1/ Listening to @npratc right now, and their story about how @GovRicketts condemning @USDA’s #30by30 is deeply troubling, especially right now with where we are in agricultural/conservation trends. A thread from someone in the conservation field who works closely with USDA: 2/ It’s obvious that many farmers are skeptical of the Federal government going onto their land, this is precisely why Soil and Water Conservation Districts (CDs) were created. CDs are LOCAL units of government, with local publicly-elected boards of directors who manage them.