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Our 2022 State Legislative Priorities

Washington Nature

In even-numbered years like 2022, lawmakers focus on relatively small budget requests, “fixes” and limited policy proposals. Conservancy forester Kyle Smith takes measurements in the old-growth forest at TNC’s Ellsworth Creek Preserve in southwest Washington. Learn more From THe Conservation Futures COalition.

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Dammed If You Do, Damned If You Don’t: Who gets scarce water resources from lakes in times of drought?

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Other states grant the authority to control the use of water to a state agency like a natural resource department. In addition, federal laws such as the Endangered Species Act have created federal claims for lake water to sustain threatened plants, animals and, most importantly, fish.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

Conservation: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act ( S. billion annually to state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies for conservation and the implementation of state wildlife action plans. Reconciliation: The Build Back Better Act ( H.R.

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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Announce 2023 Scholarship Winners

PA Environment Daily

Grace has a passion for wildlife and conservation, which has been solidified through her experiences outside of the classroom, such as study abroad, internships, and volunteer work, which allowed Grace to immerse herself in hands-on wildlife biology activities. GPA, majoring in Wildlife Technology. of eligible Girl Scouts.

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How a Federal Drought Relief Program Left Southern Oregon Parched—and Contributed to the Ongoing Groundwater Crisis in the West

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In October, ODHS announced that it would extend emergency water deliveries through April of 2022 due to poor groundwater recovery. That’s because the region’s ongoing groundwater woes are at least two decades in the making, exacerbated in part by the very federal programs meant to conserve water in the area, The Counter has found.

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Policy News: May 9, 2022

ESA

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approves Water Resource Development Act of 2022. USFWS agrees to designate critical habitat for ten species and issue endangered species findings for 14 species. Blog post: Accounting for Nature on Earth Day 2022. Executive Branch.

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

ESA

This was the first in-person Graduate Student Policy Award event in-person since 2019 and the first GSPA Hill visits since Congress passed the Chips and Science Act with bipartisan support in fall 2022. Park (University of Minnesota), Brandon A. Quintana (California State University, Fullerton), Sarah E.

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