[TN-Bird] Fwd: [BCAlist] Importance of State Wildlfe Grants
- From: Virginia Reynolds <treynold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:53:14 -0500
Thought some of the subscribers to TN-Bird might find this
information enlightening.
Virginia Reynolds
Memphis, TN
Shelby county
Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Paul J. Baicich" <paul.baicich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: June 28, 2006 6:20:15 AM CDT
> To: bcalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [BCAlist] Importance of State Wildlfe Grants
>
>
>
> Dear BCA colleagues,
>
> A "five-year accomplishment report" for State Wildlife Grants was
> released
> and distributed earlier this month. Despite recent efforts to
> reduce some
> of the annual federal appropriations going to this program, it
> remains an
> essential core effort for preventing wildlife from becoming
> endangered and
> is a critical source of federal funds for state-based wildlife
> diversity
> programs. Every state has now completed a "wildlife action plan,"
> and these
> plans outline the species that are in need of help and the practical
> actions that are being taken to assist them.
>
> For BCA participants, the bird-oriented programs will probably be
> the most
> compelling: from Swallow-tailed Kite management in a number of
> southern
> states, to Burrowing Owl issues in western states, to grassland
> songbird
> concerns and shorebird management issues from coast to coast. You can
> download your own copy of this fine accomplishment report from the
> Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies here:
> <http://www.teaming.com/pdf/SWG_Report.pdf>
>
> In the meantime, the effort continues to get the states the ability
> to do
> for "non-game" species in trouble what they have already done for
> the "game
> species" in trouble. (I really hesitate to use these terms, since, at
> least in the bird world, the differences, the needs, and the
> ongoing tasks
> are often blurred or intersecting. Species in trouble are species in
> trouble; witness sage-grouse or seaducks, for example.) The time
> has come
> to seek some long-term, dedicated funding legislation that will free
> bird-and-wildlife conservationists from the current downward cycle of
> annual federal appropriations for the states and will guarantee the
> future
> funds to do the job.
>
> I encourage you and your organizations to take a look at the ongoing
> Teaming with Wildlife efforts, if you haven't already done so. The
> birds
> will be better for it:
> <http://www.teaming.com/join.htm>.
>
>
> paul
>
>
>
> ===================================================
> Paul J. Baicich
> P.O. Box 404
> Oxon Hill, MD 20750
>
> 410/992-9736 (992-wren)
>
> "It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the
> earth and
> in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility."
> -Rachel Carson
>
> -30-
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