Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Rodd Moesel and Cotton County Farm Bureau member Jimmy Kinder each explained the significance of the U.S. Senate’s recent vote to uphold the Navigable Waters Protection Rule in a recent Gaylord News story.
In approving a budget resolution last week, the Senate also voted 51 to 49 in favor of an amendment supporting the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule that redefined the waters of the U.S. under the Clean Water Act.
“We think the redefinition that was done under the Trump administration is much clearer and gives a lot more clarity to our farmers and ranchers, and for that matter, everyone else who owns land,” Moesel said in the story.
For years, OKFB members – along with Farm Bureau members across the country – pushed for the clarity and certainty provided by the new Navigable Waters Protection Rule that clearly defines federal and state water jurisdiction and protects clean water.
