For your Fourth of July celebration, are you planning to get outdoors, and enjoy picnics, fireworks, and maybe some good music? Music was always a big part of the Fourth … Read more
Farm Bill
A Tale of Two Sportsmen’s Bills
With Congress these days, it can seem like the best of times and the worst of times. After years of relatively little legislative success, members of both chambers and on … Read more
Victory! The New Farm Bill is a Major Win for Wildlife
Today, the farm bill passed the Senate by a vote of 68-32, its final major hurdle to becoming law for next five years. The White House reports that President Obama will … Read more
5 Ways the New Farm Bill is Good for Wildlife
The 2014 Farm Bill is closer than ever to becoming law; yesterday, House and Senate Agriculture committee leaders agreed on a final version of the farm bill that is a … Read more
Will Congress be Naughty or Nice to Grassland Wildlife?
After two long years of trying to pass a new Farm Bill—a giant, 5 year piece of legislation that funds everything from food stamps to agriculture subsidies to conservation programs—members … Read more
Last Call: Who Wants a Farm Bill that Works for Wildlife?
Sisyphus was a king from Greek mythology who was punished by the gods by being forced eternally to push a massive boulder up a hill; each time, as the boulder … Read more
Having Lost Thousands of Cattle to the Blizzard, Northern Plains Ranchers Need a Farm Bill
The recent blizzard in western South Dakota didn’t just dump up to four feet of snow in the Black Hills, northwestern Nebraska and northeastern Wyoming. In killing thousands of cattle, … Read more
The Farm Bill Expires Today, and So Do Wildlife Protections
While most people are probably aware of the looming potential government shutdown, there is another deadline today that is getting much less attention: the Farm Bill expires. So what does … Read more
Weekly News Roundup- September 20, 2013
What’s happening at National Wildlife Federation this week? Once a parking space, now a public park (well, for a few hours at least). NWF joins in for DC’s Park(ing) Day … Read more
Buy California Wine, Kill an Endangered Species
This is part 2 of a blog about the recent farm bill debacle. See part 1 here. And now, the story of a wealthy specialty crop lobby who publicly promote … Read more
