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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving South Dakota Newsletter for Sunday October 29, 2023 ( 3 items )  

AHCA/NCAL Discusses Critical Importance of Creating Sustainable Access to Care in Rural Communities
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living issued the following news release: The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) joined a broad spectrum of health care stakeholders during Sanford Health's second annual Summit on the Future of Rural Health Care to discuss the vital importance of maintaining access to long term care in our nation's rural communities, including th  more

Food & Water Watch: Massive Carbon Pipeline Canceled
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following statement: * * * Today, the developers behind the massive Navigator carbon pipeline announced that they were canceling the project. The Heartland Greenway was to be a 1,300-mile pipeline spanning parts of South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. Grassroots opposition to these projects has been intense, with farmers, landowners and environmentalists raising questions about their feasibility and safety. In res  more

Nature Conservancy: Hundreds of Buffalo Return Home to Indigenous Communities
RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Oct. 19 -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news: Hundreds of buffalo, also known as American bison, will return to ancestral grazing lands across the United States this fall as part of a multi-state, Indigenous-led movement. More than 800 buffalo will head home to Indigenous communities, transferred in a large collective effort to restore this keystone species who are integral to thousands of natural relationships including the health of prairies and grassl  more