{"id":33968,"date":"2022-05-12T22:29:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T03:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/its-the-biggest-bill-aimed-at-helping-at-risk-wildlife-in-50-years-and-its-bipartisan-south-dakota-would-benefit-if-it-passed\/"},"modified":"2022-05-12T22:29:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T03:29:51","slug":"its-the-biggest-bill-aimed-at-helping-at-risk-wildlife-in-50-years-and-its-bipartisan-south-dakota-would-benefit-if-it-passed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/its-the-biggest-bill-aimed-at-helping-at-risk-wildlife-in-50-years-and-its-bipartisan-south-dakota-would-benefit-if-it-passed\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s the biggest bill aimed at helping at-risk wildlife in 50 years \u2013 and it\u2019s bipartisan. South Dakota would benefit if it passed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s the biggest bill aimed at helping at-risk wildlife in 50 years \u2013 and it\u2019s bipartisan. South Dakota would benefit if it passed<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Chris Hesla<\/p>\n

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The alarm bell is sounding for America\u2019s wildlife.\u00a0 One example is the monarch butterfly.\u00a0 When I was a kid, they were all over our backyards, prairies, and farm fields. But now monarchs have declined to the point where a sighting of them has become a novel thing.<\/p>\n

America\u2019s wildlife crisis is real. Throughout the country, studies show that more than one third of America\u2019s wildlife are edging towards extinction.\u00a0 But the good news is that Congress is in a position to pass a bold, bipartisan solution as big as the problems species face.<\/p>\n

The Recovering America\u2019s Wildlife Act (RAWA), which has passed both a Senate and House committee with strong bipartisan support, would dedicate $1.4 billion toward locally-led efforts to help fish and wildlife species in decline. It has 32 cosponsors in the Senate \u2014 16 of them Republicans \u2014 and more than 170 cosponsors in the House.<\/p>\n

RAWA would send more than sixteen and a half million dollars annually to the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department, which would use the money to help nearly 104 wildlife species identified as needing conservation assistance, including peregrine falcons, river otters, and greater prairie chickens.\u00a0 The bill will also provide funding to South Dakota\u2019s federally-recognized Tribes so that they could do more work to bolster at risk wildlife species on their lands.<\/p>\n

RAWA should appeal to Senator Thune, Senator Rounds.\u00a0 First and foremost, the bill would do wonders to prevent the decline of at-risk fish and wildlife species.\u00a0 That means more butterflies in our farm fields, more songbirds on our prairies, more otters in our rivers, more peregrine falcons in our skies, and so on.\u00a0 That in of itself is a fantastic thing.<\/p>\n

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But the benefits of this bill wouldn\u2019t end there.\u00a0 Ranchers and farmers would benefit too.\u00a0 In order to bolster species in need of conservation assistance, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department would invest in voluntary habitat projects undertaken on private lands by interested farmers and ranchers.\u00a0 This would provide cash in the hand for producers.\u00a0 In addition, by increasing the populations of at-risk species, RAWA would prevent some from becoming listed under the federal Endangered Species Act, thereby eliminating the added regulations that sometimes accompany such listing.<\/p>\n

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RAWA would also be a boon to hunters and anglers.\u00a0 Yes, the focus of the bill is towards at risk wildlife species, not game species.\u00a0 But to benefit the at-risk song birds, butterflies, reptiles, amphibians, and the like, projects would be directed to improving the health of South Dakota\u2019s ecological systems.\u00a0 By doing, deer, pheasants, ducks, and walleye would benefit too.\u00a0 The result would be better hunting and fishing for everyone.<\/p>\n

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In the end, South Dakota\u2019s economy would benefit too.\u00a0 A recent study showed that $1.3 billion is spent each year on outdoor recreation in the state.\u00a0 This generates $1.9 billion in economic activity throughout the state and supports 18,000 full and part time jobs.\u00a0 The Recovering America\u2019s Wildlife Act would fuel this economic driver and help keep South Dakota\u2019s outdoor economy humming.<\/p>\n

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Our Congressional delegation has a real opportunity to do right by South Dakota and South Dakotans.\u00a0 Our prairies, badlands, rivers, and wetlands and the wildlife on and in them are incredible.\u00a0 Let\u2019s pass this outdoor heritage to the next generation.\u00a0 Let\u2019s keep our outdoor economy strong.\u00a0 The time is now.\u00a0 RAWA has real momentum.\u00a0 Contact Sen. Thune and Sen. Rounds, and ask them to help push the Recovering America\u2019s Wildlife Act across the finish line.<\/p>\n

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Sen. Thune at; (202) 224-2321 or email; thune.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/contact<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Sen. Rounds; (202) 224-5842 e-mail; www.rounds.senate.gov\/contact\/email-mike<\/a><\/p>\n

(Chris Hesla is the Executive Director of the South Dakota Wildlife Federation)<\/p>\n

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