord passed the Oregon Senate on Wednesday, making its way to a final House vote before the end of the February short session. The bill would change…
Read More...Tiny New Mexico river fish deemed ‘endangered’ by feds despite State’s opposition
A rare river fish in northern New Mexico received the highest federal protections as an endangered species Monday, following legal actions from environmentalists and backlash from state agencies.
Read More...NM Supreme Court throws out stream certification rule
The New Mexico Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed that a Game Commission rule that allows landowners to restrict access to water that flowed through private property is unconstitutional. The ruling…
Read More...NM cattle shooting hearing vacated
A hearing regarding the U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS) decision to shoot estray cattle in the New Mexico Gila National Forest was vacated Feb. 17 in the U.S. District Court for…
Read More...Preventing future ‘wrongs’: new USDA equity panel looks to expand agriculture resources to minority communities
Members of a new equity commission advising the U.S. Department of Agriculture said they want to make sure the USDA does a better job providing resources to Black farmers and…
Read More...Nonprofits Petition Federal Government to Ban Harmful Pesticides on Wildlife Refuges
The years-long fight over the use of pesticides on wildlife refuges has now entered a new season, with environmentalists petitioning the USFWS to end the practice, which so far has…
Read More...Arizona governor outlines plan to boost water supplies
Arizona Governor Ducey and a top leader in the state Legislature recently filled in a key part of a developing plan to boost the desert state’s increasingly strained water supply.…
Read More...USFS sued for shooting estray cattle in NM
The New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA), along with the New Mexico Federal Lands Council and two cattle companies, filed suit Feb. 9 in federal district court for New Mexico…
Read More...Idaho wildlife boss: State’s wolves won’t be wiped out
Ed Schriever, director of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, does want to significantly reduce the state’s wolf population. But he says those who claim Idaho is marching toward…
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