When I interviewed with the Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission last month, someone on the panel equated the conservation partnership in the recent past between local, state, and federal agencies to a three-legged stool: each leg of the stool is equally important to anyone planning on sitting down. If you know anything about me, you know I’m big [...]
“… The world can no longer afford to stay disjointed and uncompromising, shying away from the hard decisions necessary to address these problems,” the group stated.” It’s about time someone started thinking proactively about the challenges we face in the future to feed and clothe a rapidly increasing global population. This group is a “watch closely” [...]
Not only does forest thinning provide economic benefits to rural communities and reduce the amount of vegetative fuels for fires on public and private lands, but it yields another important benefit, as well: more water. This article was previously published by California Farm Bureau Federation in Ag Alert on April 13, 2011. Thanks, Farm Bureau! As the [...]
It’s no secret I have a soft spot for ranch and farm families who fight daily to maintain a traditional way of life and the ag industry. I’m especially concerned for ranchers and others on the US border with Mexico, folks like the Krentz family in Arizona. Fortunately, I’m not the only one. Sue Krentz [...]
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