A bipartisan group of senators has introduced S.2636, the Healthy Watersheds and Healthy Communities Act, which would help agriculture become more resilient to drought and flooding, according to the Family Farm Alliance.
The bill was introduced by Sens. Michael Bennet (D-CO), Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and would amend the Natural Resource Conservation Service’s Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations program (PL-566).
“S. 2636 further improves the PL-566 planning and construction process and strengthens local control, which will ensure that the program is utilized in the most efficient manner possible in each state,” said Dan Keppen, executive director of the Family Farm Alliance, in a statement.
