Conservation Clip List for Friday, September 30, 2022
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This post is part of a three-part series highlighting conservation district projects that aim to reduce hunger and increase food security in their communities.
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) researchers have created silver nanoparticles whose antimicrobial properties can be passed directly into the cotton fibers that make up fabrics and textiles. There, they slowly release silver ions that kill more than 600 kinds of bacteria.
Building on 20 years of partnerships and collaborative conservation, the NWTF and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service are bolstering their joint agreement for the National Forestry Initiative (NFI).
Bayer has announced a regenerative farming collaboration with Perdue AgriBusiness aimed at large-scale carbon emission reductions and creating a model for a more sustainable food value chain.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has extended the application deadline for Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative Cooperative Agreements (GLCI) to Oct. 6, 2022.
A team of researchers at Colorado State University has found that forest fires over the past several decades are having a detrimental impact on late snowpack areas in mountainous regions.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to invest $8 million to support and expand monitoring of carbon in soil on working agricultural lands as well as assess how climate-smart practices are affecting carbon sequestration.
The administration is going to lay out their proposals to tackle hunger at a large conference, the first of its kind since 1969. But the solutions won’t be easy to implement.
The White House hosted a conference this week to focus attention on hunger, nutrition and health. Food banks are having a tough time — dealing with the pandemic and now inflation.
The Ocean County Soil Conservation District (OCSCD) and partners were recently awarded $961,227 for a New Jersey Coastal Aquaculture project. The Aquaculture project’s primary goals are to promote aquatic habitat on shellfish leases and enhance water quality throughout the coastal bays of New Jersey.
(Subscriber only) As Hurricane Fiona continues to batter eastern Canada, producers in Puerto Rico are assessing storm damage. Crops developed under a broader diversification push took a heavy hit, according to Elvin Lebrón of the Eastern Soil and Water Conservation District.
Florida agricultural producers and landowners have more time to apply to participate in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the current funding cycle, as the signup has been extended to September 30, 2022, announced Florida State Conservationist.
If you’ve dug in to a fruit or vegetable lately, chances are you have a bug to thank for that. Pollinator insects play an important role in agriculture, helping plants to carry pollen to flowers for the purpose of reproduction.
Landlocked salmon and brook trout will soon be able to run the Burgess Brook tributary of the Crooked River to Sebago Lake, a spawning habitat for the species, due to culvert restoration work being done in the Sebago Lake Watershed.
The city of College Station is furthering its efforts to diminish and mitigate the impacts of heat islands throughout the city by planting 4,787 trees in underplanted parks, greenspace pathways, right of ways & medians, and residential neighborhoods.
Fire restrictions were removed on all National Forest System lands managed by the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland on Friday.
A new self-guided tour is highlighting farmers in southeast Minnesota who are pursuing conservation practices. The goal is to showcase the benefits of these practices and encourage other farmers to seek out more information.
Wildfire activity in California has been notably low this year, experts say. However, hot and dry offshore winds can trigger an enormous wildfire threat, and the wind phenomena do not tend to start until the fall and winter.
Heavy monsoon rains would normally be cause for celebration. But instead of replenishing reservoirs, the downpours are flooding a burn scar left by the blaze known as the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire, releasing contaminants into private wells and overwhelming Las Vegas’s main water supply with ashy sludge.
The Bureau of Land Management recently awarded a $1 million grant to the Salcha-Delta Soil and Water Conservation District as part of an ongoing effort to restore impacted mine lands in the Alaska Eastern Interior Field Office. The grant was made possible through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
The Grant Soil and Water Conservation District board met Monday afternoon to discuss ongoing forest management projects and hear a report on improvements to property through the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
The 33rd annual Nisqually Watershed Festival returned live and in-person for the first time since 2019 and was viewed as another successful rendition of the longtime celebration. Throughout the day, those in attendance were treated to different interactive exhibits based on the Nisqually watershed.
Along much of the New England coastline, there is a problem some 200 years in the making. Green crabs have been slowly taking over coastal ecosystems. They’re not hard to find.
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Indiana announced that it is awarding $7.9 million for the Kankakee Watershed Initiative led by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture and funded by the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).
Hurricane-related disruptions to the fertilizer supply could potentially cause food prices to climb. Extreme weather conditions for farmers, supply chain issues are some factors that have contributed to food prices rising.
