Submitted by Mark Humpert on May 18, 2012 - 11:11am
WASHINGTONDC – As we commemorate Endangered Species Day, the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and the Teaming With Wildlife Coalition proudly celebrate the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program, which is providing critical funding to state agencies to prevent at-risk species from threatened and endangered species listing and to recover those from the brink of extinction.
Submitted by Mary Pfaffko on May 15, 2012 - 1:46pm
Piping Plover numbers are up! The number of breeding pairs has more than doubled from when it was listed as a federally threatened species in 1986 to nearly 1,800 pairs today—close to the range-wide recovery goal of 2,000 pairs!
Last April 2012, State Wildlife Grants funded the reintroduction of 30 Lake Sturgeon in Tennessee. The Lake Sturgeon is listed as a species of greatest conservation need in the Tennessee Wildlife Action Plan. Extirpated from Tennessee since 1960, the Lake Sturgeon population has increased to 115,000 thanks to the Saving the Sturgeon program. Now it has 30 more. With the help of 5th-10th graders, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency & the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute are connecting kids with nature while helping to restore a state-endangered species.
Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar held a meeting and conference call with conservation groups this afternoon to discuss the future of conservation funding. Naomi Edelson of the National Wildlife Federation (and member of the Teaming With Wildlife coalition steering committee) asked the Secretary about funding for the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants program.
Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar held a meeting and conference call with conservation groups this afternoon to discuss the future of conservation funding. Naomi Edelson of the National Wildlife Federation (and member of the Teaming With Wildlife coalition steering committee) asked the Secretary about funding for the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants program.