Tag: funding

Federal funds as well as matching partner funds from the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act will provide more than $20 to conservation projects, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently...

Last week, the House passed the appropriations bill authorizing funding for the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Forest Service and the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as the appropriations...

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee considered options for addressing the maintenance backlog on public lands during a hearing last week. The $19.4 billion public lands maintenance backlog has...

The Wildlife Society joined with partners from the National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species to request that leaders of the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee secure funding to address invasive species....

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...

The Wildlife Society submitted written testimony to the House Interior Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, asking Congress to increase Fiscal Year...

Last month, wildlife professionals and supporters from around the country gathered in Washington, D.C. to participate in an annual fly-in highlighting the value of the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program...

The Water, Oceans and Wildlife subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee met last week to consider several wildlife conservation bills, in a legislative hearing chaired by Rep. Jared Huffman,...

The president’s recently released Fiscal Year 2020 budget proposal would decrease funding for many important wildlife management and conservation programs. Overall spending levels for both the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Fish...

The Trump administration recently requested an increase in funding for national wildlife refuges for the Fiscal Year 2020 federal budget. This comes just weeks after the Fiscal Year 2019 appropriations...