Interior distributes $50 million in state wildlife grants
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has announced the distribution of more than $50 million in funding to states and territories through the State and Tribal Wildlife ...
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Fiscal Year ends without new budget, Farm Bill, LWCF
The federal government’s fiscal year ended Sept. 30, marking the deadline for Congress to pass the federal budget, as well as some key pieces of legislation ...
Land and Water Conservation Fund awaits reauthorization
Champions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund are again pushing to reauthorize the program before it expires. The fund, which uses proceeds from offshore and ...
Interior announces NAWCA grants
The Department of Interior has announced the approval of $23.8 million in grants for waterfowl and wetland conservation. The Migratory Bird Conservation ...
House passes changes to Pittman-Robertson
The U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 2591, Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Needs Act last week. The bill allows states to use ...
Caesar Kleberg Keynote tackles conservation funding
As public funding for conservation appears to be dwindling and the need for projects increases, a panel of speakers at the TWS 25th Annual Conference in Cleveland ...
Cooperative Research Units may see increased funding
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies advanced a fiscal year 2019 spending bill with report language that would ...
TWS submits testimony on two wildlife funding bills
On Feb. 16, a House Natural Resources panel considered a suite of public land and wildlife conservation bills, including the Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund ...
Senate releases draft of FY18 interior appropriations bill
On Nov. 20, the Senate Committee on Appropriations released their Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies draft fiscal year 2018 (FY18) ...
Investing in biodiversity conservation pays off
Countries around the world have invested millions in slowing biodiversity loss to meet international treaty commitments. But is conservation funding paying off on ...