Tag: appropriations

November 2, 2021

USFWS plans to rescind key critical habitat rules

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to rescind rules made during the final days of the Trump administration regarding the process for excluding areas from critical habitat designations for...

November 1, 2021

Senate releases remaining Fiscal Year 2022 spending bills

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has released the remaining nine Fiscal Year 2022 spending bills, which include proposed funding for U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Forest Service conservation...

August 11, 2021

Appropriations process continues as year-end approaches

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a spending package in late July, which contains bills that set funding levels for the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and the Interior....

July 8, 2021

TWS and AFS support research units in spending bill

As the U.S. House Appropriations Committee considered the appropriations bill for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Interior, The Wildlife Society and the American Fisheries Society sent...

June 8, 2021

TWS urges increased agriculture program funding

The Wildlife Society is recommending that the U.S. Department of Agriculture receive increased funding for agency programs that support wildlife professionals and their work to conserve wildlife species and habitats...

May 13, 2021

Hunting and fishing opportunities to be expanded at refuges

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to introduce or expand hunting and fishing opportunities across 2.1 million acres at 90 National Wildlife Refuges and one national fish hatchery. Last...

May 7, 2021

TWS urges increased Interior wildlife program funding

The Wildlife Society is recommending the Department of the Interior’s should increase funding for agency programs that support wildlife professionals and their work to conserve wildlife species and habitats in...

February 19, 2021

Coalition releases federal invasive species priorities

Members of the National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species have provided recommendations to the Biden-Harris Administration and the 117th Congress on mechanisms to tackle invasive species prevention and management. The...

December 31, 2020

Congress passes final FY 2021 spending bills

After months of delay, the U.S. Congress has passed the remaining Fiscal Year 2021 spending bills. Fiscal Year 2021 began on Oct. 1, and the government has been running on...

November 18, 2020

Senate releases Fiscal Year 2021 spending bills

The Senate released its 12 appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2021 last week — only a month before the current continuing resolution is set to expire on Dec. 11, potentially...