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5 days ago · In addition to BIL funding, the National Fish Passage Program helps mitigate the impacts of dams, culverts, and other water-based barriers. The Service constantly explores ways to collaborate with conservation organizations and private landowners willing to partner on projects that preserve and protect wildlife and make communities safer.
18 hours ago · For the past 40 years, fisheries in Washington have been managed using a conservation-first approach. Tribal, state and federal harvest managers work together, along with our Canadian counterparts ...
1 day ago · Arlington, VA – U.S. Representative Mary Peltola (D-AK) this week introduced two bills targeting fishing practices that produce wasteful bycatch (the incidental catching – and often killing – of nontargeted wildlife). The bipartisan Bycatch Reduction and Mitigation Act, cosponsored by Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA), would stabilize and increase funding for the ...
4 days ago · If passed by Congress, RAWA would allocate more than $1.397 billion dollars towards on-the-ground conservation efforts across the country, with an estimated $20-$25 million annually for the NCWRC, which would work with partners to help the nearly 500 identified nongame fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need in North Carolina.
5 days ago · The Coastal Habitat Conservation Act of 2023 authorizes increasing appropriations of $20-25 million each for Fiscal Year 2024 through Fiscal Year 2028 for activities nationwide.
5 days ago · Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery provided fish for the annual Nursing Home Fishing Event at Fair Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Center. With residents unable to travel to Hatchery Creek to fish, staff at Wolf Creek NFH decided to bring the hatchery to them and have been doing so for the last several years. This year, Project Leader James Gray, Biological Technician Alan Kimbler, and volunteer ...
3 days ago · One of the easiest ways that anyone can support bird habitat conservation is by buying duck stamps.
