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When saving a species doesn’t work: Conservation programs that failed

Quick Take Conservation failures occur when the whole picture isn’t addressed and threats persist as populations decline.
AgWeb

Choose Your Own Adventure: Online Tool Makes It Easier To Find Conservation Programs

Due to the growing number of climate-smart programs that are available to growers, it can be hard to navigate. That’s just what the Conservation Connector was intended to change. Developed by The ...

Indigenous-led conservation efforts match or surpass similar initiatives when properly funded, new research shows

Federally funded Indigenous-led conservation programs are delivering highly effective climate and biodiversity outcomes, ...
Agri-Pulse

Reconciliation raises conservation funding long term but at near-term cost

Producer Kate Friesen shows Indiana district conservationist Wes Krug around Singletree Flower Farm in Goshen, Indiana on June 29, 2022. Friesen and her husband received assistance through USDA’s ...
E&E

House lawmakers move to reauthorize conservation programs

The Senate already approved its version of the “America’s Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act.” A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced legislation to renew a popular wildlife ...
E&E

Congress ditches small-farm tilt in conservation programs

After years wrangling over how best to target conservation money toward small farms, Congress has struck on a novel solution for the moment: quit trying. In two installments this year — including this ...
AG Week

Conservation Reserve Program enrollment is open until June 6

USDA has announced a sign-up period for the Conservation Reserve Program in 2025 that will extend from now until June 6 at local Farm Service Agency offices. The current CRP sign-up period will be for ...
The Journal

Farm bill conservation programs essential to High Plains

If you love something, set it on fire. Especially if the thing you love is a healthy pasture. For grasslands, fire is a crucial part of a healthy ecosystem and an important tool for a rancher. Not ...
Agri-Pulse

Opinion: Conservation programs are essential to my state’s agricultural future

I’ve been farming in Iowa for over four decades, continuing a legacy that began when my father started our operation in 1959. Today, I run a swine and corn farm and serve as a partner at Saratoga ...
WMDT

Sussex Conservation District Launches New Water Program for Homeowners, HOAs

The Sussex Conservation District (SCD) has launched a new Community Conservation Assistance Program aimed at helping homeowners and homeowner associations (HOAs) implement water conservation practices ...
The Hill

A new Dust Bowl? Without conservation programs, it could happen soon.

Ninety years ago this month, in the depths of the Great Depression, Congress created a new agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture to safeguard rural prosperity for future generations: The ...