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A change to the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA) will fund rare plant research work in Texas.
This bipartisan legislation could bring more than $50 million per year to Texas for at-risk wildlife and habitat conservation. In the 116th Congress the House bill that includes dedicated, permanent funding (H.R.3742) has acquired 182 national cosponsors — including 14 Texans. You can view Texas cosponsors here. Draft letters can be found here that can be sent to Representatives if they have not already co-sponsored the original bill (HR 3742).
In July, a modified version of RAWA passed the U.S. House as part of a group of bipartisan amendments in the Transportation/Infrastructure package. Our understanding is that this amendment recognizes both flora and fauna Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) and has a small incentive for states who include rare plant species on their SGCN lists (which Texas does). However, it would be a 5-year authorization of the Act, not the permanent dedicated funding in the original House bill, H.R.3742. Draft letters can be found here that can be sent to US Senators to encourage them to support the introduction of this bill in the Senate.
If you would like for someone at the Texas Alliance for America’s Fish and Wildlife to speak about this RAWA and the benefits it could bring to at-risk species conservation in Texas, please reach out to Rachel Rommel, r.rommel@txwildlifealliance.org.
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