The Departmentof the Interior announced a plan to provide more relief and flexibility to ranchers whose livestock grazes on public lands, while the Departmentof the Transportation is working with state governments to provide emergency waivers of federal truck weight regulations and hours of service requirements to drought-stricken communities.
As part of that response, the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture today announced that it will provide millions of dollars in assistance to restore livestock lands affected by the drought.