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WLFW Landscapes and Wildlife: In 2021-2022, a multi-state, areawide planning team produced the first biome-scale frameworks for wildlife conservation in the Great Plains grasslands, western sagebrush country, and for the Central and Eastern grasslands and savannas within 25 states in the northern bobwhite range. These frameworks for conservation action capture the science documenting the threats to biomes and the wildlife that are part of them, the conservation actions that NRCS can support to address these threats and benefit producers, and the NRCS goals for implementing these actions over time.

A Hellbender Working Lands for Wildlife 2023 Roundup: A look back on accomplishments and forward to new opportunities.

Home: A collection of information on fire mapping efforts across the Southeastern U.S. and elsewhere in the U.S., with short-term emphasis on the SE FireMap, a new effort funded by USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service to 1) investigate fire mapping efforts to date in the U.S. and learn from previous efforts while exploring new or emerging technologies and 2) develop a multi-state fire map for the SE U.S. by 2023 to be used in future decision-support regarding both regional prescribed burn efforts and wildfire risk management.

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: SFE in Action | What's New in Fire Science? | Research Brief: Terrestrial laser scan metrics predict surface vegetation biomass and consumption in a frequently burned southeastern U.S. ecosystem | Fire Science News Roundup | New Tools and Technology |Other News | Bonus Section: Prescribed Fire and Ticks | Upcoming Events | New Fire Science Publications for the South | Funding Opportunities.

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