By Katrina Vaitkus The Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) is an extremely environmentally sensitive area that loses approximately half an inch of soil every year. In this area, sugarcane and vegetable rotations are extremely prevalent, and unlike the rest of southern Florida, most of the soils are organic/muck soils. Here, irrigation water management plans are crucial… [...]

By Mary Scott The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic hasn’t prevented the Navigable Waters Protection Rule from being finalized, nor has it stopped litigation forecasted in NACD’s last blog on waters of the United States (WOTUS). Revision of the 2015 WOTUS rule comes from a campaign promise made by the Trump Administration and is consistent with an… [...]

By Eric Hansen On June 30, the U.S. House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis released “Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy, Resilient, and Just America.” Written entirely by the Democratic staff on the Committee, the report fulfills the Committee’s mandate to craft policy recommendations… [...]