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This blog post is part of a nine-part series highlighting technical assistance (TA) grant recipient participation at NACD’s 76th Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL. This post’s author, Grace Yi of Warren Soil & Water Conservation District in IA, attended the meeting with a TA stipend.
The Joint Forestry Team and members of NACD’s Forestry Resource Policy Group (FRPG) gathered last week to learn about ongoing projects and connect with partners from the National Association of State Foresters (NASF), The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service (USFS) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and others.
(Opinion) Congress will soon begin the process of reauthorizing legislation that will navigate the future of federal farm and food policy. Hearings on the next farm bill have already begun at a time of substantial political divide. Historically, the farm bill reauthorization process has been a beacon of bipartisanship. After all, no matter your political affiliation — everyone needs food.
Among the extreme weather impacts resulting from climate change, drought is a growing problem around the globe. Researchers have found a way to predict drought conditions weeks or even months before they happen, not by looking at meteorological data, but rather at plants.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is bolstering its outreach and education programs for farmers and ranchers. Ten million dollars has been set aside for agriculture-oriented taxpayer education, and $4.5 million in outreach for the Conservation Reserve Program’s Transition Incentives Program.
Currently there are 32 large uncontained fires in the United States that are being fully suppressed. Another 39 are not being fully suppressed: 17 in the Alaska Geographic Area, 3 in the Southwest, 5 in the Great Basin, and 4 in the Northern Rockies.
(Subscriber Only) The Senate on Sunday passed a historic package of financial incentives for cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, including a dramatic increase in farm bill conservation programs aimed at spurring farmers to adopt climate-related farming practices.
As pollinators like honeybees and butterflies decline worldwide, their loss is rippling out across entire ecosystems, report a Princeton-led team of researchers in the journal Nature. They found that when plants have to compete to woo pollinators, it poses a significant threat to biodiversity.
Cover crops provide improvements in soil quality, increased nutrient retention, prevention of erosion, and suppression of weeds. But one major issue for cover crops is determining when to plant them, and a recent study shows how interseeding can help.
Peoples Company, a full-service farmland transaction and management business licensed in 29 states, has announced an expanded cover crop partnership with Stine Seed, the largest independent corn and soybean seed company.
DuranGoats business uses holistic farming techniques to rejuvenate pastures previously overrun by weeds. Allowing grazing as a management tool re-creates natural cycles of weed-thinning.
Drought made the Mississippi River sluggish and led to a smaller than average dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico — an area where there’s too little oxygen to support marine life, the scientist who’s been measuring it for decades said Wednesday.
Coordinated by the National Conservation Foundation with the help of the Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts and many other local sponsors and volunteers, this year’s Envirothon International competition was hosted in Oxford, Ohio. The week-long gathering was the highest level of competition for participants.
With a spate of fast-growing wildfires across Central and Eastern Washington, the state is experiencing its worst fire activity of the year, according to state officials. With rising temperatures and thunderstorms in the forecast, it’s likely to get worse before it gets better.
The Rio Grande silvery minnow represents a river system that no longer has enough water for everyone's needs. The endangered fish used to have a range that tracked the river through several states. Now, the species is only found on short stretches north and south of where it flows through Albuquerque, thanks to habitat loss, warmer water temperatures, and disruptions to historic flow patterns.
A wildfire burning in a remote area just south of the Oregon border appears to have caused the deaths of tens of thousands of Klamath River fish, the Karuk Tribe said Saturday. Tribal fisheries biologists believe a flash flood caused by heavy rains over the burn area caused a massive debris flow that entered the river at or near Humbug Creek and McKinney Creek, said Craig Tucker, a spokesman for the tribe.
The Sangamon County Soil & Water Conservation District, in partnership with City Water, Light and Power will be hosting a Zoom webinar this week to present information and answer questions on the environment and environmental projects.
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette: UAM Hosts STEM Students Camp Monticello, AR | South Central Region 08/07/22
The dean of the College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Arkansas at Monticello and six other faculty members spent eight days this summer in UAM's STEM Camp, a pilot program offered in conjunction with the Kansas City Teen Summit.
The Macon County Conservation District announced on Friday it is the recipient of a nearly $3 million grant to restore native wildlife habitat over the next three years, which includes upland and pothole prairie, seasonal wetlands and oak savanna.
In the battle against the spotted lanternfly, New York state says it is prioritizing reports from upstate and Long Island. The bugs with gray and black dots are invasive and can devastate plants and crops critical to the the state.
The Sheridan County Conservation District, as one of numerous local partners, announces the premier of the Working Lands Lunch Field Day on Wednesday August 10, 2022. This field day is the first in a local series of workshops and discussions on soil health, regenerative agriculture, adaptive grazing, cover crops and other multidisciplinary natural resources topics planned over the next few years.
The Utah Legislature, the federal government and community members are all weighing in on how best to address the ongoing drought, but all eyes are on Utah’s agricultural industry to reduce its water usage. According to Utah State University, agriculture uses more than 85% of the state’s water supply. It also accounts for roughly $1.8 billion worth of Utah’s revenue.
A New York state survey, supported by Cornell bee experts, finds that more than half of important native pollinators may be at risk of disappearing from the state—potentially threatening crops, wildflowers and insect diversity.
Cory and Belinda Hawks are producers deeply committed to regenerative agriculture, starting with their dedication to building soil health. The Hawks’ soil health journey began in 2009 when they purchased the ranch. They added to their operation over the next few years and now manage 17,000 acres of range and farmland spread over twenty miles.
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded nearly $2.4 million in financial assistance to the city of St. James for upgrades to its wastewater system. The project’s funding consists of a nearly $2.4 million loan through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, in addition to the city’s local share of $352,017. The total project cost is estimated at just over $2.7 million and is expected to be completed by August 2023.
Some Nebraska cattle producers are trying to protect the world’s largest intact grassland from its biggest threat: eastern red cedar trees. Many producers use prescribed burns to kill trees report that it also restores grasslands, but in a drought year that is not an option.
Restoration goals for watersheds take years of coordination and cooperation to positively affect water quality. A professor and extension specialist with the Department of Environmental Science and Technology at the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR), secured an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant for $3.2M to work on water quality issues in the Chesapeake Bay.
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