North Dakota is one of four states chosen for a federally funded pilot program to spur more interest in farmers to reduce their carbon footprint. Through a USDA grant, the Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture will offer farmers and ranchers in the selected states $100 an acre or animal unit to implement conservation practices, such as cover crops and no-till farming. The federal government has longstanding cost-sharing programs for these efforts, but it s not easy for all producers to get approved. .
The timber industry is pushing back against the Biden administration s proposal to limit commercial logging in the nation s last old-growth forests. The move announced last month would put restrictions on harvesting within a small fraction of lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service. .