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Birds avoid spotted lanternflies fed on invasive plants

Spotted lanternflies that feed on the tree of heaven are unpalatable to birds

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December 5, 2025

LISTEN: The North Carolina black bear revival

The comeback, struggles and surprising lives of black bears in North Carolina

December 5, 2025

Avian flu cuts through elephant seal numbers

Virus may have caused loss of 50% of breeding females

December 4, 2025

Politics shift the semantics of climate change

A recent UN report says the world is headed toward an escalation of climate damages, while politics muddle climate science in the US.

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119 Results for Policy and Program Administration
June 1, 2023

House committee bill decreases USDA funding

Spending bill would reduce funding for many programs and rescind unused pandemic-era funding

May 22, 2023

USFWS releases revised policies for mitigating natural resource damage

New policies will guide the agency, partners and project proponents in employing mitigation practices

May 15, 2023

Resolution would end lesser prairie chicken ESA protection

The U.S. Senate recently passed a provision that would end ESA protections for lesser prairie chicken

May 8, 2023

Lesser yellowlegs added to Ontario’s species at risk

The shorebird is one of seven species recently added

April 27, 2023

Bureau of Land Management proposes new public lands regulations

The regulations intend to put conservation on equal footing with other land uses

April 19, 2023

Groups fund nearly $4 million in Utah conservation projects

The highest funding went to the Utah Wildlife Migration Initiative

April 11, 2023

TWS urges funding for federal conservation programs in FY 2024

TWS submitted Fiscal Year 2024 House Interior appropriations testimony

April 3, 2023

Recovering America’s Wildlife Act reintroduced to U.S. Senate

The bipartisan wildlife legislation would provide unprecedented conservation funding

March 31, 2023

TWS member Mark Smith appointed to Federal Advisory Committee

Smith received the appointment with support from TWS