Story coming up on 2 wildlife conservation bills up for debate in a House Natural Resources subcommittee. During the hearing, @RepDebDingell revealed she and @RashidaTlaib recently kayaked Michigan's Rouge River.
But the river looks a lot different today, Dingell said, thanks to a collaborative effort to protect and preserve local natural resources there.
I was curious so I reached out to @RashidaTlaib and voila! Here's that great turtle the reps spotted:
They are:
- H.R. 2795, the National Wildlife Corridors Act, which creates wildlife migratory corridors on federal lands and provides $ for states/tribes to protect wildlife
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and...
aka RAWA.
If passed, lawmakers say it will help address the rapid biodiversity decline and as an added benefit, it works around the endangered species reg reversals doled out by the Trump admin.
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More to come in my story for @CourthouseNews.
In the meantime, can anyone identify what type of turtle that is?
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