NCBA Applauds Balanced Approach to WOTUS Change

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association supports the newly proposed Waters of the United States rule change. “We said if you’re going to give us a new definition of WOTUS, make it really good,” says NCBA Chief Counsel Mary-Thomas Hart. The proposed rule change adheres to the Sackett decision by the Supreme Court, which requires wetlands to have a continuous surface connection to a jurisdictional waterbody like a river or lake. “Fortunately, we have an administration that really saw that Supreme Court decision for what it was and worked really hard to put together a definition that balances protection of our nation’s natural resources with protecting the interests of farmers and ranchers.”