EP 75: Coronavirus Can't Keep Us Down: Peak Bloom, Virginia Gets an Elk Tag , GoWild Pledges $250K to Wildlife Agencies & More
District of Conservation
English - March 23, 2020 04:00 - 12 minutes - 10 MB - ★★★★★ - 97 ratingsWilderness Sports Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In Episode 75 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses some good conservation news—meant to combat coronavirus news. The five items were:
1) Department of Interior announced sportsmen and women pumped back nearly $1B into conservation funding last year https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/sportsmen-and-sportswomen-generate-nearly-1-billion-conservation-funding
2) NPS https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/national-park-service-to-temporarily-suspend-park-entrance-fees.htm & USFWS https://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ref=u.s.-fish-and-wildlife-service-temporarily-suspends-entrance-fees-at--&_ID=36534 entry fees waived
3) Peak Bloom happened March 20th and made the BloomCam live: https://nationalmall.org/bloomcam
4) Three good conservation bills passed in Virginia: menhaden management moved from General Assembly to VMRC; stiffer penalties for wildlife violations during hunting, fishing, and trapping; AND elk tag is coming: http://congressionalsportsmen.org/the-media-room/news/virginia-pro-sportsmens-bills-signed-into-law
5) GoWild doing an incredible initiative to keep conservation funding flowing: https://timetogowild.com/blogs/news/gowild-offering-250k-in-free-advertising-to-state-fish-wildlife-agencies-to-promote-the-sale-of-hunting-fishing-licenses
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