Conservation Clips is a weekly collection of articles distributed by NACD that provides our members and partners with the latest news in what's driving conservation. These articles are not indicative of NACD policy and are the opinions of their authors, unless otherwise noted. If you have a relevant submission or need assistance with accessing articles, please contact the NACD Communications Team.

NACD Blog: Conservation Innovation at the Forefront at NACD’s 2020 Annual Meeting
By Laura Demmel
12/11/19

Innovations within the conservation space are happening all the time. From landscape planning tools, agriculture precision tools, remote sensing tools, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and seed and nutrient discoveries, technology is undoubtedly changing the way we deliver conservation on the ground.

Wisconsin State Farmer: Conservationist of the Year grows soil health message
By Tivoli Gough
12/05/19

Nick Guilette, of Casco, Wisconsin, was recently awarded the Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) Conservationist of the Year Award, for his dedication to exceptional conservation delivery and customer service as a leader in the industry.

E&E News: White House starts reviewing WOTUS rewrite
By Ariel Wittenberg
12/06/19

(Subscriber Only) The White House is now reviewing a highly anticipated final Clean Water Act rulemaking that is expected to roll back federal protection of waterways. The Waters of the U.S., or WOTUS, rule will set a new definition of which wetlands and waterways need federal protection.

POLITICO: Broken harvest
By M. Scott Mahaskey
12/09/19

Of all the things that threaten those who plow the fields of America — dwindling commodity prices, a painful trade war — the most enduring is the change to the landscape itself. Extreme weather events have rocked the American Midwest in recent years and hit particularly hard in 2019, drowning agricultural acreage nearly the size of South Carolina and washing away the topsoil that makes land fertile.

Stanford University: Reduced soil tilling helps both soils and yields, Stanford researchers find
By Michelle Horton
12/06/19

By monitoring crops through machine learning and satellite data, Stanford scientists have found farms that till the soil less can increase yields of corn and soybeans and improve the health of the soil–a win-win for meeting growing food needs worldwide.

Colorado Public Radio: Congress Wants To Pull The Reins On Accelerated Wild Horse Roundup Plan
12/12/19

Two House committee chairmen are trying to put the brakes on money for a new Trump administration proposal to accelerate the capture of 130,000 wild horses across the West over the next 10 years.

Science Daily: Trashed farmland could be a conservation treasure
12/11/19

Low-productivity agricultural land could be transformed into millions of hectares of conservation reserve across the world, according to new research. The research team proposed a new way of understanding the conservation value of ''uncontested lands'' - areas where agricultural productivity is low.

Government Technology: Conserving the Floodplains Could Save Billions of Dollars
By Greg Stanley
12/10/19

Buying and protecting undeveloped flood-prone land in key parts of Minnesota — around the headwaters of the Mississippi, on the North Shore and just south of the Twin Cities — would be far cheaper than paying later for inevitable flood damage to homes and businesses that might be built if the land is not protected. 

EOS: A Dirty Truth: Humans Began Accelerating Soil Erosion 4,000 Years Ago
By Richard J. Sima
12/10/19

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