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In the midst of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law three landmark pieces of legislation creating a new “people’s department” (the US Department of Agriculture); establishing land grant colleges in every state and opening the west to homesteading. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of those historic signings, a “People’s Celebration” is planned for Thursday afternoon and evening, Nov. 8, at the Richland County Fairgrounds’ Event Center in Sidney. A number of USDA agencies (Agricultural Research Service, Farm Service...
Altogether, more than 250 area residents, businesses, schools and government agencies recycled just shy of 29 Tons (57,939 pounds) of e-waste at this year's "E-rase your E-waste" events, organizers reported last week. The amount collected was just under last year's record breaking total of 59,630 pounds, which brings the program's 8-year total to over 266,000 pounds or 133 Tons of e-waste that has been recycled in Richland County. "We just missed setting another record," Jackie Couture,...
Russian olive, a popular shelterbelt tree in this region due to its hardiness, also has a darker side. At the USDA-ARS Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory near Miles City, Russian olive has escaped the confines of the shelterbelt and has now invaded thousands of acres of rangeland and riverbank, crowding out native plants and limiting river access with its painful barbs. As a result, its removal has become the focus of a new multi-agency study looking at not only what methods are most effective in getting rid of the tree where...
