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USDA Doubling Down on Growth of NRCS Working Lands For Wildlife!
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by
Rosanne Hessmiller
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Jun 26, 2023
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Nov 03, 2023 09:31 PM
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News,
Newsletter,
WLFW,
Landscape Partnership
Most of America’s biodiversity, sensitive species, landscape connectivity, and natural carbon storage opportunity depend heavily on private working lands, where we can partner with great land stewards to achieve shared conservation goals - while helping avoid regulatory outcomes.
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USDA Forest Service Private Land
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by
Tab Manager
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published
Oct 22, 2024
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Oct 22, 2024 12:21 AM
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filed under:
WLFW,
Working Lands for Wildlife,
Eastern Deciduous Forests,
USDA Forest Service,
Resources
Did you know that more than half the forest land in the United States is owned and managed by some 10.6 million private forest owners? These working forests benefit us all.
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USDA Invests More than $48.6 Million to Manage Risks, Combat Climate Change
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by
Tab Manager
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Mar 09, 2023
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Mar 09, 2023 02:02 PM
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Climate Change,
Working Lands for Wildlife,
WLFW,
USDA
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest more than $48.6 million this year through the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership for projects that mitigate wildfire risk, improve water quality, restore forest ecosystems, and ultimately contribute to USDA’s efforts to combat climate change. This year, the USDA Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will invest in projects, including 14 new projects, bringing together agricultural producers, forest landowners, and National Forest System lands to improve forest health using available Farm Bill conservation programs and other authorities.
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USDA Invests More than $48.6 Million to Manage Risks, Combat Climate Change
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by
Web Editor
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Mar 09, 2023
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Mar 09, 2023 02:01 PM
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News,
Working Lands for Wildlife,
WLFW,
USDA,
Climate Change
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest more than $48.6 million this year through the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership for projects that mitigate wildfire risk, improve water quality, restore forest ecosystems, and ultimately contribute to USDA’s efforts to combat climate change. This year, the USDA Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will invest in projects, including 14 new projects, bringing together agricultural producers, forest landowners, and National Forest System lands to improve forest health using available Farm Bill conservation programs and other authorities.
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USDA Launches New Bobwhite Conservation Pilot and Announces General Conservation Reserve Program Signup
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by
Rosanne Hessmiller
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published
Mar 02, 2024
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Dec 06, 2024 06:56 PM
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News,
Northern Bobwhite Quail,
Grasslands and Savannas,
WLFW
Working Lands for Wildlife’s Northern Bobwhite Pilot Project, as well as the signup dates for USDA’s General Enrollment signup in the Conservation Reserve Program (General CRP), opens March 4. Both conservation opportunities give producers tools to conserve wildlife habitat while achieving other conservation benefits, including sequestering carbon and improving water quality and soil health.
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USDA Launches Strategy to Continue Conserving the Gopher Tortoise and its Critical Habitat
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Web Editor
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Sep 08, 2020
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News,
Working Lands for Wildlife,
WLFW,
Gopher Tortoise
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has released its new 5-year plan to conserve the Southeast’s threatened gopher tortoise by focusing on the conservation and restoration of its key habitat, the longleaf pine forests. Acting NRCS Chief Kevin Norton told Southeast AgNet the fate of the gopher tortoise is linked to habitat quality, and efforts to conserve habitat on private lands will be critical to its continued survival.
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Use of fire in quail management
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Web Editor
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Feb 22, 2021
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Apr 21, 2023 02:21 PM
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filed under:
Training Resources,
WLFW,
Webinars and Instructional Videos,
Northern Bobwhite Quail,
Bobwhite Quail Seminar Series,
Video,
Grasslands and Savannas,
South Carolina Bobwhite Initiative,
Working Lands for Wildlife
Prescribed fire is the most useful tool in a quail manager's toolbox. SCDNR biologist Dan Peeples discusses the ins and outs of burning, how it benefits quail and other wildlife, and how you can learn to burn on your land.
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USEC Bonnie Keynote for the Corridors, Connectivity and Crossings Conference
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by
Web Editor
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published
Jun 26, 2023
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Mar 26, 2024 08:54 PM
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Working Lands for Wildlife,
WLFW,
USDA
Under Secretary Robert Bonnie, Farm Production and Conservation, USDA
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Virginia Priority Area Shapefiles
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by
Sage Voorhees
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published
Mar 05, 2022
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last modified
Apr 20, 2023 10:55 PM
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Information,
WLFW,
Virginia,
Northern Bobwhite Quail,
Boundaries & Priority Area Shapefiles,
Southeast,
Maps and Spatial Data,
Grasslands and Savannas,
Working Lands for Wildlife
Northern Bobwhite Priority Areas, Northern Bobwhite Grasslands and Savannas Partnership 2022-2026
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Southeast
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Virginia Tech Researchers Receive NSF Grant to Study Parental Care in Eastern Hellbender Salamanders
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by
Web Editor
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published
Oct 11, 2018
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Nov 03, 2023 09:42 PM
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Additional Resources,
News & Events,
Eastern Hellbender Additional Resources,
WLFW,
NSF,
Resources,
Aquatics,
News,
Eastern Hellbender,
virginia tech
William Hopkins, professor of wildlife in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, is the principal investigator on a new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for $738,817 to study parental care in the eastern hellbender salamander.
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