CHAMPAIGN — Illinois agricultural and forestry producers who want to address or improve natural resources are encouraged to sign up for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).

A federal freeze on certain USDA programs has held up billions of dollars for conservation and caused layoffs at a nonprofit ...

Farmers across the United States are finding themselves in precarious economic positions, as they attempt to navigate a ...

Pursue a career where your passion lies. If that's in protecting the food we eat, stopping forest fires, keeping our parks and public lands pristine and accessible, planning wise land utilization, or ...

In his first month in office, President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders to pause or cancel federal ...

One of the programs affected includes the NRCS’ Environmental Quality Incentives Program, or EQIP, according to multiple national media outlets and Kentucky farmers. That program is designed to ...

A minor in forestry gives students the skills and knowledge to address the needs of a changing planet by managing forests for resilience, adaptation, climate mitigation, and a full range of ecosystem ...

First-generation Missouri farmer Skylar Holden said he wishes he’d been more careful with his vote now that he faces financial ruin due to a freeze instituted by President Donald Trump on ...

“Only you can prevent wildfires,” a nod to and acknowledgement of the ecological benefits of controlled forest fires for the overall diversity of both flora and fauna. That brings us to the work of ...