Articles Tagged with ''Endangered Species Act''

President Donald Trump’s election-year budget proposes $1 trillion in infrastructure spending, including $25 billion earmarked for rural America, while reprising recommendations for slashing farm programs and nutrition assistance.

Kalra revives deforestation bill * US turns up heat on EU * States avoiding USDA’s hemp regs

Agricultural groups are applauding the new biological opinions issued by federal wildlife agencies Tuesday, but the more flexible approach to water management for the Central Valley and State Water Projects called for in the agency reviews has angered environmental interests.

The PPIC Water Policy Center last month sent Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration its recommendations for the Water Resilience Portfolio

The Interior and Commerce departments have announced changes to the Endangered Species Act that were cheered by farmers and ranchers but harshly criticized by environmentalists, who vowed to challenge them in court.

Twitter-transmitted pictures of spring 2019 in the Midwest have made my feed a stream of continuous heartbreak. Video after video of flooded fields and homes, stuck tractors, ruined crops, with pictures of tornado damage serving as the visual exclamation point to the slow-moving disaster that we’re living in the central part of the nation. We’ve have several hundred acres under water on our farm, our fields are dotted with wet spots and ruts, and we’re the fortunate ones, given what I see on my social media feed. It is a helpless feeling to watch as farmers and homeowners throughout the Midwest suffer from this disaster of historic proportions.