Boatbuilder expands again for second time in two years; Maverick Boat Co. to add 150 jobs
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross tours Maverick Boat Group s manufacturing facility
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One of Florida s largest volume boatbuilders announced this week it will be expanding its manufacturing facility and increasing its work force to keep up with demand of new boats.
Maverick Boat Group s next phase of expansion will boost the company’s manufacturing space by 106,000 square feet and add 150 new jobs to the Treasure Coast economy, according to a news release sent out May 5 by the Economic Development Council of St. Lucie County.
Funding for Agricultural Conservation Programs Essential to Moving Country to Net-Zero Emissions Share Donate
Funding for Agricultural Conservation Programs Essential to Moving Country to Net-Zero Emissions
Mike Saccone
Apr 28, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. A broad coalition of 133 conservation, farmer and rancher, sportsmen, and wildlife groups urged the leadership of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate agriculture committees in a letter to ensure the forthcoming infrastructure package includes robust funding for Farm Bill conservation programs and farmer assistance. They specifically urged Congress to double the investment in Farm Bill conservation programs and to ramp up conservation technical assistance funding.
“Increasing baseline funding for the Farm Bill conservation programs and ramping up conservation technical assistance on the ground will enable landowners to mitigate the impacts of drought and flood, improve habitat, improve soil health and long-term food secur
Published: Friday, April 23, 2021
Tracy Stone-Manning Photo credit: AP Photo/Matt Gouras
Tracy Stone-Manning, whom President Biden will nominate as Bureau of Land Management director, with then-Gov.-elect Steve Bullock (D) in Helena, Mont., in December 2012. Stone-Manning ran the Montana Department of Environmental Quality under Bullock. AP Photo/Matt Gouras
Tracy Stone-Manning, President Biden s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management, has long been an advocate for conservation both inside and outside government but is willing to listen to all stakeholders on contentious issues like oil and gas development and wildlife protections, say those who have worked with her.
And like Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, who last month became the first Native American to lead the Interior Department, Stone-Manning s confirmation would be historic. She would become only the second woman to lead BLM in its 75-year history, joining Kathleen Clarke, who served as director from 2000-2006 in
The Daily Yonder Timber, Condos, Glamping? States Debate Land Use to Fund Schools With diminishing revenues from traditional use of trust lands, states turn to alternatives like aggressive real estate development, stoking fears of unwelcome changes to long established communities.
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This stand of state trust land forest near Washington’s Merrill Lake is logged to provide revenue for schools. (Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts)
Checkerboarded across the landscape of the American West are thousands of parcels of state-owned land that collectively cover an area larger than North Dakota. They include vast swaths of forest and prairie, fracking wells, coal mines, luxury housing developments, parking lots, cell towers and solar panels.