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Photo courtesy of Joanna Gilkeson/USFWS, Public Domain

$40.6 million coming to states to support collaborative conservation efforts for imperiled species

More than $40 million in grants through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be given to support land acquisition and conservation planning projects for 65 listed and at-risk species.

Graphic courtesy of NatureServe

A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action

NatureServe recently co-authored a commentary on the need for a global biodiversity observing system as the rate and extent of global biodiversity change is surpassing our ability to measure, monitor and forecast trends. 

Photo courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management - Wyoming

University of Wyoming researchers gain insights into rare Barneby’s Clover (Trifolium barnebyi)

A rare plant found only in rocky outcrops of the foothills and rims along the eastern slope of Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains likely persists because it blooms for a relatively long period of two months, according to newly published research by University of Wyoming scientists.

Photo courtesy of Brent Lawrence/USFWS, Public Domain

Department of the Interior announces more than $50.6 million for wetland conservation projects and national wildlife refuges

The Department of the Interior announced that more than $50.6 million in funding to assist the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as it works to conserve, restore or enhance more than 106,600 acres of wetlands and associated upland habitats.

In Other News

Learn more about last week's Climate Ambition Summit at the United Nations Headquarters in New York

Vermont botanists study impact from floods on rare native plants

Landmark Legal Settlement Locks in Environmental Protection Agency Actions to Protect Endangered Species From Pesticides

An update on the ghost orchid (Dendrophylax lindenii): With about 1,500 ghost orchids left in Florida, groups sue to list it as endangered

Florida invests $141 million to protect natural resources

Identifying opportunity hot spots for reducing the risk of wildfire-caused carbon loss in western US conifer forests

Vegetation Management: Learning from the Wisdom of Our Ancestors

Root litter decomposition rates and impacts of drought are regulated by ecosystem legacy

English May Be Science’s Native Language, but It’s Not Native to All Scientists

Safeguarding Access to 500 Years of Biodiversity Data: Sustainability planning for the Biodiversity Heritage Library

How the San Carlos Apache Tribe and the USDA Forest Service will reduce wildfire risks

Utilizing herbarium specimens to assist with the listing of rare plants

County in Wisconsin gets new technology to measure progress on climate change work

Climatic amplitude is a predictor of geographic range size in Mexican morning glories (Ipomoea L., Convolvulaceae)

President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to Help Restore Bison Populations and Grassland Ecosystems in Tribal Communities 

Can Biodiversity Data Scientists Document Volunteer and Professional Collaborations and Contributions in the Biodiversity Data Enterprise?

The Rewards Of Prairie Management: Bountiful Evidence Of Recovery

Niche unfilling dominates the naturalization of species from intercontinentally disjunct genera

More than $22 million coming to California to support collaborative conservation efforts for imperiled species

Illinois Nature Preserves Commission continues 60th anniversary celebration with video release

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