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Utilizing Livestock Grazing to Prevent Wildfires
California Ag Today
Western ranchers are rallying behind bills aimed at using livestock grazing to prevent wildfires.
Paying Farmers For Ecosystem Services
Farm of the Future
Is there a future in paying farmers for more than just the commodities they produce?
Carbon Credits and Cotton
Southeast Regional Ag News
A new collaboration is now offering southern cotton growers the chance to participate in carbon markets.
What CA Growers Can Do to Help Pollinators
California Ag Today
For the past few years, we have been talking about the use of insecticides in agriculture and the effect it is having on the pollinators that are depended on in the ecosystem.
Apple Waste for Packaging Pt 2
Fruit Grower Report
Oregon State University researchers are working on a way to turn apple and other fruit waste into packaging materials to replace plastics.
Apple Waste for Packaging Pt 1
Fruit Grower Report
Oregon State University researchers are working on a way to turn apple and other fruit waste into packaging materials to replace plastics.
Logging as an Ecosystem Service - Part 2
California Ag Today
Zane Peterson has built a thriving business providing an ecological service and a renewable source of energy.
Logging as an Ecosystem Service
California Ag Today
Redding-based logging entrepreneur Zane Peterson removes trees in fire hazard zones.
California Rangeland Trust
California Ag Today
California Rangeland Trust is the state's largest land trust with 341,000 acres permanently conserved from the threat of development.
Puget Sound Nearshore Project & Impact on Farms Pt 2
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project puts farms in jeopardy in the name of salmon.
Puget Sound Nearshore Project & Impact on Farms Pt 1
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project will have big impact on farms in the name of salmon.
Sage Grouse & Grizzly Tensions
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Farmers, ranchers and even the military are concerned about losing property rights due to federal efforts to protect sage grouse, and tensions abound over plan to restore the grizzly bear population in Washington's North Cascades.
12-3 SS Grizz Recovery
Managers from the state, tribal, and federal agencies responsible for recovery of the grizzly bear in the Yellowstone Ecosystem heard good news at their recent meeting in Bozeman, Montana.
Pest Patrol
Food Forethought
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service urges summer travelers to "join the fight against invasive pests".
Controlling Japanese Eelgrass
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
In many areas of the world Japanese eelgrass is a protected species and up until last year was considered protected in Washington state.
Non-Native Eelgrass Threatens Clam Industry
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Within the last decade Japanese eelgrass has managed to dominate the ecosystem in Willapa Bay.