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2022 National Coastal Resilience Fund Recipients Announced
12/15/22
NOAA and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced a record investment in projects that will help communities prepare for increasing coastal flooding and more intense storms, while improving thousands of acres of coastal habitats. The funding, in collaboration with the Department of Defense and private sector partners, provides more than $136 million to support 88 natural infrastructure projects in 29 states and U.S. territories.
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Insights from the building of the Northwest Florida Sentinel Landscape Partnership
12/15/22
This is the first of two articles that seek to capture insights and lessons learned from the emergence of the Northwest Florida Sentinel Landscape. This first piece highlights the key factors and successes that allowed agencies and non-governmental organizations to come together to build a broad coalition of partners—and sustain that coalition through the onset of the pandemic—to successfully realize the designation of this new Sentinel Landscape. A future article will explore insights from how this partnership is collaborating to achieve its landscape conservation goals.
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NFWF Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund 2023 Request For Proposals Now Open
11/22/22
The 2023 Request for Proposals for the NFWF Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund is now open. The LLSF is a public-private partnership that expands, enhances, and accelerates longleaf pine ecosystem restoration across the historical longleaf range throughout the southeastern U.S. Approximately $16.9 million in grant funding is available to projects that restore, enhance, and maintain longleaf pine on private and public lands to improve wildlife habitat and water quality, with some funding also available for bottomland hardwood restoration.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Completes Gopher Tortoise Review: Eastern Portion of Species’ Range Does Not Currently Meet Criteria for Listing Under the Endangered Species Act
10/11/22
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reached a final listing decision regarding the gopher tortoise after completing its review. USFWS has determined that the eastern population no longer meets the criteria for ESA listing and is withdrawing it as a candidate. The western population (western Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana) will retain its threatened status. State protections for the gopher tortoise remain in place range-wide. Partnerships between multiple state, federal, local, and NGO stakeholders contributed greatly to the
conservation of this species.
2022 REPI Challenge Recipients Announced
6/22/22
The REPI program recently announced $31.6 million in program funds for the 2022 REPI Challenge. Partners across the country will undertake nine projects benefitting 13 installations and their neighboring communities, leveraging nearly $60.3 million in partner contributions. One of the nine awarded REPI Challenge projects will benefit four military installations within the Eastern North Carolina Sentinel Landscape. The project will receive $4.3 million in funding from REPI and partner contributions to reduce wildfire risk, assess how climate change impacts RCW productivity, and manage and protect longleaf pine habitats.
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1 Million Acres of Southeast Salt Marsh Move Closer to Protection
6/9/22
Pew Charitable Trust’s published its latest blog post about the South Atlantic Salt Marsh Initiative. The blog post provides updates on SASMI’s progress including the virtual workshop held earlier this year.
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Restoring Forests, Reinforcing a Community
5/27/22
The National Wildlife Federation is teaming up with Hoke County, North Carolina, and other partners to begin work on a ground-breaking forestry project that will benefit wildlife, forests, and the citizens of Hoke County. The Hoke Community Forest is one of two initial demonstration projects for America’s Longleaf Restoration Initiative’s Longleaf for All working group that focuses on increasing minority participation in forestry-related programs.
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How the Military Works With Local Communities to Combat Climate Change
5/6/22
Pew Charitable Trusts conducted an interview with REPI Program Director Kristin Thomasgard on how the military works with local communities to combat climate change and how the REPI Program’s work helps protect the environment.
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Archive
- 2022 National Coastal Resilience Fund Recipients Announced 12/15/2022
- Insights from the building of the Northwest Florida Sentinel Landscape Partnership 12/15/2022
- NFWF Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund 2023 Request For Proposals Now Open 11/22/2022
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Completes Gopher Tortoise Review: Eastern Portion of Species’ Range Does Not Currently Meet Criteria for Listing Under the Endangered Species Act 10/11/2022
- 2022 REPI Challenge Recipients Announced 6/22/2022
- 1 Million Acres of Southeast Salt Marsh Move Closer to Protection 6/9/2022
- Restoring Forests, Reinforcing a Community 5/27/2022
- How the Military Works With Local Communities to Combat Climate Change 5/6/2022
- New military land use compatibility tools to shape the future of action plans across the nation 1/3/2022