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The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service wants to use pesticides to treat nearly 2 million acres around the Grand Canyon to prevent an infestation of rangeland grasshoppers and Mormon crickets. The Center for Biological Diversity says the plan is a “shortsighted quick fix.”
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At the end of the week, federal wildland firefighters could take steep, across-the-board pay cuts without action from Congress, which advocates and officials fear could trigger mass resignations within the workforce.
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The Navajo Nation has been awarded $5.5 million to enhance food security, support local producers and improve supply chain resilience.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has launched a grant program to help rural and tribal communities in Arizona repair water infrastructure damaged by fires and floods last year.
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U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing two California companies to offer “lab-grown” meat to the nation's restaurant tables and eventually, supermarket shelves.
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Federal officials say grants are now available to assist residents in Coconino and Yavapai counties repair their homes that were damaged by wildfires last summer.
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The Biden administration has allocated nearly $2 million to bring renewable electricity to a hundred homes on the Navajo Nation.
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The federal government will allocate nearly $500 million to hazardous fuels reduction in areas with high risk of wildfire in several western states.
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Grand Canyon National Park has received a grant to support a program that gives Indigenous youth job training in natural resource protection and recreational experiences.
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A new program will test wild animals and zoo animals statewide for the coronavirus. The Translational Genomics Research Institute, or TGen, is working in partnership with the Arizona Game and Fish Department, the Department of Agriculture and zoo vets across Arizona.