pesticide
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Sound science should drive Colorado’s pesticide policy | OPINION
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By Paul Schlagel As a Coloradan and fourth-generation sugar beet farmer, my relationship with the land and my livelihood depend on balancing healthy soil, vibrant crops, and clean water. Achieving this balance — and providing food to my neighbors here in Longmont — requires essential tools such as scientifically researched and tested pesticides. That’s why…
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Judge finds conservation group cannot sue USDA to halt prairie dog extermination
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A federal judge again dismissed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture in which plaintiffs alleged the government acted unlawfully by exterminating prairie dogs in urban areas. Prairie Protection Colorado and prairie dog advocate Michaela Hinerman sued the USDA’s Wildlife Services program based on three agreements it entered into for prairie dog “management activities”…