News & Events

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

TRBN Network News | Issue 48 | December 2023

Your Network News | TRBN Year in Review

News from SECAS December 2023 Newsletter

The Blueprint as a climate adaptation strategy, Southeastern plant RSGCN list released.

Wildlife Conservation Through Sustainable Ranching

Special Edition: Migratory Big Game Conservation Success in the West | Expanded USDA Initiative Helps Ensure Big Game Always Have Room to Roam

Fire Lines November 2023 (Volume 13, Issue 4)

AFS Newsletter December 2023

Hutton Applications Open, WOTUS Call to Action, Angling for Blue Catfish with Sonar

Webinar: Applying to RCPP in 2024

Join the Rural Climate Partnership for a **free webinar on Wednesday, December 13th at 2pm ET** with Kari Cohen, former RCPP lead at USDA, who will guide NGO participants through RCPP application guidance to increase your likelihood of funding.

Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever, and WLFW East Region Webinar Series

Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever, in partnership with USDA-NRCS’s Working Lands for Wildlife, has reformed the WLFW Pollinator Conservation webinar series to include broader topics and changed platforms to Zoom. This series aims to enhance understanding, confidence, and knowledge of conservation concepts. It is designed for conservation professionals working in the WLFW East Region. NRCS staff and partner organizations are welcome to attend (click image for more details), so please feel free to share it with your field staff.

News: Guidebook for Prescribed Burning in the Southern Region

Learn how to plan, conduct and evaluate prescribed burns with this new Guidebook designed for burners of all skill levels. This book takes you step-by-step through the prescribed burning process in addition to providing more in-depth chapters on many of the concepts.

Can Agriculture and Biodiversity Coexist?

To free up land for biodiversity conservation while satisfying growing food demand, techno-optimist narratives suggest indefinitely increasing agricultural productivity, including through massive pesticide use. But this view, which has made its way from an academic niche into corporate and policy-making circles, overlooks the complexity of natural ecosystems and the market dynamics that regulate access to food.

Landscape Partnership Newsletter-WLFW Prescribed Burning Added To FY24 Climate-Smart Practice List

WLFW news brief.

News: Opportunities for Research on Carbon Sequestration in Longleaf Pine Ecosystems Fact Sheet

Based in part on the recent Fact Sheet on Opportunities for Research on Carbon Sequestration in Longleaf Pine Ecosystems by Kevin Robertson, Ph.D., Fire Ecology Research Scientist, Prescribed Burning has been added to the USDA Climate Smart Priorities List for FY24.