Friday - November 29, 2024
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Idaho Newsletter for Sunday December 04, 2022 ( 3 items )  

National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Announces $1.5M in Grants to Improve Grasslands, Wildlife Habitat, Grazing Management in Intermountain West
DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 30 -- The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2022: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced $1.5 million in grants to restore, improve and conserve sagebrush, mesic wet meadow and big game migratory corridor habitats in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming. The grants will generate $2.5 million in matching contributions for a total conservation impact of $4 million. "The Interm  more

United We Dream: Bipartisan Group of Mayors Urge Congress to Enact Permanent Protections for Immigrant Youth
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (TNSgov)(TNScapv) -- United We Dream issued the following news release and letter: Over 70 mayors and local governments from across the country have signed onto a letter calling for Congress to enact permanent protections for immigrant youth, including DACA recipients. Mayors from major metropolitan cities with large immigrant populations such as Los Angeles and New York City, mayors from cities along the border such as San Diego and Chula Vista, and mayors from states like  more

Western Conservation Group Hails Biden Commitment to Establish Avi Kwa Ame as a National Monument
HAILEY, Idaho, Dec. 1 (TNStalk) -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following statement on Nov. 30, 2022: * * * Western Watersheds Project is supporting the formal announcement to create the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument is southern Nevada, slated to be made today at the White House Tribal Nations Tribal Summit. The proposed Monument is an important ecological linkage between Mojave National Preserve and the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Avi Kwa Ame translates to "Spirit Mountai  more