Budget Proposal Doubles Down on Disaster for Wildlife
"Today,
Background:
* Funding for decisions about whether to protect new species under the Endangered Species Act would be cut by 47 percent, possibly leading to more species extinctions. This reduction would severely hinder FWS from making progress with its seven-year listing workplan that allows the agency to prioritize more than 300 species for listing decisions. Species awaiting listing decisions include the tricolor blackbird,
* Funding for the U.S. Fish and
* Funding for the National Wildlife Refuge System, the largest land and water system in the world dedicated to wildlife conservation would be more than
* Funding for key FWS science programs would be zeroed out.
* Funding for the
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