The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in partnership with North Florida Land Trust will protect 981 acres of salt marsh and maritime forest that will benefit a wide range of species, including piping plover, red knot, gopher tortoise, wood stork, Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon and West Indian manatee. Credit: © Patrick and Doris Leary

Service Awards More Than $20 Million To Help Coastal Community Resilience, Provide Economic Benefits and Protect Native Ecosystems

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is awarding more than $20 million to support 25 projects in 13 coastal states to protect, restore or enhance more than 61,000 acres of coastal wetlands and adjacent upland habitats under the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program. State, local and Tribal governments, private landowners, conservation groups and other partners will contribute more than $17.6 million in additional funds to these projects. These grants will have wide-reaching benefits for local economies, people and wildlife – boosting coastal resilience, reducing flood risk, stabilizing shorelines and protecting natural ecosystems.

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The Yakama Nation Fisheries and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff release a Pacific lamprey into the upper Wenatchee River. Credit: Sarah Ortiz/USFWS

Tribal-led Conservation Helps Restore Pacific Lamprey

Pacific lamprey are some of the oldest fish alive today and were once abundant in the upper Wenatchee River. Today, these ancient fish are far less common. The Yakama Nation Fisheries, in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is using generations of traditional knowledge and modern science to tackle this potential conservation catastrophe.

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Tony Wasley, Director of the Nevada Department of Wildlife and President of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and Martha Williams, USFWS Principal Deputy Director, sign the Joint Task Force charter. Credit: Patricia Allen/AFWA

New Landscape Conservation Task Force Promotes Shared Conservation Objectives

On Dec. 6, 2021, a new Landscape Conservation Joint Task Force was established during a signing ceremony at the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies Executive Committee Meeting. The Task Force is the next step in landscape conservation collaboration between the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the states and will provide the necessary durable foundation for working together more effectively with Tribes, other agencies, landowners, conservation organizations and other partners to balance and implement landscape-scale conservation.

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