Inslee Approves Solar Project and USDA Rebuilds Bird Flu Vaccine Stockpile

Inslee Approves Solar Project and USDA Rebuilds Bird Flu Vaccine Stockpile

Bob Larson
Bob Larson
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.

**In one of his last official acts before Governor Jay Inslee left office, he approved the Wautoma Solar Project proposed for a remote corner of Benton County.

It is one of nine planned or already operating solar projects in the county and, according to Inslee, the state’s largest solar farm to date.

Construction on the Wautoma Solar Project could begin in the spring of 2028, with the project operating in early 2030.

**The USDA will begin rebuilding its bird flu vaccine stockpile to make it match the current strain of the virus running through commercial flocks and wild birds.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the outbreak has killed over 130 million birds since 2022, affecting commercial, backyard, and wild birds in all 50 states.

Bird flu is also affecting U.S. dairy cattle herds and has infected almost 70 people.

**The Public Land Council has condemned the Biden administration’s irresponsible use of the Antiquities Act of 1906 to create two brand-new national monuments in California.

PLC Executive Director, Kaitlynn Glover says with just days left in the Biden administration, the record is clear that eleventh hour monument designations jeopardize rangeland health, threaten local economic stability, and unnecessarily make these areas political pawns during a transition period.

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