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AWARDS PRESENTED ...
USDA ARS honors Scientists of the Year
ARS scientist Lisa A. Ainsworth is the agency's Distinguished Senior Research Scientist of the Year
VOTING ...
USDA announces dates for pecan order referendum
Pecan growers will soon vote on whether to continue their federal marketing order
LEADERSHIP ...
USDA seeks nominees for Cattlemen's Beef Board
Nominations are due June 6, 2021 for 32 producer and three importer seats
CONSERVATION INITIATIVE ...
New frameworks guide conservation action on working rangelands
Frameworks aim to benefit both agriculture and wildlife in sagebrush and grassland landscapes
CLIMATE TRENDS ...
Study: Drought-breaking rains more rare, erratic in US West
Study comes with almost two-thirds of the contiguous U.S. beset by abnormally dry conditions
OPENING DOORS ...
PLC holds virtual legislative conference
Multiple use, conservation, biodiversity, wildfire management among topics
PUBLIC LANDS ...
PLC kicks off virtual Legislative Conference
Features speakers dedicated to Western lands and waters
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ...
Tropical species are moving northward in U.S. as winters warm
Insects, reptiles, fish and plants migrating north as winter freezes in South become less frequent
CONTEST WINNER ...