Tag: funding

As public funding for conservation appears to be dwindling and the need for projects increases, a panel of speakers at the TWS 25th Annual Conference in Cleveland offer glimpses into...

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies advanced a fiscal year 2019 spending bill with report language that would provide $19.29 million for the Cooperative Research Units...

On Feb. 16, a House Natural Resources panel considered a suite of public land and wildlife conservation bills, including the Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Needs Act of 2017...

On Nov. 20, the Senate Committee on Appropriations released their Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies draft fiscal year 2018 (FY18) appropriations bill. The language recommends a total...

Countries around the world have invested millions in slowing biodiversity loss to meet international treaty commitments. But is conservation funding paying off on the ground? A new global study says...

On Apr. 26, the U.S. Department of the Interior issued a press release announcing that the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission has approved $17.8 million in grants under the North American...

On Mar. 22, British Columbia’s Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources Operations, Steve Thomson, announced that a new wildlife management agency will be formed in fall 2017 to expand...

The Fiscal Year 2018 budget process has begun for the 115th Congress. With the new administration looking to reduce spending across the federal government; many organizations, agencies, and coalitions are...

Following the election of President-elect Donald Trump and nearing the end of President Obama’s administration, Congress was back on Capitol Hill this week for the beginning of the “lame duck”...

On July 14, the House of Representatives passed the fiscal year 2017 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill (H.R. 5538). The $32.1 billion bill, which passed...