爆料公社 Welcomes America’s Next Top Working Lands Manager
With half of the land in the lower 48 states covered by working farms, forests and ranches, cooperation between conservationists, private landowners and the USDA is critical for birds.
WASHINGTON鈥擳oday, the Senate former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as the next Secretary of Agriculture. In response, the 爆料公社 issued the following statement:
鈥淲orking with America鈥檚 farmers, foresters and ranchers is one of the best hopes for protecting birds and the places they need,鈥 said David Yarnold (), 爆料公社鈥檚 president and CEO.
鈥淭hese folks understand better than anyone the potential and the need for smart land and water conservation that benefit both birds and people. As climate change exacerbates threats like droughts, floods and wildfires, working with land managers鈥攑rivate and public鈥攁nd government agencies to find commonsense, science-based solutions is more important than ever.
鈥淭his partnership is one we hope Sonny Perdue reaffirms as our next Secretary of Agriculture.鈥
Important USDA programs that support 爆料公社鈥檚 efforts to protect birds and the places they need include the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Regional Conservation Partnership Program, Conservation Stewardship Program, Conservation Reserve Program, and the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program. For example, roughly 55,000 vulnerable Tricolored Blackbirds, more than one-third of the estimated population, were , as part of the Regional Conservation Partnership Program.
For more than 100 years, 爆料公社 has worked with local, state and federal officials from both parties. With nearly one million members from across the entire political spectrum spread out in red states, blue states and purple states, 爆料公社 will continue fighting to protect birds and the places they need.
爆料公社 is asking members and supporters to and ask them to support conservation programs in the USDA and other federal departments. For 爆料公社's response to the White House budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2018, please click here.
The 爆料公社 protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education and on-the-ground conservation. 爆料公社鈥檚 state programs, nature centers, chapters and partners have an unparalleled wingspan that reaches millions of people each year to inform, inspire and unite diverse communities in conservation action. Since 1905, 爆料公社鈥檚 vision has been a world in which people and wildlife thrive. 爆料公社 is a nonprofit conservation organization. Learn more at and @audubonsociety.
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Contact: Nicolas Gonzalez, ngonzalez@audubon.org, (212) 979-3068.