Press Release The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is awarding more than $6.4 million to federally recognized Tribes to benefit fish and wildlife resources and their habitats. This year’s funding will support 36 Tribes for conservation projects across 17 states, benefiting a wide range of wildlife and habitat, including species of cultural or traditional importance […]
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) have introduced bipartisan legislation to bolster chronic staffing issues at the Indian Health Services (IHS). The legislation, called the IHS Workforce Parity Act of 2023, amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to allow Indian Health Service scholarship and loan recipients to fulfill service obligations through half-time clinical practice, and for other purposes. The IHS provides healthcare to more than 2 million American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal members.
”Using the best possible science” is a frequent refrain in fisheries regulation, and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council takes that qualifier very seriously.
A call for nominations is now open for the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Advisory Panel. The Advisory Panel, or AP, is the Council’s “permanent fishing industry advisory committee” as