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Policy News: December 20, 2021

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Scientific provisions in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee bill is largely similar to the House bill: The Fish and Wildlife Service receives $200 million for Endangered Species Act recovery plans and $9.7 This bill allows fishermen to exchange lionfish tails for fishing tags for other species.

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The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon. The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway.

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The federal government laid out its position in a 1947 memo, signed by the secretary of the interior: “The overall benefits to the Pacific Northwest from a thorough-going development of the Snake and Columbia are such that the present salmon run must be sacrificed. We calculated survival rates across two time periods: 2008-2013 and 2014-2018.

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

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Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. In addition, countries in the agreement will provide $12 billion to developing countries to restore degraded lands and address wildfire. House passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework. Executive Branch.

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