Ag Secretary Vilsack to announce national conservation work

Associated Press ^ | May 4, 2015 11:32 AM EDT

[Olog-hai]

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is traveling to Colorado to announce funding for conservation projects in all 50 states. […]

The Department of Agriculture says the projects concern water quality, soil health, wildlife habitat and agricultural viability. …

[The Louiswu]

My father was involved in those in the 30’s, called the Civilian Conservation Corp or CC Camps as he called them. Make work for a desperate generation.

[dp0622]

a little like the last years of the Nazi empire. feverishly trying to get as much damage done as possible.
all republicans are only down 2 to 7 points against Hillary with almost no recognition!!
Cruz has to move higher in the polls quickly. He would gain 10 points in a debate alone

[cripplecreek]

He needs a swift kick in the Vilsack

[factoryrat]

Sovief style agricultural practices, because the government is better at farming than the farmers.

More than likely though, the feds want to take control of the ag industry, at the behest of the crony ag-corps. And more than likely, the feds will make it illegal for the “people” to even attempt to grow their own food.

[tanknetter]

Yup. But it was hard, manually intensive and productive work. Character building work.

And in this day and age would do incredible things for unemployed, disaffected inner city youth. Yank them out of the urban environment, send them off to rural areas to plant trees or clear out brush or something. Give them opportunities to learn lucrative skills like plumbing or carpentry or machine repair.

[niteowl77]

Some of the CCC structures here in Iowa are still in good shape after all these years, and are used frequently (if not daily). My guess is that anything done by the current cast of characters will be over-budget and under-built.

The Vilsack Rule: anything Tom Vilsack is involved with will suck, vacuum cleaners excepted.

Mr. niteowl77

[Buckeye McFrog]

Cause this guy knows how to farm better than you do.

[Ben Ficklin]

"More than likely"

Actually it is pork from the 2014 ag bill.

Click on the article, find the key words "Regional Conservation Partnership Program", and type that into a Google search

[JewishRighter]

I’m trying to find out if any of the funding is allocated to condemnation or “takings” as in Kelo v. New London. A lot of land is gobbled up by government this way. For National parks we can enjoy? Fine. But simply to seize land for “preservation” has grown to tyrannical proportions .