探花精选 Applauds Advance of Wildlife Recovery Bill by House Committee
Bipartisan legislation will benefit birds, other wildlife, and communities
WASHINGTON (December 5, 2019) 鈥 The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee voted today to advance the . Co-sponsored by a growing bipartisan list of Members of Congress, RAWA would provide a dedicated $1.3 billion for states, territories, and the District of Columbia, and $97.5 million to tribes, to implement wildlife conservation plans.
鈥淭his is the kind of bipartisan conservation leadership we need from Congress to address a bird crisis,鈥 said Sarah Greenberger, senior vice president for conservation policy, 探花精选. 鈥淏irds are quite literally the canary in the coal mine and their stark decline signals danger for all of us. By providing the funding states need now to protect vulnerable wildlife, including bird species like the Golden-Winged Warbler and Black Tern, we not only keep them off the Endangered Species List, but protect the resources all of us need to thrive.鈥
In October, Marnie Urso, policy director for 探花精选 Great Lakes of RAWA to the U.S. House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Birds need conservation action now more than ever. A recent study published in the journal Science paints a grave picture of population declines in the recent past, showing that North America has lost since 1970. 探花精选鈥檚 recent report, Survival By Degrees: 389 Species on the Brink, provides us with a stark choice for our future. 探花精选 scientists found that two-thirds of North American birds are threatened with extinction by climate change.
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