Tag: tom vilsack
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Western Slope farmers fear impact of mass deportations and labor market changes
PALISADE • To be a farmer in any era is to live, unsteadily, with constant change. On rural Colorado’s small family farms one thing is certain: the landscape of agriculture is shifting. And the tenuous balance is in for a new test as promises of mass deportations threaten to wipe out the labor force that small…
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Western governors ask federal more help on forest health, climate change
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Western governors told top federal officials it was time to dramatically rework programs to help states recover from wildfires, thin overgrown, drought-ravaged forests, and protect mountain water systems. Governors representing 17 states gathered last week for the virtual Western Governors’ Association conference, which included sessions…
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Western governors ask federal more help on forest health, climate change
Western governors told top federal officials it was time to dramatically rework programs to help states recover from wildfires, thin overgrown, drought-ravaged forests, and protect mountain water systems. Governors representing 17 states gathered last week for the virtual Western Governors’ Association conference, which included sessions on forest health, climate change and broadband initiatives, among other…