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A Resource Guide for Fish-Friendly Infrastructure Funding

Washington Nature

Old culverts can be removed and replaced with a bridge to benefit fish habitat and manage peak flows. A couple examples of what fish-friendly infrastructure projects could look like would be restoration of failing culverts blocking upstream spawning habitat and green stormwater infrastructure like toxin-filtering bioswales.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. It changed long-time agency policy to allow major sources of pollution to reclassify as area sources, a category with fewer regulatory requirements, once their emissions fell below a certain threshold. Executive Branch. International. Steve Daines (R-MT).

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 million acres of critical habitat for the northern spotted owl in the Pacific Northwest. The new final rule removes around 200,000 acres of critical habitat.

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

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Wetlands are vital to managing how water flows after storm events to protect human environments from floods and natural environments from soil erosion and habitat destruction. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. and qualify for a green card. Register here.

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Policy News: February 28, 2022

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Fish and Wildlife Service to work with states and other agencies to develop and execute proposals to conserve, restore and manage fish and wildlife populations and habitats in the Great Lakes. The Biden administration drew criticism for not including race in the tool. This bill reauthorizes the U.S. 6654 ) to reauthorize the U.S.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

ESA

The bill also directs the GRF program to support “critical STEM fields” and conduct outreach to solicit GRFP applications from underrepresented groups in STEM. Fish and Wildlife credits wetland protections for helping stilt’s populations recover since the bird was first listed as endangered species in 1970. 2153 , SALSTA).

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N.C. Water Quality Legislation (2023)

Smith Enviorment

143-215.10C, to require a groundwater compliance boundary at animal operations: “[animal operations] shall have a compliance boundary as may be established by rule or permit for various categories of animal waste management systems and beyond which groundwater quality standards may not be exceeded.” House Bill 600, Sec.

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