http://blog.nwf.org/2012/06/anything-is-possible-for-those-who-try/ The National Wildlife Federation's blog Mon, 20 May 2013 00:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.nwf.org/2012/06/anything-is-possible-for-those-who-try/comment-page-1/#comment-16978 Congress Fails Farmers and Wildlife : Wildlife Promise Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:29:14 +0000 http://blog.nwf.org/?p=62030#comment-16978 [...] After the Senate bill passed, it was the House’s turn to pass their own version. The House Agriculture Committee moved quickly to pass H.R. 6830, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012. Although the House version maintained a similar level of funding to conservation in comparison to the Senate bill, it lacked important protection for wildlife. The House bill’s version of Sodsaver only applied to the Prairie Pothole Region, despite efforts by Reps. Timothy Walz (D-Minn.) and Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) to extend Sodsaver nationally and protect native grasslands nationwide. The House version also lacked conservation compliance provisions in exchange for crop insurance premium subsidies. However, if brought to the House floor, members of Congress will have the chance to apply Sodsaver to the entire nation, and apply important soil and water conservation provisions, as Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) did on the Senate floor. [...]

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