Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service
Description:
Direct expenditures, grants, contracts and cooperative agreements for rebuilding and restoring units of the National Wildlife Refuge System and State wildlife management areas by addressing invasive species, habitat resiliency and capacity, infrastructure to withstand weather events, and reducing damage from weather events.
Bill Section:
60302
New or Existing:
Existing
Potential Cost:
$121,250,000
Timeline:
FY22-26
Implementation Status/Rulemaking:
U.S. Fish and Wildfire Service has announced the following projects:
– Albemarle-Pamlico Sound restoration, North Carolina ($27.25M)
– Working together on a landscape conservation approach for a climate resilient Northern Forest, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Wisconsin ($25M)
– Prairie Pothole Region – landscape conservation and restoration, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota ($23M)
– Lower Mississippi River Valley nature-based resiliency, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee ($20M)
– Upper Mississippi and Illinois River nature-based resiliency and restoration, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Wisconsin ($10M)
– Bison management and grasslands habitat improvements across several Service refuges ($7.5M)
– Nature-based solutions to support the endangered Yaqui fish species on San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona ($7M)
– Acquisition of LiDAR Data over National Wildlife Refuge System lands in partnership with the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP), Nationwide ($1M)
– Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge and UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge Grasslands and Nature-based Resiliency, Montana ($500,000)
See DOI announcement here: Source
TCS Notes:
In addition to the $121.25 million appropriated, $3.75 million is appropriated for administrative expenses.