MITCHELL – Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds unveiled a bipartisan bill Wednesday at Dakotafest that would pay farmers to convert less-productive cropland back to grass and allow the acres to be grazed by livestock all season. The Rebuilding America’s National Cow Herd Act, or RANCH Act, would create a voluntary federal program with an enrollment […]
This summer, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is once again asking residents to look out for one of Maine’s most elusive native species: the rusty patched bumble bee. It’s one of two native species of bumble bee that hasn’t been seen in the state in years. It’s considered a rare species of […]
The state of South Dakota did not submit official comments on a major change to the federal Endangered Species Act that will roll back protections for forests, wetlands, deserts and other habitats where endangered species live. The new rule will open some landscapes to development, logging, mining, and oil and gas drilling, due to a […]
MANY, La. — Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries inland fisheries biologists are working to restore critical fish habitat on Toledo Bend Reservoir by planting native submersed aquatic vegetation in strategic locations.
