Many Federal Regulations enacted at the national level are carried out in each state by the responsible agency ; some examples are ; your respective state DOT carries out federal DOT highway requirements for roads, bridges, etc., construction and maintenance ; the federal DE (Dept of Education) enacts education requirements and your respective state DE sees that they're applied in your public schools, etc, etc.
The EPA, as well as Congress, develop policies, guidelines and requirements for many environmental areas, Clean Water, Clean Air.....are two examples.
Here in WI, the federal (and state) policies are typically instituted by WDNR amd DATCP (Dept of Ag, Trade and Consumer Protection) and primarily enforced by WIDNR (because DNR has legislative authority and DATCP typically does not.
In Minnesota, the state enforcement agency for soil & water, air, etc is MPCA (MN Pollution Control Agency).

Ok, so there is oversight, however there's several things that influence how well (or not) our natural resources are managed and protected ; politics and consistent funding, as you all know, both can and do change intermittently.

Anyway.......it's not as easy and straight up as one might think. I worked 32 years as a Soil and Water Conservationist for USDA. I started with SCS (Soil Conservation Service, now known as NRCS [Natural Resources Conservation Service]) in 1979. I have a pretty good idea how the Feds (and some state agencies) work, and so I always have concerns....

Regards, Vic

well we can start with cancer sucks , lost too many to it

don't try not to feel it , this is where people fall into a downward spiral trying to kill their pain with substance. not saying you would but many have. you are here so keep living every day. you know how numbered they might be , you never know. so find your joys in friends , family , trapping , fishing , whatever it is.

best advice is DO feel it , it is going to hit you in the quiet times the most and hey if you cry in the shower it just goes down the drain same as the water.

there was a 6th century BC wrestler names Milo of Croton who famously won more Olympic wrestling than any other.

they say as a young man he picked up a new calf and went for a walk and he did that every day till it was a grown bull , progressive overload as they would call it now.

because he carried it every day he was what you might call impossibly strong.

Grief is going to feel like that , when my wife passed from cancer last year a very smart person was able to tell me grief doesn't go away. You get better at carrying it.

so Be Milo carry that 50 pound beaver till you could go for a jog with it.

While you are carrying that 50 pound beaver , make a new friend , reconnect with other relatives or another old friend , schedule something weekly if you can even if it is a phone call or supper.
what they may not know is while you spend time with them they are helping you carry that 50 pound beaver for a bit. then you can take it's full weight again in the next quiet time.

there isn't a time line

just a warning , you might lose patients for peoples "first world" problems , find empathy you seldom saw before, and see the world in a very different way than you were accustomed to.

figure out what you want to do with the time you have left and do it

and carry the weight of all those you have lost it gets easier to carry as you get stronger. you will trip or have a branch catch your foot , feel it , get up and keep going with the life you enjoy. one day you will be the weight someone else is carrying.

Thanks for the heads up. I have never ever heard of it happening.

Nope, no one i personally know has. Patience Grasshopper

Try turning one around. Might surprise you what you come up.with.

[b][/b]Got one with a sound bar for 60+ buck on sale.
Loaded pandora on the tv,,,,, thing rocks for the price.

You may ask,,” why not just buy a radio?”
Quality used tvs are cheap. I use them as monitors for computers and have them mounted in different locations. (Shed, bar, office and boat)

SOLD

As a kid we found a very old box of Brown Derby beer in the trunk of a car parked in the grove ….and partake.
Surprisingly I still became an alcoholic…..

Keith, do you take your apple/pear/cherry cuttings while they are dormant as Saskbone does?

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50 Reed Grass Ornamental Pampas Seeds. Ships free
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Looks like they still sell the seeds on Esty.

Clip a deer, scoop it up n have a picnic!!!