Newly Released: 2025 Report to Congress

4/30/25

The Department of Defense's (DOD) Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program has delivered its 2025 REPI Report to Congress. The 19^th annual congressional report summarizes the program’s investments from Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 through FY 2024. 

From FY 2003 through FY 2024, DOD leveraged over $1.5 billion in Department contributions with nearly $1.4 billion in non-Department partner contributions to protect, enhance, or restore over 1.3 million acres of land and preserve mission-critical operational assets, infrastructure, and capabilities. In FY 2024 alone, DOD protected over 32,000 acres and secured over $108 million in cost savings from partner contributions, including nearly $7 million from state and local governments and private organizations across Hawai’i and Alaska to preserve and enhance key mission capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region. 

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Acres for America 2025 Request for Proposals Now Available

4/22/25

Walmart’s Acres for America program stands today as the leading public-private land conservation partnership in the United States. The partnership began in 2005, when Walmart and NFWF joined forces to establish Acres for America as a groundbreaking effort to support and catalyze the conservation of lands and wildlife habitat of national significance, and to benefit local communities and local economies.

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New Groundbreaking Conservation: Successful Reintroduction of the Reticulated Flatwood Salamander

3/24/25

Resource Management Service (RMS) has reintroduced the federally listed Reticulated Flatwood Salamander (Ambystoma bishopi) to Florida’s Santa Rosa County, in collaboration with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other partners. This first-ever reintroduction, under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, avoids regulatory risks for landowners. The effort aims to restore the salamander’s population in longleaf pine ecosystems, with the first release occurring in January 2025. This project highlights the effectiveness of voluntary conservation on private lands.

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Solar Beneficial Management Practice Database

3/3/25

The Energy and Wildlife Policy Committee’s (EWPC) Solar Wildlife Working Group has developed the Solar Beneficial Management Practices Database which compiles existing State Fish and Wildlife Agency solar-wildlife guidance documents into a standardized, searchable resource. This centralized tool serves as a "one-stop-shop" to access existing state solar-wildlife management practices and explore via keyword search or categorization. In addition to State Agencies using this database to update and/or develop new, state-specific guidelines, stakeholders, including solar project proponents, researchers, and the public, can use the database to facilitate wildlife-friendly solar siting and operations.

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Private landowners in western North Carolina fight wildfire with prescribed fire

2/3/25

In western North Carolina, private landowners are proactively using prescribed fire to mitigate wildfire risks and promote forest health. Collaborating through prescribed burn associations, these landowners conduct controlled burns to reduce accumulated fuels and enhance ecosystems.

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2026 Sentinel Landscape Designation Cycle Now Open

1/13/25

The Sentinel Landscapes Partnership is pleased to announce that the 2026 Sentinel Landscape Designation Cycle is now accepting expressions of interest! With over a decade of valuable lessons learned from the designation of 18 sentinel landscapes, the partnership is thrilled to continue advancing its shared national defense, conservation, and landscape resilience priorities.

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Fort Stewart hails several conservation milestones

1/6/25

Fort Stewart’s Directorate of Public Works manages nearly 280,000 acres of land, much dedicated to training the combat readiness of the 3rd Infantry Division. This department is dedicated to managing the land to meet the needs of combat training and preserving the natural spaces.

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