Tag: USDA

The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee reported the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, also known as the Farm Bill, with a 20-1 roll call vote. The 2014 Farm Bill...

Both the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the House Subcommittee on Federal Lands convened during the first week of June to discuss prospects for the 2018 fire season with...

President Trump has nominated James Hubbard to serve as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s under secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment. The under secretary oversees the U.S. Forest Service...

To tackle the issues that ‘fire borrowing’ has created with other U.S. Forest Service operations, a broad coalition of legislators worked together to create a new eight-year source of funding...

The Wildlife Society has sent a letter to the Trump administration, expressing concerns over major cuts proposed to wildlife science and conservation programs in the Interior and Agriculture departments. President...

President Trump’s proposed budget for 2019 cuts funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, including deep cuts in several wildlife programs. The Forest Service is slated for reductions of up...

Managing wide-ranging interests in Wisconsin pays off The decision had been eagerly anticipated and a long time coming. For four years, a Wisconsin group had been crafting a plan to...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has added 11 new projects to the Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW) program, which incentivises conservation of wildlife on private...

At the edge of a field, a wolf stops to study movement in the distance. Bright red flags blow gently in the breeze, just enough to make the nearby fence...

What do disease detection, repellents, and aircraft-bird collisions have in common? All require a knowledge of how animals perceive their surroundings. Scientists at the National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC), the...