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: