BIOFUELS
USDA touts ethanol, but its cars have limited access — report
More than any other federal agency, the Department of Agriculture promotes fuel made from corn and other crops.
Marc Heller
Reporter
Marc has reported on agricultural issues since 1993 when he began reporting for the Watertown Daily Times in northern New York. He reported for the Daily Times for 18 years, including more than 14 as its Washington, D.C., correspondent. For the past few years, he reported on tax legislation for Bloomberg BNA. Marc grew up in White Plains, N.Y., and holds a graduate degree from Columbia University. He won several state Associated Press writing contests while reporting for New York newspapers.
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AGRICULTURE
USDA to move 2 bureaus out of D.C.
The Agriculture Department will move as many as 700 employees — largely scientists and economic researchers — out of the nation's capital region by the end of next year.
FORESTS
'Insects and disease, they don't know boundaries'
GLENBROOK, Nev. — Foresters like to say that wildfires don't respect property lines. In this area near the mansions of Lake Tahoe, the Nevada Division of Forestry is taking that idea further, stepping onto federal and private land in a quest to prevent them.
FORESTS
Wildfires turn adversaries into allies
LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — From the ashes of a 2015 wildfire, an unusual alliance was born to protect the Lake Tahoe watershed from future blazes.
WILDFIRES
Forest Service 'drain' hurting efforts to prevent blazes
The Forest Service's efforts to prevent big wildfires are hampered by a shortage of workers and expertise, a former agency employee said at a briefing yesterday.