11/18/21
This September, the Michigan Association of Conservation Districts (MACD) secured base operational funding from Michigan’s State Legislative budget for the first time in 12 years.
11/16/21
The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) applauded the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Robert Bonnie as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
11/14/21
Now is a good time for landowners to explore conservation project options with funding obtained through the Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District, the agency announced this week.
By Laura Fitzgerald
11/15/21
The Blue Water Conservation District recently received four state grants totaling $269,000 to aid in natural resource management, conservation efforts and general operations.
11/17/21
Examples of this year's grant recipients include: Lancaster County Conservation District ($223,000) will implement whole-farm conservation on a beef, poultry and crop farm in the headwaters of the Back Run in Pennsylvania to reduce nitrogen pollution; Snyder County Conservation District ($20,700) will develop agricultural plans for farmers in the Middle Creek watershed of Snyder County, located in central Pennsylvania, and increase the number of cover crop acres planted through incentive payments.
By Kathy Hedberg
11/13/21
The Palouse Conservation District in Pullman recently received a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help farmers in dryland cropping regions develop practices to improve soil health.
By Kent Myers
11/11/21
Since the early 1940s, the Bitterroot Conservation District (BCD) has worked with the citizens of Ravalli County to conserve their soil, water and other natural resources. The specific activities of the BCD have evolved over the years, but its core mission of promoting natural resource conservation has remained unchanged.
11/16/21
"The North Dakota Association of Soil Conservation Districts is proud to be part of the prestigious Leopold Conservation Award in North Dakota," said Brian Johnston, NDASCD CEO. "We are proud to honor the Sand Ranch as 2021 recipient of the Leopold Conservation Award."
11/17/21
(Subscriber Only) This year’s awarded projects increase the adoption of new approaches and technologies to help agricultural producers mitigate the effects of climate change, increase the resilience of their operations and boost soil health.
11/16/21
During today’s White House Tribal Nations Summit, President Biden announced that the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Agriculture have created the “Tribal Homelands Initiative.” This collaborative effort will improve federal stewardship of public lands, waters, and wildlife by strengthening the role of Tribal communities in federal land management.
11/14/21
Farmers and ranchers interested in preventing erosion, improving soil health, conserving water and wildlife, or making any other natural resource conservation improvements to their property are encouraged to apply now for funding available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
11/17/21
Local grower Fritz Durst is a sixth generation farmer out of Capay Valley. Over the last 30 years, Durst says he and his family have taken a no-till approach to farming.
By Carey L. Biron
11/17/21
The country is seeing a growing trend in green spaces governed by local residents, bringing conservation, educational benefits and income to urban and rural communities
By Courtney Flatt
11/08/21
For six years, the family worked nights, weekends and holidays. They thinned trees, chopped off limbs, and built a home resistant to fire to prepare their property for when the flames would come.
By Amy Joi O'Donoghue
11/15/21
Snow needs to be on the main menu for states like Utah, Idaho and others in the West to help them counter the effects of a vicious drought that shut down boat ramps across reservoirs, led to an early end of outdoor watering and yellowed lawns.
11/16/21
Millions of acres of U.S. forestland go up in smoke every year due to wildfires, in some cases leaving nature struggling to regenerate. CBS News' Anthony Pura shows us how drones are now being used to restore those areas.
By Noah Chast
11/12/21
He said bringing back native plants will prevent erosion, create extra shade to keep the water cooler for redband trout, and eventually bring back the state's official animal.
By Clay Smith
11/12/21
On Saturday, November 6, 26 native species were planted at Heritage Park in Chattanooga in an effort to begin replenishing grassland areas within the city.
By Philip Brasher
11/17/21
(Subscriber Only) A majority of U.S. farmers are at least somewhat concerned about climate change, and nearly half are using or considering practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new Agri-Pulse survey of U.S. farmers. But getting most farmers to participate in carbon markets will require payments of at least $40 an acre, far more than they currently earn, according to the online poll conducted by Aimpoint Research.
By Rachel Ramirez
11/17/21
Rising summer temperatures could lead to an exponential increase in the number of wildfires and acres burned in the Sierra Nevada in California, researchers have found.
By Michael Sznajderman
11/15/21
A federal grant will provide a big boost to a new program spearheaded by Jones Valley Teaching Farm that’s designed to help expand the local food system and nurture community farming in Birmingham’s urban neighborhoods.
11/15/21
(Subscriber Only) Every aspect of our climate — including temperature, sunlight, rain and wind — is important to agriculture.
By Maggie Angst
11/16/21
The San Jose City Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved a series of land use changes meant to indefinitely protect the bulk of North and Mid-Coyote Valley from major development. As part of the vote, city leaders rezoned 314 acres of remaining undeveloped land in North Coyote Valley from an industrial park designation to agricultural.
By Emily Cureton
11/18/21
Withered crops and puny livestock; dead fish and swarming insects; laid off workers, shriveling economies, and rural homes stranded without running water — these are just some of the calamities unleashed by a historic drought affecting all of Oregon and parts of Washington.
By Kendall Crawford
11/12/21
Iowa farmers used a record of $83 million dollars in conservation assistance this fiscal year, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service in a report this week.
11/12/21
The Center for Business and the Environment at Yale's Regenerative Agriculture Program has developed a guide that provides practical advice for people interested in developing community-driven, state-level soil health policy and programs.
By Bart Bedsole
11/15/21
An estimated 40 million people rely on water that originates in the Colorado River Basin, but the river can no longer keep up with demand, and it’s raising serious questions about the future of water in the west.
By Dean Cousino
11/13/21
Michigan will receive more than $4 million in federal funding to support specialty crop growers who produce fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, hops, nursery plants and flowers, said U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-MI, chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
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