News & Events

WLFW East Region Conservation Series April 11 2024

Tune in Thursday, April 11th, at 11:30 am CST (12:30 PM EST) for our last webinar in the Pollinator Series! This week's topic will cover "Maintaining Pollinator Habitat" with speaker Brittney Viers with Quail Forever.

On the Line-Survey Says... Apr 21, 2020

While much is known about the science of wildland fire behavior, the same cannot necessarily be said about our understanding of the impacts that these blazes have upon those tasked with putting them out. Although that knowledge base is slowly building, much remains to be learned about the psychological and behavioral health of wildland firefighters (WLFF’s). Thanks to the recent research efforts of clinical psychology doctoral student Patty O’Brien (a former Lolo Hotshot, and now Dr. O’Brien), we now know a great deal more. Patty was able to survey over 2600 current or former wildland firefighters to learn more about their demographic, employment, and clinical characteristics, as well as their health behaviors. In this, the tenth and final podcast of On the Line season three, Patty and her doctoral advisor Dr. Duncan Campbell join host Charlie Palmer to discuss some of her groundbreaking findings, and to chart out a course for future steps.

DOI Nature-based Solutions Roadmap

The purpose of the Department of the Interior Nature Based Solutions Roadmap is to provide Department of the Interior (DOI) staff with consistent and credible information about nature-based solutions, such as which strategies match certain conditions and goals, what co-benefits they are likely to provide, example projects, and additional resources for project planning, construction, and monitoring.

USDA Launches New Bobwhite Conservation Pilot and Announces General Conservation Reserve Program Signup

Working Lands for Wildlife’s Northern Bobwhite Pilot Project, as well as the signup dates for USDA’s General Enrollment signup in the Conservation Reserve Program (General CRP), opens March 4. Both conservation opportunities give producers tools to conserve wildlife habitat while achieving other conservation benefits, including sequestering carbon and improving water quality and soil health.

WLFW East Region Conservation Series

Tune in this Thursday, February 8th, at 11:30 am CST for the next webinar in our Conservation Series! This week's topic will cover "How to do a Pollinator Outreach Event" with speaker Cat Beall with Pheasants Forever. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/ykxskkay

News from SECAS January 2024 Newsletter

Review grassland indicator, Blueprint changelog updated to 2023, how Blueprint uses critical habitat, and more.

World Fisheries Congress 2024 - Early Registration Deadline Approaching Soon

As we begin 2024, the 9th World Fisheries Congress is now less than two months away! Take advantage of early registration rates by registering by 31 January 2024.

Event: Technical Training Workshop-The Stream Simulation Design Approach for Providing Aquatic Organism Passage at Road-Stream Crossings

This 4.5-day workshop will present the USDA Forest Service’s stream simulation method, an ecosystem-based approach for designing and constructing a channel through a road-stream crossing structure that reestablishes physical and ecological continuity along the stream corridor.

TRBN Network News | Issue 49 | January 2024

Your Network News | Let's celebrate 10 years!

SECAS Third Thursday Web Forum January 18th 10:00 am ET

Join us on Thursday for a special webinar co-hosted with the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center! This web forum features multiple staff of the Atlanta Botanical Garden and the Southeast Plant Conservation Alliance.

A Hellbender Working Lands for Wildlife 2023 Roundup

A look back on accomplishments and forward to new opportunities.

Hellbenders Will Get a Second Chance to be Considered for Endangered Species Act Listing

In a lawsuit brought by conservation groups against the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), a federal judge decided FWS must revisit their initial decision not to list the Eastern hellbender.

What Would an Endangered Species Act Listing Mean for the Hellbender Working Lands for Wildlife Program?

Working Lands for Wildlife is structured to continue providing benefits to agricultural landowners while ensuring adequate protections for listed species.

America the Beautiful Challenge Grant Adds Value to Hellbender Working Lands for Wildlife Partnership

The recently awarded grant will increase economic opportunities for farmers who plant riparian buffers in hellbender priority watersheds.

Fire Lines Volume 13 Issue 4

WLFW East Region Conservation Series

Tune in this Thursday, January 11th, at 11:30 am CST for the next webinar in our Conservation Series! This week's topic will cover "Pollinators & Forestland: Underappreciated Pollinator Habitat" with speaker Kass Urban-Mead of the Xerces Society. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/ykxskkay