USDA utilizes data to help improve voluntary conservation programs.

The legislation would invest in state-led conservation projects, push the US Fish and Wildlife Service to delist species that are recovered, and provide regulatory certainty for landowners who participate in voluntary species conservation agreements.

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, in partnership with the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation and Perdue Farms, announces a new initiative to support conservation practice implementation on poultry farms throughout Pennsylvania.

These funds will provide direct climate mitigation benefits and will expand access to financial and technical assistance for producers to advance conservation on their farms, ranches or forest lands.

The grants will generate $2.5 million in matching contributions for a total conservation impact of $4 million.

Many meat and poultry producers are finding no good deed goes unpunished. While most operators are working to enhance food safety and improve product quality, their methods often entail an exorbitant consumption of energy and water.