Tag: funding

Averting another government shutdown, Congress passed a $333 billion appropriations and border security package containing language to fund federal agencies through the end of the fiscal year. The bill provides funding...

TWS sent a letter this week to Rep. Scott Austin, R-Ga., supporting the Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Needs Act (H.R. 877), recently introduced in the 116th Congress. The legislation would...

With 800,000 federal workers furloughed or working without pay, Washington D.C., is quieter than normal, even as new member of Congress and their families flock to the city as the...

Last week, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing examining the funding needed for wildlife conservation, recovery and management. Witnesses spoke about the need for reliable federal...

While initiatives like the Endangered Species Act help, researchers say there’s not enough funding to recover all listed species. That leaves federal agencies with difficult decisions. Researchers set out to...

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has announced the distribution of more than $50 million in funding to states and territories through the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program in fiscal year...

The federal government’s fiscal year ended Sept. 30, marking the deadline for Congress to pass the federal budget, as well as some key pieces of legislation specifically related to conservation....

Champions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund are again pushing to reauthorize the program before it expires. The fund, which uses proceeds from offshore and gas drilling to conserve...

The Department of Interior has announced the approval of $23.8 million in grants for waterfowl and wetland conservation. The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission issued the grants, which will be awarded to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the conservation of nearly 135,000 acres...

The U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 2591, Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Needs Act last week.  The bill allows states to use Wildlife Restoration Account funds to build...