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Special Symposium at Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference

Special Symposium at Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference

The Midwest Landscape Initiative will host an all-day symposium Putting Regional Collaboration into Practice on Tuesday, February 14 at the Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference in Overland Park, Kansas. The morning session of the symposium will include an overview of the Midwest Landscape Initiative and progress on implementing recommendations for improved regional coordination around State […]

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Notice of Funding Opportunity – NASA Earth Science

Notice of Funding Opportunity – NASA Earth Science

The NASA Earth Science Division is pleased to announce the release of the A.40 Earth Science Applications: Ecological Conservation (formerly Ecological Forecasting) solicitation. Funding is available for projects that that would enable: Decision-making to combat the spread of invasive species, Advance the use of ecosystem service assessment for decision-making, and Inform management, establishment, or protection […]

Notice of Funding Opportunity

Notice of Funding Opportunity

Notice of Funding Opportunity – Recovery Challenge Grants (deadline 11/15/22) The Recovery Challenge funding opportunity provides a unique financial assistance opportunity for non-federal partners – both new and longstanding – working on implementing high-priority recovery actions for species listed as endangered and threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), as identified by the U.S. Fish […]

Job Announcement: Western Monarch Coordinator

Job Announcement: Western Monarch Coordinator

Job Announcement: Western Monarch Coordinator, Sacramento, CA (closes 9/27) Science Applications is recruiting a Biologist, GS-401-12/13 working in Sacramento, CA for the R8 ARD-Science Applications.  As Western Monarch Coordinator, you will be a key member of the national Pollinator Conservation Center.  You will collaborate across FWS programs and Regions and with others to develop and […]

MLI Publishes its Annual Report

MLI Publishes its Annual Report

The Midwest Landscape Initiative (MLI) has been busy this year.  As part of its annual presentation to the Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (MAFWA) at its Annual Meeting in June 2022, the MLI staff highlighted several accomplishments as well as new capacity it has added to pursue even more efforts, all published in […]

Interview with a Midwest Taxonomic Expert: Greg Lipps

Interview with a Midwest Taxonomic Expert: Greg Lipps

The  Midwest Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need database and list identifies those animals whose conservation is largely dependent on Midwestern states and their combined efforts to save them and their habitat. Information summarized in this project will improve the coordination of conservation delivery across the Midwest.   Teams of species experts, called taxa teams, […]

Midwest Landscape Initiative to host symposium at Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference

Midwest Landscape Initiative to host symposium at Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference

The Midwest Landscape Initiative (MLI) will host an all-day symposium Tuesday, Feb. 15 at the 82nd Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference  in Des Moines, Iowa.   This symposium will provide a brief overview of the MLI, a thorough examination of the Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need effort, and an opportunity for participants to help chart the […]