Tag: testimony

May 24, 2022

TWS advocates for robust USDA appropriations in FY 2023

The Wildlife Society is requesting that Congress provide robust funding in Fiscal Year 2023 for U.S. Department of Agriculture programs that support wildlife professionals and their work. The House and...

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...

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...

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 15, 2020

The Wildlife Society advocates for USDA wildlife program funding

As congressional appropriators continue to develop their Fiscal Year 2021 spending bills, The Wildlife Society recommends spending levels for several U.S. Department of Agriculture programs affecting wildlife management and conservation....

March 19, 2020

The Wildlife Society provides recommendations on spending bills

As congressional appropriators begin to develop their Fiscal Year 2021 spending bills, The Wildlife Society recommended spending levels for the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of...

May 3, 2018

TWS submits testimony on Interior appropriations

The Wildlife Society submitted written testimony to Congress last week on fiscal year 2019 (FY2019) appropriations for programs that support wildlife professionals and their work to conserve wildlife species and...

May 26, 2017

TWS submits FY18 appropriations testimony

On May 24, The Wildlife Society submitted written testimony  concerning the fiscal year 2018 (FY18) budget to the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies....

February 24, 2017

Senate holds hearing on Endangered Species Act reform

On Feb. 15, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing entitled “Oversight: Modernization of the Endangered Species Act,” led by Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY). Throughout the...

March 29, 2016

TWS supports funding for federal natural resource agencies

The Wildlife Society continued to engage in the Fiscal Year 2017 appropriations season by submitting written testimonies to Congress. In the testimonies, the Society prioritized funding requests for USDOI and Department...