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New Songbird Habitat Study Unlocks Benefits for the Monarch Butterfly

New Songbird Habitat Study Unlocks Benefits for the Monarch Butterfly

by Web Editor — Oct 22, 2024 05:21 PM

A new study reveals that managing habitat for songbirds like the golden-winged warbler also benefits insect pollinators like the at-risk monarch butterfly.

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Wildlife Conservation Through Sustainable Ranching

Wildlife Conservation Through Sustainable Ranching

by Web Editor — Dec 31, 2023 04:47 PM

Special Edition: Migratory Big Game Conservation Success in the West | Expanded USDA Initiative Helps Ensure Big Game Always Have Room to Roam

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USDA Doubling Down on Growth of NRCS Working Lands For Wildlife!

by Rosanne Hessmiller — Nov 03, 2023 09:31 PM

Most of America’s biodiversity, sensitive species, landscape connectivity, and natural carbon storage opportunity depend heavily on private working lands, where we can partner with great land stewards to achieve shared conservation goals - while helping avoid regulatory outcomes.

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Analysis: Why protecting very large swaths of land matters for wildlife conservation

Analysis: Why protecting very large swaths of land matters for wildlife conservation

by Web Editor — May 04, 2023 11:43 PM

Although bison are the U.S. national mammal, they exist in small and fragmented populations across the West. The federal government is working to restore healthy wild bison populations, relying heavily on sovereign tribal lands to house them.

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Gopher tortoises in Southern states deserve federal protections, groups say

Gopher tortoises in Southern states deserve federal protections, groups say

by Rhishja Cota — Nov 03, 2023 09:33 PM

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Gopher tortoises imperiled by loss of habitat largely caused by human development should be placed on the endangered species list in four southern states, environmental groups said Wednesday as they prepared to sue the federal government over the issue.

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USDA Invests More than $48.6 Million to Manage Risks, Combat Climate Change

USDA Invests More than $48.6 Million to Manage Risks, Combat Climate Change

by Web Editor — Mar 09, 2023 02:01 PM

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest more than $48.6 million this year through the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership for projects that mitigate wildfire risk, improve water quality, restore forest ecosystems, and ultimately contribute to USDA’s efforts to combat climate change. This year, the USDA Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will invest in projects, including 14 new projects, bringing together agricultural producers, forest landowners, and National Forest System lands to improve forest health using available Farm Bill conservation programs and other authorities.

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New analysis highlights conservation challenges and opportunities on Western public lands

New analysis highlights conservation challenges and opportunities on Western public lands

by Web Editor — Feb 18, 2023 05:27 PM

Recently published science applies remote-sensing tools to BLM-managed rangelands and provides an unprecedented record of how the vegetation across this enormous area has changed over the past 30 years.

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AFS Newsletter February 2023

AFS Newsletter February 2023

by Web Editor — Feb 18, 2023 02:41 PM

AFS Newsletter: Latin America Congress Abstract Deadline Extended, Award Nominations Open, Rockfish Citizen Science.

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Conservation Corridor October 2022

Conservation Corridor October 2022

by Web Editor — Oct 09, 2022 10:45 PM

Conservation Corridor October Newsletter

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NRCS in Florida Announces Agricultural Conservation Easement Program Signup

NRCS in Florida Announces Agricultural Conservation Easement Program Signup

by Web Editor — Nov 30, 2021 02:30 AM

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Florida has announced they are accepting applications from agricultural producers and forest landowners for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). While NRCS does accept ACEP applications year-round, producers and landowners should apply by December 31, 2021 to be considered for funding in the current cycle.

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Sometimes, the simplest things can help wildlife

Sometimes, the simplest things can help wildlife

by Web Editor — Nov 30, 2021 12:44 PM

Sad to say, but that wide-open home on the range that Bing Crosby sings about in Brewster Higley’s “Home on the Range” has been steadily diminishing with every passing decade as the Western landscape has been sliced and diced by roads and barbed-wire fences.

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USDA Announces Additional Assistance for Cattle, Row Crop Producers

USDA Announces Additional Assistance for Cattle, Row Crop Producers

by Web Editor — Mar 31, 2021 10:19 PM

USDA announced today more than $12 billion for the Pandemic Assistance for Producers, which will help farmers and ranchers who previously did not qualify for COVID-19 aid and expand assistance to farmers who have already received help. Farmers who previously submitted CFAP applications will not have to apply again. Sign-up for the new program begins on April 5.

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A Natural Treasure: Florida's Sandhills & Grasslands

A Natural Treasure: Florida's Sandhills & Grasslands

by Web Editor — Mar 31, 2021 11:29 PM

Learn how local and state partners with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service have permanently protected a pristine sandhill grassland ecosystem in north-central Florida from rapidly advancing development.

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USDA Launches Strategy to Continue Conserving the Gopher Tortoise and its Critical Habitat

USDA Launches Strategy to Continue Conserving the Gopher Tortoise and its Critical Habitat

by Web Editor — Sep 08, 2020 03:14 PM

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has released its new 5-year plan to conserve the Southeast’s threatened gopher tortoise by focusing on the conservation and restoration of its key habitat, the longleaf pine forests. Acting NRCS Chief Kevin Norton told Southeast AgNet the fate of the gopher tortoise is linked to habitat quality, and efforts to conserve habitat on private lands will be critical to its continued survival.

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A Prophet Of Soil Gets His Moment Of Fame

A Prophet Of Soil Gets His Moment Of Fame

by Web Editor — Aug 12, 2020 11:19 PM

More than 40 years ago, in Nigeria, a young scientist named Rattan Lal encountered an idea that changed his life — and led, eventually, to global recognition and a worldwide movement to protect the planet's soil.

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Healing from the Inside Out

Healing from the Inside Out

by Web Editor — Jun 10, 2020 09:17 PM

Perspectives from the first Indigenous woman to ever serve as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Native American liaison

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Amazing Creatures in Longleaf Pine Flatwoods and Sandhills

Amazing Creatures in Longleaf Pine Flatwoods and Sandhills

by Rosanne Hessmiller — Nov 03, 2023 09:42 PM

A wide diversity of remarkable animals calls longleaf pine flatwoods and sandhills habitats home.

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