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IMG_IA-supports-healthy-watersheds-act
The IA joined agriculture and conservation organizations in sending a letter to the leadership of the Senate Ag Committee supporting S.2636.
Dammed-up-federal-judge-stops-flow-of-Biden-administration-WOTUS-rule-in-24-additional-states
Two dozen additional states have been added to the growing docket of jurisdictions no longer under the Biden administration WOTUS rule.
NRCS-Texas-announces-additional-National-Water-Quality-Initiative-opportunities-through-EQIP
NRCS Texas announced that it will be accepting additional fiscal year 2023 sign-ups for the National Water Quality Initiative.  
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USDA is providing an additional round of funding for producers and forest landowners for USDA’s oversubscribed conservation programs.
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The cap for the additional 18,216 H-2B visas available for the first half of FY 2023 has been met. USCIS also proposed a fee increase.
EPA-announces-final-rule-regarding-WOTUS
A recent decision by the EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers establishes a “durable” definition of “waters of the United States,” or, WOTUS.
Census-of-Agriculture-questionnaire-distributed-in-November
The deadline for responding to the United States Department of Agriculture’s 2022 Census of Agriculture is Feb. 6.