House approves $1.5T government funding deal
Congressional leaders announced agreement on a $1.5 trillion, government-wide spending bill for fiscal 2022 that includes new funding for rural broadband expansion and authorization of a cattle contract library at…
Read More...Will Releasing Captive-Raised Sage Grouse Help or Hurt Dwindling Populations?
As wild sage grouse populations decline and the species teeters on the brink of being listed under the Endangered Species Act, the Wyoming House is considering legislation that would extend…
Read More...AZ House passes bill to strip wildlife officials of authority to stop killings of endangered wolves
The Arizona House has passed a bill that would strip state wildlife officials of the authority to stop the killing of Mexican gray wolves in certain circumstances. The Arizona Republic…
Read More...President Biden and USDA Invest More Than $166.5 Million in Infrastructure to Protect American Communities
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing more than $166.5 million in 108 infrastructure projects as part of implementing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and…
Read More...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…
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