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House ag committee recommends asking Congress to transfer national grasslands management to NRCS
Summary
The committee approved a resolution urging Congress to move management of national grasslands within North Dakota from the U.S. Forest Service to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, with supporters saying NRCS's soil‑health focus better fits predominantly grazing lands.
Representative Keith Kepnick told the House Agriculture Committee that recent proposals and management concerns prompted a review of whether national grasslands in North Dakota would be better served under the Natural Resources Conservation Service rather than the U.S. Forest Service.
"For the most part, most of it is grasslands," Kepnick said, and he described the lands' history…
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