News from December 2022
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
State Conservationist Ivan Dozier announced USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will offer funding for the following Landscape Initiatives throughout the state: Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative (MRBI) and the National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI).
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Washington announced Jan. 13, 2023, as the FY23 application deadline for landowners interested in assistance installing riparian buffers.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
World Soil Day is celebrated annually Dec. 5 to raise awareness for the importance of healthy soil. This year, the theme is “Soils, where food begins" to help promote the adoption of soil practices worldwide in order to feed the growing population.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Ivan Dozier, Illinois Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) State Conservationist, announced that January 6, 2023 will be the EQIP application deadline.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor announced the selection of seven states to participate in the second round of an initiative that seeks to align state policy and funding to advance competitive integrated employment for individuals with mental health conditions.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
State Conservationist Ivan Dozier announced USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will offer funding to control invasive plants in forest stands in east-central Illinois through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an incremental award of $614,437 to WorkForce West Virginia to enable the state to continue to provide temporary employment for cleanup and recovery services in nine counties affected by severe storms in 2021.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Amazon during inspections at six warehouse facilities in five states for failing to properly record work-related injuries and illnesses.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker issued a statement regarding today’s release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of its 2021 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries:
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
State Conservationist Ivan Dozier announced USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will offer funding for the following Landscape Initiatives throughout the state: Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative (MRBI) and the National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI).
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Public and private partners are working together to reduce wildfire risk surrounding the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Koniag and NRCS are working together to reduce soil erosion and improve access to historical fishing sites on Kodiak Island
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
In this six minute video release, we visit with A. Jay Heiss, the Manager of Lower Brule Farms, an entity of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe in Lower Brule, South Dakota (SD). A. Jay manages grasslands to promote good stewardship, wildlife habitat, and healthy soil, receiving the benefits and profitability of soil health practices even in times of drought.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
In a remote community where subsistence is agriculture, partners are working together to remove barriers to fish passage.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
A federal workplace safety investigation found that a Kyle vehicle parts manufacturer ignored repeated concerns raised by workers, and willfully exposed them to hazards related to unsafe machine operations, potential falls and a lack of personal protective equipment.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
For the eighth time since 2016, federal safety inspectors found the owner of a Martin roofing company exposing roofers and other workers to the construction industry’s leading cause of death – falls from elevation – by failing to provide them with fall protection equipment and hazard training.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Federal workplace safety and health inspectors continue to find workplace hazards, despite levies of more than $15 million in fines since 2017, at Dollar General Corp. and Dolgencorp LLC facilities exposing their workers to unsafe conditions, this time at a Thomasville, Georgia, retail store.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Participant: Molson Coors Beverage Company USA LLC, Power, Montana
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Federal safety inspectors have determined that a falling load from a below-the-hook magnet crushed the leg of an employee at a Kewaunee heavy fabrication manufacturing company on June 7, 2022.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
NATIONAL CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES IN 2021
