A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced legislation to renew a popular wildlife package signed into law in 2020.
The “America’s Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization (ACE) Act,” H.R. 8811, would re-up programs aimed at protecting wildlife habitat while compensating livestock producers for predation by protected animals.
Among the programs up for reauthorization are the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, a suite of Chesapeake Bay conservation programs, the National Fish Habitat Partnership and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
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The bill would provide funding to states and tribes to support ranchers from predation by protected species like grizzly bears and seek to combat invasive species.
