Land easements mean long-term conservation benefits, says green group

To get long-lasting benefits, USDA should pursue land easements, rather than pay billions of dollars to landowners who abandon a short-term commitment to land stewardship whenever commodity prices boom, says the Environmental Working Group. The green group is cool to a Trump administration proposal to put more money into easements because it’s outweighed by drastic cuts in… » Read More

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