Tag: budget

April 15, 2020

The Wildlife Society advocates for USDA wildlife program funding

As congressional appropriators continue to develop their Fiscal Year 2021 spending bills, The Wildlife Society recommends spending levels for several U.S. Department of Agriculture programs affecting wildlife management and conservation....

March 19, 2020

The Wildlife Society provides recommendations on spending bills

As congressional appropriators begin to develop their Fiscal Year 2021 spending bills, The Wildlife Society recommended spending levels for the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of...

March 12, 2020

Secretary of the Interior defends budget proposal

Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt appeared last week in front of the Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, defending the administration’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2021. That budget...

February 20, 2020

Agriculture budget proposal contains mixed bag for wildlife

The administration’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget proposal, released last week, would cut funding for some programs related to wildlife management and conservation within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The budget request,...

February 19, 2020

Administration budget would cut wildlife funding

The administration’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget (update June 2021 – see link to archived document here)proposal, released Feb. 10, includes steep cuts for many important wildlife management and conservation programs including...

February 3, 2020

Idaho wildlife department stresses need for wolf counts

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is requesting authorization from the state to reinstate a wolf (Canis lupis) count using funds from the agency’s annual budget. The department stopped...

December 23, 2019

Agency funding bill passes Congress

Congress passed a final spending package on Dec. 16 for Fiscal Year 2020, which includes increases for many natural resource agencies’ conservation and management programs. The final spending bill was...

October 31, 2019

Senate vote on Interior spending bill imminent

The Senate will vote this week on a package of four spending bills that includes Fiscal Year 2020 funding for the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency....

October 9, 2019

Continuing resolution passes as lawmakers hammer out funding bills

The Senate sent the president a continuing resolution to fund the government through Nov. 21 as the Sept. 30 end of the federal fiscal year approached. While the House passed...

May 30, 2019

House bill would increase wildlife funding, defund reorganization

As the Senate begins its process of drafting its Fiscal Year 2020 spending bills, the House is moving forward with its slate of appropriations bills and several are ready for...