Tag: funding

February 16, 2022

DOI to distribute record funding to state wildlife agencies

The U.S. Department of the Interior will distribute a record $1.5 billion in Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration program funding to state wildlife agencies this fiscal year. The U.S. Fish...

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...

June 4, 2021

Budget proposal would benefit agriculture wildlife programs

Under the U.S. administration’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022, the Department of Agriculture would see a 16% increase in funding. The U.S. Forest Service’s forest and rangeland research program would receive...

June 2, 2021

President’s proposal would increase Interior funding

The U.S. administration has released further details regarding their Fiscal Year 2022 budget, which includes increased funding for many wildlife and conservation programs under the Department of the Interior. The...

May 26, 2021

USFWS announces $27 million in grants for neotropical migrants

Through the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, 30 collaborative conservation projects in 23 countries across the Americas will receive more than $27 million in federal grants and matching funds. The...

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...

April 28, 2021

Interior announces nearly $80 million in grants for wetlands conservation

Nearly $80 million in grants money will go to conservation and restoration of wetland and associated upland habitats across North America, the U.S. Department of Interior recently announced. The Migratory...

April 23, 2021

President requests increased Agriculture, Interior budget for FY 2022

President Biden is requesting an 8.8% increase in the Fiscal Year 2022 budget, which would go toward increases in discretionary funding across the board, including new funding for climate change...