In a rare act of bipartisan agreement, Congress recently passed a package of public lands bills deemed the “Natural Resources Management Act.” The bill, called the “decades biggest public lands package,” could have a big impact on wildlife in the West. Not only does the legislation create new protections for more than 2.4 million acres of public lands, but the vote also reauthorizes and provides funding for two federal programs critical to wildlife conservation‚Ää—‚Ääthe Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program. These programs provide key funding for conservation projects that protect wildlife habitat, allowing big game, migratory wildlife, and endangered species to move across an unfragmented landscape unimpeded.
How the landmark public lands bill helps wildlife migration corridors
Issue: Land Protection, Wildlife
Subject: Wildlife Refuges
By Center for Western Priorities