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The Urban Open Space Foundation, the group behind the development of Madison's Central Park, is changing its name and has landed a contract with the U.S. Forest Service to help cities across the nation revitalize their urban cores.
Every acre of forest in the Chesapeake Bay region saves tax dollars and prevents pollution. But the decision to keep land in forests is never easy.
Kirk Rodgers, who manages thousands of acres of family forest in Maryland, says that pressure to sell forest land is intense-his family is currently selling several Eastern Shore properties for economic reasons.
Fishing and hunting groups say a Bush administration plan to expand logging on 2.5 million acres in western Oregon could harm fish and prized big game such as Roosevelt elk, blacktail deer and black bear.
"Equine Forestry," a program that the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy produced in partnership with Twin Cities Public Television's Minnesota Channel, is being aired on Saturday, February 16th at 8:00 PM.
A program showcasing the environmental and economic value of horse logging. The show focuses on a horse logging camp hosted in Hayward, Wisconsin.
WASHINGTON: Could the U.S. presidential race be bad for the world economy?
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson has taken charge of the initial farm bill conference negotiations with the Bush administration, meeting five times since Christmas with Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner, the Minnesota Democrat said in an interview.
The lawmakers who will write the final version of the new U.S. farm bill may not accept the Bush administration proposal to deny crop subsidies to the wealthiest Americans, a senior House Republican said on Monday.
"I don't know if there is going to be the will to do that," said Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte, the Republican leader on the House Agriculture Committee.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday defended a free-trade agreement with the U.S. and Canada, a week after local farm groups protested the removal of the pact's last remaining tariffs on foreign crops.
There are exciting market opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers in the new farm bill, but the current public policies required to support their entry are woefully inadequate, according to a report by the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.
Revenue-assurance changes in the counter-cyclical program that have been such a pivotal part of the farm-bill debate could get dropped from the bill during conference negotiations, the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee said Monday.
St. Paul, MN ? Drawing a ?line in the sand,? in the form of a pipeline from Canadian tar sands to the Midwest, may be harder than it looks. Opposition is growing in response to the proposed oil pipeline that would pass through northern Minnesota.
Congress passed a one-week extension of current farm law Thursday, defying President Bush by trying to find agreement on a new bill.
WASHINGTON - Pressured by President Bush
to scrap a rewrite of agriculture policy, which expires at the end of the week, House and Senate members trying to combine the two chambers' versions of the farm bill took a break Wednesday from formal negotiations.
The conference adjourned Tuesday night without reaching an agreement on the basic framework of the legislation.
Trends in timber harvesting have led landowners to believe that two of the most common harvesting methods are good for forest health.
BEIJING, -- The issue of feeding the world's population at a time when there has been a surge in global food prices is top on the agenda of the ongoing 12th session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Natural Awakenings magazine, May 2008
The earth moved today in Hayward as plans for a 6-million dollar pellet plant got the green light.
Julie Pearce was there for the ceremonial groundbreaking for Great Lakes Renewable Energy and has more on what the timber-based project will do for Sawyer County.
SCIENCE GROUP CALLS FOR POLICIES THAT REDUCE CAFO SUBSIDIES AND ENCOURAGE MODERN, SUSTAINABLE MEAT, MILK AND EGG PRODUCTION