In an exciting development for wildlife, Senator Alex Padilla (CA) and Representatives Ryan Zinke (MT) and Don Beyer (VA) teamed up to announce the Wildlife Movement Through Partnerships Act today, which will significantly improve habitat connectivity for a diversity of terrestrial species across the U.S. 🐾 “We are thrilled to see this bipartisan introduction commitment today,” said Erin Sito, U.S. Public Policy Director for Wildlands Network. “This legislation is the result of months of collaboration, constructive negotiations, and incredibly passionate lawmakers, Congressional staffers, conservation organizations, and other key community members that care about making space for wildlife to move throughout our landscapes.” ➡ Learn more about The Wildlife Movement Through Partnerships Act here: https://lnkd.in/edhHnGBd
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Join us at Bioneers TOMORROW Saturday March 30th for our session on safeguarding wildlife and wild places, and learn how you can be more involved in this critically important work! We share our planet with many other animals, including some especially beautiful and captivating wildlife species, and tragically, our own species is taking up more and more space and consuming an ever-increasing share of the biosphere’s resources, so many wild animals are facing unprecedented challenges. Hear from Paul Thompson, Neal Sharma, Zoliswa Nhleko, and Rae Wynn-Grant about the difficult and fascinating job of protecting these incredible creatures at Coexistence with Wild Animals. https://hubs.ly/Q02rbzmD0
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Ever wonder about if it is illegal to block a bat from getting inside your house? Should you try to save that baby deer you think has been abandoned? Find out some interesting facts here about how to avoid disrupting important natural behavior and preventing conflicts with our Florida wildlife.
Spring is here, so it is a good time to brush up on ways to avoid disrupting important natural behavior and preventing conflicts with our Florida wildlife. Read more here:
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US Fish & Wildlife finds that in the last 10 years, North America has lost more than 50 million acres of grasslands. At a total loss of 80%. The World Wildlife Fund reports that 2.6 million acres of grassland habitat was lost in the North American Great Plains in 2019 alone. Ranching protects these landscapes from being sold to developers, rock quarries, or tilled for cropland. The last stand against the Anthropocene. Our grazing lands are the Great Barrier Reef of North America. #AmazingGrazingLands
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To protect work landscapes such as grazing rangelands and enhance their biodiversity is perhaps one of the most important ecological tasks of my generation. Why regenerative meat, leather, tallow, wool? Because these can be and often are by-products of rangelands conservation.
US Fish & Wildlife finds that in the last 10 years, North America has lost more than 50 million acres of grasslands. At a total loss of 80%. The World Wildlife Fund reports that 2.6 million acres of grassland habitat was lost in the North American Great Plains in 2019 alone. Ranching protects these landscapes from being sold to developers, rock quarries, or tilled for cropland. The last stand against the Anthropocene. Our grazing lands are the Great Barrier Reef of North America. #AmazingGrazingLands
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While enjoying a monarch butterfly visiting my front step on its migration south, I was reminded of a great discussion I had recently with Keystone Policy Center’s Matthew Mulica about his work with Farmers for Monarchs. A big decision on listing the monarch butterfly under the US Endangered Species Act is set for Sept. 2024. This decision has far-reaching implications for farmers and conservationists. While there is a lot of data on declining monarch populations, it’s uncertain what direction the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will go as they take into account population trends and the work that has been done to increase habitat. Farmers have played a central role in recovery of other species and have done a lot to develop monarch habitat in collaboration with many private and public entities. You can learn about those efforts and find specific guidance on what more farmers (and the rest of us) can do on the Farmers for Monarchs website: https://lnkd.in/eM38gM-7 The US Fish & Wildlife Service site also has useful background. https://lnkd.in/evZ_69zR Some want the monarch listed. Others would like to find a way to improve the monarch populations without the added regulation. But either way, there are very practical steps we can all take to preserve the iconic orange and black butterfly for future generations.
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Is 2024 the year you certify your yard or property as offical wildlife habitat? The Certified Wildlife Habitat program, in partnership with the National Wildlife Federation, inspires Iowans to see how their properties can benefit wildlife. Certify here: https://lnkd.in/gWu3s9R2
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DOI-FWS Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act FY 2024 All funded proposals must address one or more of the following goals: (1) Proposal will restore and maintain self-sustaining fish and wildlife resources. (2) Proposal will minimize the impacts of contaminants on fishery and wildlife resources. (3) Proposal will protect, maintain and, where degraded and destroyed, restore fish and wildlife habitat, including the enhancement and creation of wetlands that result in a net gain in the amount of those habitats. (4) Proposal will stop illegal activities adversely impacting fishery and wildlife resources. (5) Proposal will restore threatened and endangered species to viable, self-sustaining levels. 6) Proposal will protect, manage, and conserve migratory birds. Deadline: January 4 See full announcement:
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BREAKING NEWS: Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) denied a listing petition from the Center and allies seeking federal protection for gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains. This would have stopped states like Idaho, Montana and Wyoming from allowing the widespread killings of wolves, which is currently allowed under state laws. While wolves in most of the lower 48 are federally protected under the Endangered Species Act, wolves in Idaho, Montana, eastern Washington, eastern Oregon and northern Utah lost federal protections through a congressional legislative rider in 2011. Following a court battle, wolves in Wyoming also lost federal protection in 2012. Since losing Endangered Species Act protection, wolves in the Northern Rockies have suffered widespread persecution. The Center plans to challenge the Fish and Wildlife Service’s denial of the listing petition. Learn more: https://biodiv.us/3Oy27dt
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Something special about Michigan you might not know: We're one of only a handful of places in the US where the endangered Mitchell's satyr butterfly can thrive. 🦋 The prairie fen habitats they rely on are increasingly rare, making existing sites even more crucial. Fortunately for us, Michigan is considered the best location to focus on recovery for the species, given the number of sites where the butterfly is still active! Led by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a consortium of federal officials, state wildlife agencies, land conservancies like TNC and zoos are leading the effort to recover the butterfly's population here in the Mitten. Reintroducing fire to preserves, captive propagation, and species monitoring are just some of the methods in place to help support the these rare beauties. Read all about efforts to save the Mitchell's satyr and its habitat: https://nature.ly/4fumG6B
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I used this article as the basis for my email. You should do the same! The more there is a template for sharing with commissioners, the more people are likely to do so.
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Writted by our coalition member Kathleen @kfitz4peace to educate folks ahead of the May 1st @9 am Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission @myfwc meeting! . Split Oak Forest is in imminent danger of being irreparably harmed. The more people understand what is happening, the better our chances of saving it. If you feel inspired, you may write to SplitOakComments@myfwc.com and ask them NOT to release any of the conservation lands that they manage in Split Oak Forest! . Please send all comments ahead of April 26th via email. . What to show up to the next Fish and Wildlife Commission on May 1st where they will be discussing Split Oak Forest and the fate of their management of the conservation easements in the pathway of the toll road? Join us to give public comment May 1st at 9 am at the Embry Riddle Doolittle Hall: Doolittle Hall, 241 Aerospace Blvd, Daytona Beach, FL 32114. . Visit www.SaveSplitOak.org for talking points and more information! . Read here: https://lnkd.in/esWfaDzZ
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