USDA Update – January 2, 2024
Agriculture news and information from the Eads USDA Service Center in Kiowa County, Colorado.
Study: Texas small businesses want lower health care costs, higher transparency
A new survey of the nation's small business owners showed a challenge to operations is trying to provide health care for their employees.
Study credits diversification for Winnebago Tribe success
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Wyoming's success wins federal funds for new wildlife crossings
Wyoming won the largest grant in the nation, $24 million, in a federal pilot program aiming to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions.
Draft federal decision would pause Thompson Divide oil and gas drilling for 20 years
A long-debated proposal to protect more than 220,000 acres of national forest land on Colorado’s Western Slope is close to becoming reality.
EarthTalk - ¿Cuántos bosques "antiguos" quedan hoy en Estados Unidos?
Un sistema de categorización que han propuesto los científicos de la Wilderness Society es basar la madurez de un árbol en su "biomasa."
EarthTalk - ¿Existe realmente una "sequía de nieve" en algunas partes de EE.UU.?
El Glosario de Meteorología de la Sociedad Meteorológica Americana especifica dos tipos de sequías de nieve.
EarthTalk - Is there really a “snow drought” in parts of the U.S.?
Two types of snow droughts are specified by the American Meteorological Society’s Glossary of Meteorology.
EarthTalk - New Year’s Resolutions: Think green this year
Directing some of our New Year’s aspirations toward eco-conscious endeavors can make a tangible difference.
