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Denise Keehner, Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, U.S. EPA This May 9, 2013 memorandum issues guidance on grants streamlining specific to the national Clean Water Act section 319 Nonpoint Source program and provides national program expectations regarding the rate of expenditure of funds by the states.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Section-319-Grants-Streamlining-Policy-and-Program-Expectations-for-Expenditure-of-Funds/2799/
This summary, produced by the Environmental Protection Agency Agricultural Counselor Office of the Administrator, provides a succinct, general description of EPA’s requirements, and should be used as a guide or compliance assistance tool.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Major-Existing-EPA-Laws-and-Programs-That-Could-Affect-Agricultural-Producers--June-2007-/156/
This notice provides transitional guidance relating to the new definitions of “qualified appraisal” and “qualified appraiser” in § 170(f)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code, and new § 6695A of the Code regarding substantial or gross valuation misstatements, as added by § 1219 of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, Pub.
https://www.landcan.org/article/IRS-Guidance-Regarding-Appraisal-Requirements-for-Noncash-Charitable-Contributions-/198/
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Parady, K., J. Lovato, J. Wolf, D. Hulme, I. Burke. Agricultural operations in Wyoming serve as spaces for the production of food and fiber, and are also wildlife habitats, landscapes and spaces that create and accommodate a variety of lifestyles (Taylor 2003).
https://www.landcan.org/article/Commercial-Wind-Energy-Development-in-Wyoming--a-Guide-for-Landonwers/144/
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Logan Hawkes, A new study by researchers at Oklahoma State University’s Department of Plant and Soil Sciences may well improve the predictability of seasonal droughts and provide a better way for farmers to determine when drought conditions are likely to occur.
https://www.landcan.org/article/New-Study-Improves-Drought-Prediction-Methods/729/
At a public meeting at the White House, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a report entitled, “Report to the President on Agricultural Preparedness & the Agriculture Research Enterprise.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Report-to-the-President-on-Agricultural-Preparedness-and-the-Agriculture-Research-Enterprise/598/
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National Corn Growers Assn. Ethanol and petroleum are compared in a side by side scientific evaluation for environmental impacts.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Ethanol-Offers-Growing-Environmental-Benefits/967/
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Michelle Banks; NRCS Wetlands play a crucial role in the world’s ecosystem by protecting and improving water quality, filtering surface water, storing floodwater and creating or enhancing wildlife habitat.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Wetlands-clean-water-provide-homes-for-wildlife-across-the-nation/1103/
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Paul Hollis Annie Dee, an Alabama ranch owner, believes fervently that if her family doesn’t practice sustainability, they won’t stay in the business of farming.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Cover-crops-making-a-difference-at-Alabamas-Dee-River-Ranch/1015/
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Chandler Van Voorhis With GreenTrees, participating landowners now have the potential to sit back and watch their forest grow while revenues increase.
https://www.landcan.org/article/The-Rise-of-Natural-Capitalism-and-the-New-Frontier-of-the-Restoration-Economy/1019/
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Cary Blake Researchers at variety of universities are working on the Western State Precision Agriculture Water Research Project, which uses drone and other technologies to determine how to use less water to produce more crops.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Water-Issues-Drive-Precision-Agriculture-Solutions-in-Specialty-Crops/918/
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ICF International U.S. agriculture consists of more than 2 million farms that collectively manage more than 922 million acres of cropland, grassland pasture, and range.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Greenhouse-Gas-Mitigation-Options-and-Costs-for-Agricultural-Land-and-Animal-Production-within-the-United-States/933/
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Daniel Robison The US wine industry creates an enormous amount of waste from processing more than 4 million tons of grapes a year. Chemists have been working on turning this waste, called pomace, into edible and inedible products.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Turning-Wine-Waste-into-Profit/890/
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Clint Thompson, University of Georgia Beets are producing “sweet” results with researchers at the University of Georgia.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Energy-Beets-for-Biofuel-Could-be-Winter-Cash-Crop-for-Southeast-Growers/891/
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Breana Behrens The Farm Bill was signed by the President and became law the first week in February, 2014. This law will provide certainty for producers and Americans through 2018.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Agricultural-Act-of-2014/1999/
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Breana Behrens In the Massachusetts Supreme Court case New England Forestry Foundation v. Board of Assessors of Hawley the Court found that a parcel of forestland NEFF owns is eligible for a full exemption from property taxes.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Massachusetts-Court-Clarifies-Forest-Property-Tax-Exemption/2202/
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Andrew A. Cadot Many owners of real estate in coastal Maine are facing dramatic increases in their property taxes as a result of municipal revaluations, especially those with shorefront or a water view.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Tools-For-Reducing-High-Property-Taxes-in-Maine/120/
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K Gregg Elliott Renowned for its hunting, Tara Wildlife also offers birding, hiking and a well-equipped conference and recreation facility.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Tara-Wildlife-Doing-Business-as-a-Sustainable-Recreation-Destination/207/
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Resources First Foundation - RFF A landowner recently asked us: What is the best way to ensure that the land I donate is not sold? We put the question to the land trust community and it generated quite a bit of activity on the land trust listserv.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Forever-Donation/192/
Excerpts from the Texas Wildlife Action Plan (WAP) applicable to private landowners.
https://www.landcan.org/article/The-Texas-Wildlife-Action-Plan/153/
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