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Environmentalists are concerned that merging the South Dakota Department of Agriculture with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources could lead to fewer protections of state waterways from pollution and runoff from farms and livestock operations. Photo: Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch
Some South Dakota farmers, ranchers and environmental advocates are concerned about Gov. Kristi Noem’s plan to combine the state Department of Agriculture and Department of Environment and Natural Resources into a single agency and are wondering what the new agency could mean for the state’s largest industry and the regulation of agricultural practices and pollution.
So far, almost no details…