Via online from publisher., Editor addresses a state governor's agenda at the expense of the beef industry, illustrating a continuing "struggle with the divide between urban and rural communities."
4pgs, Online from publication., Describes the U.S. Census Bureau's decision to pull the agency's enumerators out of the field due to COVID-19 with about one-half of the state's remote villages uncounted. A legislator representing that area described this as "a politically motivated effort to undermine our political clout and to strip us of resources." The Native Voice Network, a nationwide coalition of 40 Native-led organizations was among those pushing Congress to complete the census for an accurate count.
Online from publisher., Author observes how the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is losing sight of the traditional mission of maintaining public lands and passing them intact to the next generation. "The BLM's mission is not ideological and does no give preference to certain land users. Its legal mandate calls for managing public lands for a variety of uses, treating energy generation and conservation equally. But now, the agency is losing sight of that mission."
Woodall, Colin (author / Chief Executive Officer, National Cattlemen's Beef Association)
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2019-09-26
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11004
Notes:
3 pages., National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Centennial Colorado., Commentary on messaging being used by interest groups to pit beef producers against one another.