Jordan Wimpy on Conservation

U.S. Department of Agriculture: Notice Suspends Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment as Farm Bill Process Remains Stagnant

On September 25, 2024, USDA’s Acting Deputy Administrator of Farm Programs issued a Notice to all Farm Service Agency (FSA) State and County Offices, directing them to cease processing and/or approving offers of enrollment or...more

10/1/2024 / Conservation , Department of Agriculture , Farm Bill , Global Food Security Act , USDA

Understanding the Farm Bill's Conservation Program Contracts and Regulations

For most, the Farm Bill is understood to provide a safety net for the nation’s agricultural producers and a nutrition-assistance program for the nation’s most vulnerable. This understanding is generally correct; the Farm...more

8/20/2024 / Conservation , Conservation Easements , Contract Terms , Farm Bill , Farm Service Agency (FSA) , Farmers , Land Owners , Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) , Penalties , Quality Incentive Program (QIP) , Regulatory Agenda

Endangered Species Act/Western Fanshell and Ouachita Fanshell: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services Proposes Threatened Listing/Arkansas...

On Thursday, March 3, 2022, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (the Service) published a rule proposing to list the western fanshell (Cyprogenia aberti) and Ouachita fanshell (Cyprogenia cf. aberti), both freshwater mussels, as...more

3/14/2022 / Conservation , Critical Habitat , Endangered Species , Endangered Species Act (ESA) , ESA Listings , Habitat Conservation Plan , US Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Proposes Regulatory Definition for "Habitat"

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (“Service”) proposed on August 5th for the first time a regulatory definition for the term “habitat” as it is used in the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the various implementing regulations....more

8/10/2020 / Conservation , Endangered Species , Endangered Species Act (ESA) , Environmental Policies , Habitat Conservation Plan , Proposed Rules , US Fish and Wildlife Service

Environmental Quality Incentives Program: U.S. Department of Agriculture Interim Rule Amendments

We wrote in early December that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) issued an “interim rule” to revise the terms and conditions of the Conservation Reserve Program and implement certain program amendments required by...more

1/21/2020 / Agricultural Sector , Amended Rules , Conservation , Department of Agriculture , Environmental Policies , Farm Bill , Incentives , Interim Rule , Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) , USDA

U.S. Department of Agriculture: Publication of Interim Rule Amending and Updating the Conservation Reserve Program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation (“CCC”) recently published in the Federal Register an “interim rule” to revise the terms and conditions of the Conservation Reserve Program and implement...more

12/18/2019 / Agricultural Sector , Amended Rules , Comment Period , Commodities , Conservation , Department of Agriculture , Farm Bill , Global Food Security Act , USDA

Highly Erodible Land Conservation and Wetland Conservation Compliance Provisions: U.S. Department of Agriculture Interim...

On Friday December 7, 2018, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) published in the Federal Register an interim rule for the Highly Erodible Land Conservation and Wetland Conservation Compliance regulations of the...more

12/11/2018 / Agricultural Land , Agricultural Sector , Conservation , Department of Agriculture , Farms , Interim Rule , Public Comment , Regulatory Agenda , USDA , Water Quality , Wetlands

Jordan Wimpy

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