Conservation Programs Go Before Senate Agriculture Committee

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

EDGEFIELD, S.C. -(Ammoland.com)- Dr. Salem Saloom, a family forest owner and avid sportsman from southern Alabama testified today during the Senate Agriculture’s committee hearing Conservation and Forestry: Perspectives on the Past and Future Direction for the 2018 Farm Bill.

Saloom articulated how the Farm Bill has been vital to his, and many other rural landowners, efforts to overcome forest health challenges, provide timber, and improve habitat for wildlife, including at-risk species.

He also provided a suite of smart policy solutions to build on the progress made in the last Farm Bill to support forest owners in conservation.

Saloom in his testimony on behalf of the American Forest Foundation and the National Wild Turkey Federation stated:

“In 2004, Hurricane Ivan made landfall and absolutely devastated our forestland. If it wasn’t for the Farm Bill’s conservation programs, and this committee’s efforts to ensure forest owners’ ability to access to them, we’d be in a very different place today.…Our work with the Farm Bill’s programs also helped us discover benefits our forest could provide local endangered species while still producing timber and other benefits. …Read the Rest

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