EPA, federal agencies fail to provide regulatory clarity with latest WOTUS rule
A unanimous decision by the Court rejected the core principle of the expanded WOTUS standard utilized by the Obama & Biden Administrations.
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THE BLOG
Madilynne Clark
- Sep 5
- 3 min
Bring the free market back to agriculture
Rated 1 out of 5 stars.
(1)We’ll be providing policymakers with recommendations to help sow the crop for a better agricultural climate.
Madilynne Clark
- Sep 1
- 3 min
Free market agriculture grows when resources are available
A seed is filled with unlocked potential. Add a little soil, sunlight, and water, and within days the seed begins to sprout, filling the...
Madilynne Clark
- Aug 31
- 3 min
Free market agriculture weeds out excessive regulations
As a small farmer starting from scratch, there comes a point when it is necessary to hire someone to work on your operation. A few years...
Madilynne Clark
- Aug 28
- 2 min
Free market farming ends drought-like conditions
Farmers have the potential to thrive when they are unencumbered by excessive regulations.
Madilynne Clark
- Aug 9
- 2 min
Who is responsible for Idaho’s water supply?
Who is responsible for Idaho’s water supply? A generic answer would be ‘everyone.’ A more thoughtful answer would specify policymakers...
Madilynne Clark
- Jun 16
- 3 min
Idaho water fight is hard to see through
Like murky water, it’s hard to see through the current Idaho water fight. As farmers watched the above average snowpack accumulate all...
Madilynne Clark
- Jun 14
- 3 min
Federal lands rule is a good theory but poor proposal
Conservation leases need to be proposed legislatively, to keep this valuable policy tool unhindered by judicial proceedings.
Madilynne Clark
- May 30
- 3 min
Supreme Court cleans up the Clean Water Act
Thanks to the perseverance of a Northern Idaho couple, the Clean Water Act (CWA), is less polluted by bureaucratic expansion.
Madilynne Clark
- May 15
- 3 min
Farm workers are missing out on income
The recent passage of agricultural overtime laws in California, Washington, and Oregon has limited the hours of farm workers.
Madilynne Clark
- Mar 22
- 3 min
When is a farm too big?
When is a farm too big? That is the question in front of the Oregon Legislature with Senate Bill 85. Would 2,500 cows or 125,000 chickens...
Madilynne Clark
- Feb 27
- 2 min
Net farm income in the Mountain States decreasing from record highs
Farm input costs are on the rise, land is less available and less affordable, and the added stress has brought little in the way of...
Madilynne Clark
- Feb 26
- 3 min
Can a $15,000 study help protect Ag from future pandemics?
Idaho agriculture, along with the rest of the country, endured many negative impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Other than health care,...
Madilynne Clark
- Jan 26
- 3 min
Montana legislature considers farm to food bank program
Montana food security groups turned out in full force recently to support House Bill 274: Establish a farm to food bank grant program....
Chris Cargill
- Jan 23
- 1 min
Snow pack looking good in ID, WA but behind schedule in MT
We are about a month into the official start of winter. Thirty days ago, the snow pack for the mountain states was looking positive. That...
Charlotte McKinley
- Jan 13
- 1 min
Huckleberry freedom?
The Montana Department of Agriculture tried to get people to report their huckleberry patches in 2007. After 16 years of failed attempts,...
Chris Cargill
- Dec 20, 2022
- 1 min
Snake River Dams get assist from Senator Risch
In an era of electrification and increased power demand, it makes no sense to remove a clean, renewable source. So far, sanity is...
Madilynne Clark
- Dec 2, 2022
- 2 min
Diesel unavoidable cost for western farmers
Harvest and fall groundwork are concluding for western farmers, and tractors and equipment are finally resting for the season – a much...
Madilynne Clark
- Nov 23, 2022
- 2 min
Western state farmers help grow the Thanksgiving feast
From Washington’s cranberries to Utah’s turkeys, the only Thanksgiving dish the five Western states can’t grow is sweet potatoes (though...
Chris Cargill
- Nov 12, 2022
- 1 min
Checking in on the mountain snowpack
We have seen dire warnings from many activists and some politicians across the region regarding climate change and the future of our...
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