WOTUS roundtable features cattle producers’ thoughts

On June 6, the Kansas Livestock Association, an affiliate of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, hosted a Waters of the U.S. roundtable with representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers. EPA and Corps officials heard first-hand the impact of EPA’s proposal to expand federal jurisdiction of waters as well as the impact of expanding ephemeral waters that in a state like Kansas may sometimes rarely be navigable. Those who shared their insight also reiterated that voluntary…