LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Jan. 5 (TNSPer) -- The Arkansas Farm Bureau issued the following news release on Jan. 4: The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame has announced that six individuals will be inducted during 2021 due to their leadership and service to the state's largest business sector. The newest class represents agriculture education, the seed industry, agri-business, row-crop production, agricultural/political advocacy, timber management, plus agricultural research and outreach. The ne  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 8 -- The National Wildlife Federation issued the following news release on Jan. 7: In a press conference today, the State of Illinois and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced they have signed a preconstruction engineering and design agreement for the Brandon Road Lock and Dam project that will help block invasive Asian carp from advancing from the Illinois and Des Plaines Rivers through the Chicago Area Waterway System and into Lake Michigan. The project was appr  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Jan. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Indiana office issued the following news release: The USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Indiana continued its conservation work across the state despite a tough 2020 marked with a pandemic and several natural disasters. The agency helped farmers and forest landowners implement conservation practices on their working lands, which help conserve natural resource such a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- Rep. Angela Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Jan. 2: Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump signed into law a bipartisan disaster mitigation bill introduced by U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN) and Rodney Davis (R-IL) to help communities across the country prepare for and rebuild from extreme weather events. The Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation (STORM) Act - the Senate counterpart to Craig and Davis' Resilience Revolving Loa  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: The bipartisan House Great Lakes Task Force Co-Chairs Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), David Joyce (R-OH), and Bill Huizenga (R-MI), alongside Reps. Bill Foster (D-IL) and Jack Bergman (R-MI), led 21 Members of Congress in sending a bipartisan letter to Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Rickey "R.D." James regarding the Task Force's priorities for the Great Lakes region a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following weekly report: This past week, President Trump signed a new COVID-19 relief bill paired with legislation to fund the government through the end of fiscal year 2021. The measure passed Congress with huge majorities after congressional leaders worked closely with President Trump's senior leadership team to craft the final agreement. Days later, President Trump signed the bill into law. Although it does not contain every   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 7 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The U.S. Army has turned to LSU experts to help make military operations better prepared and more resilient to climate-induced hazards with more than $9.3 million in funding over the next four years. Military operations, personnel and infrastructure including buildings, bridges, roads and flood protection structures can be impacted significantly by flooding from intense precipitation events, subsiden  more