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A new resource for species occurrence data is released by the U.S. Geological Survey
Friday, April 19, 2013
A unique, web-based Federal resource for finding species in the U. S. and territories, the Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (or BISON) is the only system of its kind. The resource offers more than 100 million mapped records of nearly every living species nationwide and growing. And the vast majority of the...
Washington state forestland owners pitch in on salmon recovery
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
The recently revitalized Family Forest Fish Passage Program (FFFPP) helps private forest landowners replace culverts and other stream-crossing structures that keep trout, salmon, and other fish from reaching upstream habitat. Thanks to a new round of funding from the legislature, the program will complete about 100...
Kentucky Division of Forestry works with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to help endangered bat
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
This week he U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Kentucky Division of Forestry announced an agreement to promote the survival, conservation, and recovery of the federally endangered Indiana bat on state forests within Kentucky. The agreement provides a streamlined and programmatic approach to evaluating potential...
Southern states receive grants to protect longleaf pines
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Representatives from federal, state and local organizations gathered Tuesday afternoon at the Blackwater River State Forest to bestow a $2.88 million grant to forestry officials from seven Southern states. Participants saw this as a landmark day for the longleaf pine system. The grant, which was presented by the National...
NASF comments on US Fish and Wildlife expansion of incentives for landowners
Thursday, July 12, 2012
On Wednesday, NASF sent comments to the U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) regarding their request for public input on how it can strengthen incentives and voluntary partnerships for landowner conservation of wildlife (Docket #FWS-R9-ES-2011-0099). NASF communicated its concerns over how the Endangered Species Act (...

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