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PIERRE — The lack of any sign-ups for a multimillion-dollar water quality program is evidence that agricultural operations need even more incentives to keep waste out of waterways, according to the leader of the state’s environmental regulatory agency. Hunter Roberts is the secretary of the state Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. He briefed the House […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A total of 18 interest groups, including agriculture, oil, and housing interests, filed a 42-page lawsuit asking the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Texas in Galveston to vacate the final Waters of the U.S. rule. Some of those members include the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the American Farm […]
BUFFALO, S.D. – Take abandoned gas wells in Harding County on land owned by South Dakota (as well as on private property) that have cost county and state taxpayers millions of dollars since around 2012. Then add the technology of bitcoin mining that requires massive amounts of energy to operate and can be located anywhere […]
LINCOLN, Neb. — EPA’s final waters of the U.S. rule released on Friday keeps a controversial “significant-nexus” test in place when determining jurisdictional waters and codifies for the first time a number of long-standing agriculture exemptions to the Clean Water Act. The new rule proposed in November 2021, essentially reverts to pre-2015 WOTUS definitions with […]
WITCHITA, KS – Bill and Chris Pannbacker welcome a visitor to their land, driving him him up a steep pasture hill, covered with rich brown carpet of prairie grass. But down below the hill, visible in the distance, sits a big black stain. That’s where the Keystone pipeline ruptured Wednesday night, spreading an estimated 14,000 […]
RAPID CITY, SD – Anglers and water users are criticizing a Black Hills dam’s government managers for a lack of communication about sudden low-water flows threatening downstream fish and domestic water supplies. Rapid Creek flows dropped from 40 to 12 cubic feet per second on Nov. 30. That imperiled brown trout spawning, which occurs during the fall, and […]
RAPID CITY, SD – The western side of Pennington County doesn’t have enough water to last through an extended drought, according to a 2019 study by the South Dakota School of Mines. The region, which includes Rapid City, relies on ground and surface water to supply its city populations, commercial districts and agricultural needs. But […]
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