Kansas Forest Service plans wildfire mitigation project near Scott City

Annual event brings together professional firefighters, college students MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Kansas Forest Service will remove vegetation and conduct prescribed burns March 21-28 at Lake Scott Park north of Scott City as part of the 16th annual Hazardous Fuels Mitigation Project. The mitigation project is conducted in partnership with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism. State Forester Jason Hartman said the purpose of the project is to reduce the build-up…

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Water into swine: U.S. using less water for livestock than in 1960

Six decades after pouring water into its livestock production, the United States is investing relative drops in the bucket to produce its meat, milk and eggs, says a recent analysis from Nebraska’s Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute. Relying on data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other sources, the team analyzed the annual U.S. outputs of beef, pork, poultry and milk from 1960 to 2016. The researchers also estimated the yearly…

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