Conservation can be DEPRESSING, so for Mental Health Month we decided to share ONLY positive news and stories (after taking a little break for our brains). Rewire those neurons everybody, because it's not all bleak.
Good news so far in May:
Biden-Harris Administration announced $36 million for national forests and grasslands
Dakota Prairie Grasslands received $464,000 of that to improve access.
US Department of Agriculture and the Interior announced $2.8 billion in funding for 2024 authorized by the Great American Outdoors Act to improve access to management and recreation opportunities on national forests and grasslands.
Proposed CRP Reform Act of 2023
TNC funding 9 grasslands research projects thru 2023 JE Weaver Small Grands Awards
Arizona is restoring migration routes for pronghorn and mule deer
South Dakota spending $1 mil restoring grasslands
No-Mow-Summer in Dengibghshire County, Wales
Earless Dragon burrows (Video)
Saving Phu My, one of the Mekong Delta’s last natural grasslands
UN International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists
WWF Policy Actions to Save Grasslands
There's still time to save the Cerrado! (New Research)
Cargill got sued over Cerrado deforestation again.
Good news deep dives:
Success in the Savanna: Blue-throated Macaw Update
2022 State of the Birds Report
North American Grasslands Conservation Act
Great Plains Ecotourism Coalition
Utah Wildlife Board approves changes to Utah prairie dog rule
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