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The Partners program was designed to complement many of the traditional Service easement programs by offering restoration and enhancement agreements for shorter time periods. This gives private individuals options to improve their property for targeted wildlife species and avoid having to make the sometimes difficult decision on a long-term easement contract. Read more
America’s Great Outdoors: Salazar Highlights Efforts to Conserve Working Landscapes with Proposed Dakota Grassland Conservation Area
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today visited South Dakota to highlight the proposed Dakota Grassland Conservation Area as a model for conserving working agricultural landscapes while benefiting wildlife and its habitat under President Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors Initiative. Salazar conducted a series of site visits to habitat restoration projects on private lands and met with conservation partners, including private landowners, who are working with the Fish and Wildlife Service to conserve wildlife habitat in the Prairie Pothole Region, a grass- and wetland-rich area known as “America’s Duck Factory” for its importance to the nation’s migratory waterfowl population. While meeting with partners in Highmore, Secretary Salazar signed two agreements with private landowners to restore and conserve wildlife habitat on their lands. These voluntary agreements with the Service’s Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (private lands) provide for cost-share technical assistance to private landowners and will achieve the twin goals of enhancing grazing regimes for cattle producers and wildlife habitat for federal trust species, especially migratory birds such as grassland-nesting birds and raptors. For more information, please see the full news release at: http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/AMERICAS-GREAT-OUTDOORS-Salazar-Highlights-Efforts-to-Conserve-Working-Landscapes-with-Proposed-Dakota-Grassland-Conservation-Area.cfm
Bog Turtle Habitat Restoration The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program works to restore important habitat for the threatened Bog Turtle in Region 5. Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program in Vermont Partners for Fish and Wildlife is a national U.S. Fish and Wildlife program that works with private landowners and other organizations to protect, enhance and restore important fish and wildlife habitats on private lands. In the Northeast Region, we have Partners for Fish and Wildlife offices in all 13 states. Watch this video to learn more about the Partners Program in Vermont, which has implemented more than 500 programs since its establishment.
Celebrating 100,000 acres of Wetland Reserve Program Enrollment in California
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California recently celebrated enrollment of 100,000 acres into Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), with the help of partner organizations that have helped the agency work one-on-one with landowners to restore their wetlands. These partners include the California Waterfowl Association, California Department of Fish & Game, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, California Audubon, Ducks Unlimited and others. State Conservationist Ed Burton presented awards to the following individuals for their contribution to the 100,000-acre milestone: -Matt Hamman, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program Biologist, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service -Craig Isola, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program Biologist, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service -Shawn Milar, Coastal Program Coordinator of North Central California Coast, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Monterey -Loren Ruport, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program Biologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Tulelake"
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Fisheries and Habitat Conservation
