|
Millions of dollars from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act are making their way to the Mountain West this year, boosting restoration efforts across the sagebrush sea.
The Missoulian reports on the Interior Department's Sagebrush Keystone Initiative, which is funding 12 projects across seven states. The $7 million investment will improve the quality of habitat across a third of the remaining core sagebrush ecosystem.
“These new designations cover ‘the best of the best’ of the biome where sage-grouse still thrive, endemic fish spawn, and pronghorn migrations pass for hundreds of miles,” said Matt Cahill, Sagebrush Sea Program director for the Nature Conservancy.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is also partnering with the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, a Montana rancher-led conservation group, to convert former cropland to sustainable grasslands that support cattle as well as native species.
Elsewhere in Montana, the Bureau of Land Management is directing infrastructure funds to riverbank restoration and mine rehabilitation, according to Montana Public Radio.
|
This is a federal commission acknowledging Tribal sovereignty. If a company wants to do business on the Navajo Nation, it, of course, needs to talk to and get the approval of the Navajo Nation. And in the eyes of FERC, that has not yet happened.”
