Tackling Water Scarcity: USDA Releases Water Adaptation Techniques Atlas
USDA's WATA, an online atlas, offers interactive case studies on addressing water scarcity in the Southwest, promoting sustainable solutions.
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The USDA released its "Western Water and Working Lands Framework for Conservation Action" that identifies challenges and strategies for the arid west.
Thanksgiving more expensive this year; rising costs will continue
Thanksgiving dinner will cost 20% more than it did last year. The trend of rising food costs is expected to continue.
In an ongoing effort to address climate change, the Biden administration in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, announced plans to reforest 4 million acres of national forests and to...
Drought resiliency report highlights federal progress to date
After its creation about a year ago, the administration’s Drought Resilience Interagency Working Group has released its first summary of federal actions taken to date. $13 billion in water-related...
Drought delivers grasshopper and Mormon cricket infestations
With the drought comes grasshoppers. Infestations of grasshoppers and Mormon crickets are ravaging agricultural lands already challenged by dry weather conditions.