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April 11, 2022

Climate committee recognizes ecosystem importance

At a recent meeting of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, committee members expressed the importance of federal investments in ecosystem conservation and restoration in order to advance...

April 8, 2022

Recovering America’s Wildlife Act heads to Senate floor

The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works advanced the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (S.2372) in a 15-5 bipartisan vote during this week’s full committee markup on the legislation....

April 6, 2022

President Biden requests $31.1B for USDA in FY 2023

President Biden recently proposed a 9% increase in total funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Fiscal Year 2023, including significant boosts for wildlife conservation and climate research program...

April 5, 2022

President requests increased Interior budget for FY 2023

The Biden Administration is requesting from Congress an overall 7% increase to the federal discretionary budget for Fiscal Year 2023, with targeted requests for the U.S. Department of the Interior’s...

March 29, 2022

USFWS proposes listing northern long-eared bats as endangered

Citing the escalation of white-nose syndrome, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to reclassify the threatened northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act....

March 14, 2022

USFWS can continue barred owl removal, court rules

A U.S. federal appeals court ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can continue lethally removing non-native barred owls from threatened spotted owl ranges. Spotted owls (Strix occidentalis), a...

March 11, 2022

TWS advocates for increased DOI conservation funding

 The Wildlife Society urged the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies to provide robust funding in its Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations for programs that support wildlife professionals...

March 10, 2022

Yellowstone aims to cull 900 bison this year

Yellowstone National Park has begun its annual winter removal of bison from the park’s herd in an effort to help sustain the population and reduce spread of disease to livestock,...

March 10, 2022

TWS comments on American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas

The Wildlife Society recommended the U.S. Department of the Interior use the best available science and collaborate with diverse stakeholders as it continues creating the American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas,...

March 8, 2022

U.N. climate change panel urges immediate climate action

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report Feb. 28 warning that climate change impacts are already happening, are more severe than previously thought, and that countries currently lack...