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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. Several of our priorities this year seek to stem the loss of irreplaceable natural and working lands and ensure our state is empowered to plan more thoughtfully for the years to come. Photo by Kelly Compton.

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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

2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. Previous versions of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act funded conservation through royalties paid to the federal government for mineral extraction.

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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Announce 2023 Scholarship Winners

PA Environment Daily

During the summer of 2022, Grace had the incredible opportunity to serve as a Biology Intern for the U.S. Her efforts directly assisted with the conservation and recovery of this species under the Endangered Species Act. Fish and Wildlife Service at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, NJ.

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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. As domestic wells dried up this year, the emergency reignited passionate debates among residents over how to best protect the region’s limited natural resources.

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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

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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. 8, 2022) CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct. 20, 2022) ESC – FY 2024 Funding Request (Aug.

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