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The administration’s proposed 22 percent cut to the Agriculture Department would hit conservation and funding for state and local forestry assistance. Read More

The administration will use “executive tools” to cut federal spending, the White House budget chief said. Read More

The National Park Service has hired about 40 percent of the number of seasonal workers on staff during fiscal year 2023, according to data obtained by a nonprofit group. Read More

Friends of Animals had asked the Fish and Wildlife Service to increase protections for some macaws. Read More

The plan would open up 11 million acres to drilling and remove conditions, including protections for sensitive ecological areas, on oil and gas leases in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Read More

On the chopping block would be the Bureau of Land Management’s renewable energy program, the offshore wind program managed by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the U.S. Geological Survey’s Ecosystems Mission Area. Read More

Helping to take up the slack, the proposed budget suggests, would be a significant boost in the use of artificial intelligence. Read More

While production rose slightly, inventory backlogs dwindled as companies worked through stock pulled forward ahead of tariffs earlier this year.  Read More