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KTOY Arkansans are turning to nature in record numbers during the pandemic, and supporters of the Recovering America s Wildlife Act (RAWA) recently introduced by Congress said the bill would help preserve state species and put more people to work in Arkansas $2 billion outdoor recreation economy.
Chris Colclasure, deputy director of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, said the additional $15 million in federal funding would boost fish and wildlife habitat restoration efforts. With the passage of RAWA, you re really looking at investments in proactive projects and education and those sorts of measurements to keep species from becoming rare in the first place, Colclasure explained.
NRCS Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful report promises voluntary efforts on private lands.
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In pursuit of the Biden administration’s national conservation goal of conserving at least 30% of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030, key members of the Biden cabinet unveiled its Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful Plan offering insight on the role of working lands and strengthening conservation efforts over the next 10 years to reach the goal.
On January 27, 2021, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, which launched an all-of-government effort to confront climate change, repower America’s economy with clean energy and create millions of jobs. In that order, he directed the Department of Interior, USDA and Commerce Department to work together to develop recommendations on how the nation could pursue a goal of conserving at le
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Biden s plan would boost conservation of US lands, waters
FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2019 photo, a clearing late-day storm adds drama in the sky over a sawgrass prairie in Everglades National Park in Florida. The Biden administration is outlining a plan to sharply increase conservation of public lands and waters over the next decade. A report to be issued Thursday recommends a series of steps to achieve a nationwide goal to conserve 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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