[S2E16] Good Vibes Only

Conservation can be DEPRESSING, so for Mental Health Month we decided to share ONLY positive news and stories (after taking a little break for our brains). Rewire those neurons everybody, because it's not all bleak.

Good news so far in May:

• Biden-Harris Administration announced $36 million for national forests and grasslands


• Dakota Prairie Grasslands received $464,000 of that to improve access.


• US Department of Agriculture and the Interior announced $2.8 billion in funding for 2024 authorized by the Great American Outdoors Act to improve access to management and recreation opportunities on national forests and grasslands.


• Proposed CRP Reform Act of 2023


• TNC funding 9 grasslands research projects thru 2023 JE Weaver Small Grands Awards


• Arizona is restoring migration routes for pronghorn and mule deer


• South Dakota spending $1 mil restoring grasslands


• No-Mow-Summer in Dengibghshire County, Wales


• Earless Dragon burrows (Video)


• Saving Phu My, one of the Mekong Delta’s last natural grasslands


• UN International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists


• WWF Policy Actions to Save Grasslands


• There's still time to save the Cerrado! (New Research)


• Cargill got sued over Cerrado deforestation again.

Good news deep dives:

• Success in the Savanna: Blue-throated Macaw Update


• 2022 State of the Birds Report


• North American Grasslands Conservation Act


• Great Plains Ecotourism Coalition


• Utah Wildlife Board approves changes to Utah prairie dog rule

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