11 billion miles. That’s the decrease in the number of miles Americans drove in March 2008 versus March 2007, according to the Federal Highway Administration. As this article in the Wall Street Journal points out, the 4.3 percent drop is…
Energy
Rising Fuel Costs & the American Landowner
Tagged with: energy, Eric O'Keefe, fuel costs, rising fuel costs
Posted in Energy, Eric OKeefe, Feature
Posted in Energy, Eric OKeefe, Feature
High Price of Corn Means Less Land for CRP
Driving today I tuned into C-SPAN Radio on my XM dial looking for something better than the latest Top 20. I caught the tail end of a conversation, Congressional testimony it sounded like, regarding the current food crisis that is…
Tagged with: corn prices, CRP, ethanol, food crisis, public policy
Posted in Conservation, Energy, Farming, Feature, Midwest
Posted in Conservation, Energy, Farming, Feature, Midwest
End of the Conservation Reserve Program?
BY JOSEPH GUINTO PUBLISHED APRIL 2007 With the Bush administration backing off on the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), conservation and hunting groups fear the 22-year-old program once dubbed “Noah’s Arc for Wildlife” is a sinking ship. Backers of the CRP,…
Tagged with: Bush Administration, conservation reserve program, corn ethanol, CRP, Delta Waterfowl, ethanol, Rob Olson, USDA
Posted in April 2007, Conservation, Energy, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Hunting, Joseph Guinto, Magazine, Midwest, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Topics
Posted in April 2007, Conservation, Energy, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Hunting, Joseph Guinto, Magazine, Midwest, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Topics
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