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Idahos challenge to a federal land-use plan designed to protect greater sage-grouse has been rejected by a federal judge, who said the state could not demonstrate legal standing.

EPA s farmworker protection rule will go into effect Jan. 2 as scheduled, the agency said today.

By this time next year, I believe we ll reflect back on 2017 as the year that the private sector stepped up to protect our land, water and wildlife for future generations.

The Central Sierra Recovery and Restoration Project in the Sierra National Forest in California is the big winner among the 10 new projects earmarked for funding in 2017 under USDAps Joint Chiefsp Landscape Restoration Partnership.

Mississippi River Basin states should be given a chance to address nutrient pollution first, before the federal government steps in, a federal court ruled late last week.

President Obama signed into law a water projects authorization bill and issued a statement cautioning agency managers to heed endangered species requirements before increasing irrigation water supplies in California€s drought-stricken Central Valley.

Environmental Protection Agency officials received a mixed message from scientists assembled to review evidence of whether glyphosate is a human carcinogen.

President-elect Donald Trump announced that he has picked as Interior secretary first-term Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke, who has bucked his GOP colleagues over public lands issues

ÐTo the victor go the spoilsÐ is by no means a new concept, but now rural voters are hoping to be the ones who reap the benefits of the recent election.

As we look ahead to a new year, a new Administration and a new farm bill, itÐs important to recognize what works and what doesnÐt. Top of my list of approaches that really work? Voluntary conservationÐno surprise there.