Items Tagged with 'Fish and Wildlife Service'

Farmers fear a proposed rule would limit them from using land on National Wildlife Refuges for agricultural purposes, though some environmental advocates are lauding the measure as a way to protect these wildlife habitats from the impacts of climate change.

Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., is set to announce a proposal today to use the next farm bill to boost crop insurance coverage. The FARMER Act, which Hoeven will announce at a news conference with GOP colleagues on the Senate Ag Committee, would increase premium subsidies for 80% and 85% coverage levels.

Grizzly bears could soon return to Washington's North Cascades under a plan proposed by the National Park Service and Fish and Wildlife Service.

USDA’s 2024 Ag Outlook Forum kicks off today with an address from Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack and Chief Economist Seth Meyer’s outlook on the U.S. farm economy.

The Biden administration is taking a new step today in the development of the American Climate Corps, which is aimed at training a new generation of professionals to work in conservation and climate-related sectors.

The tax bill that sailed through the House this week is facing a major GOP speed bump in the Senate.

The House is scheduled to take up a bipartisan bill today that’s aimed at fostering collaboration between USDA and the Energy Department on issues critical to agriculture.

A coalition of biofuels groups is pushing back at a federal appeals court ruling. The 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals last week vacated multiple denials of small refinery exemption requests from the biofuel blending mandates, ruling that the agency had used an “impermissibly retroactive” standard.