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News Update: Farm Bill Extension Cuts Conservation Programs and Livestock...
Agriculture Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service (FFAS) Michael Scuse tours a drought stricken soybean field in Missouri, August, 2012 (Credit: USDA). On January 1, the House...
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Congressional Committees Experience Changes as the 113th Begins
The United States Capitol Building (Credit: Leader Nancy Pelosi). The new year brought with it a new Congress to Washington, DC, which means changes in committee members and leadership. The 113th...
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BLM Expands Best Practice Standards for Fluid Minerals Industry to Increase...
Drilling sites will have a lower impact if the road has two-tracks and follows the contour of the land to avoid straight lines and cut & fill. The well location is mowed, not excavated, to...
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Federal Rule Designating Critical Polar Bear Habitat Overturned
(Credit: USFWS) This month, U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R Beistline overturned a 2010 federal rule designating 187,000 square miles of critical polar bear habitat around the Beaufort and Chukchi...
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House Passes Sandy Relief Package
NASA’s satellite image of Hurricane Sandy from 2:20 p.m. EDT on October 29, 2012. (Credit: NASA) The house voted Tuesday January 15th on the Sandy Relief bill, which consists of a base package of $17...
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USGS Director, Marcia McNutt, Resigns
USGS Director Marcia McNutt (Credit: USGS) On January 11th, United States Geological Survey director Marcia McNutt announced her resignation, effective February 15th of this year. In her letter of...
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Update: Senate Passes Sandy Relief Package
Damage by hurricane Sandy to the only road leading into Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge in Rhode Island (Credit: USFWS) On Monday January 28, the Senate voted to approve (62-35) the $50.5...
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