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Photo: Barrens restoration at Quincy Bluff & Wetlands State Natural Area / Josh Karow.
New webinar series helps homeowners create bird and pollinator-friendly habitat
The Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory is kicking off a series of webinars this month as part of their Neighborhood Habitat Improvement Project, a priority project of NRF s Bird Protection Fund.
Energy group: Biden s pen cut conservation revenue, too
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 |
Chris Woodward (OneNewsNow.com)
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With the stroke of a pen President Joe Biden eliminated tens of thousands of jobs in the oil and gas industry, but those lost jobs were not the only result: Conservation will be suffering, too.
Western Energy Alliance spokeswoman Kathleen Sgamma, who recently described the lost energy jobs to One News Now, says Biden’s executive order is a terrible decision not only for harming the industry but, ironically, for ending the flow of funds that help protect our lands and waters.
WEA contends the companies being vilified by the Biden administration, and now at risk of losing their livelihood, returned a whopping $9.8 billion in revenue and royalties in 2019. For example, the Land and Water Conservation Fund is funded completely by offshore leasing and by development revenue. The energy alliance says The Great American Outdoors Act, signed by Don
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Like many Mainers, getting outside during the pandemic has been invaluable to my health. But to continue to enjoy the outdoors and all that nature provides, we need forward-thinking natural resource policy and management decision makers.
That’s why the Natural Resources Council of Maine supports the nomination of Congresswoman Deb Haaland for U.S. Interior Secretary. Rep. Haaland will ensure that our public lands and waterways are stewarded properly with an eye toward equity and inclusion.
All Americans deserve to enjoy the outdoors. In fact, the nation is better served when everyone has the means to thrive, including having access to nature and the benefits that come along with it.
We who live in the West benefit from public ownership of 47% of the land across 11 states, most of it managed by federal agencies. It’s our wild backyard mountains, forests and seashores available to all for free or for a nominal entrance charge. But only 4% of the land in the rest of the country is publicly owned, and even in the West, much of our “commons” is remote, far from cities where people may need it most.
Fortunately, we have a national program for adding to America’s open-space estate: the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Since 1964 a portion of the receipts from offshore oil and gas leases has gone to federal, state and local agencies to acquire and preserve land for recreation and conservation. Unfortunately, Congress diverted much of the money $22 billion by one estimate to other federal programs.