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Tykee James on Recovering America's Wildlife Act
Protecting species across state borders
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Tykee James is a Senior Government Affairs Representative at The Wilderness Society in DC. Gridlock in Washington can be a real challenge to protecting birds, but a bill called Recovering America's Wildlife Act is giving Tykee hope. The bill would provide $1.4 billion a year in funding for state and tribal conservation efforts. Tykee says that’s important to protect habitats and species that reach across state borders.
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Tykee James on Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
Written by Mark Bramhill
Tenijah Hamilton: This is BirdNote.
Tykee James is a Senior Government Affairs Representative at The Wilderness Society in DC. Gridlock in Washington can be a real challenge to protecting birds, but a bill called Recovering America's Wildlife Act is giving Tykee hope:
Tykee James: Recovering America's Wildlife Act in a lifetime opportunity to fund wildlife for generations today and yet to come.
Tenijah Hamilton: The bill would provide $1.4 billion a year in funding for state and tribal conservation efforts. He says that’s important to protect habitats and species that reach across state borders.
Tykee James: The political boundaries that we have set around states don't necessarily describe how nature works.
Tenijah Hamilton: For birds like the Eastern Meadowlark that depend on habitats spread throughout the country, this could make a big difference.
[Eastern Meadowlark song, ML 249848]
Tenijah Hamilton: Things look promising for Recovering America's Wildlife Act. The bill passed the House, and now is waiting for a vote in the Senate. And it has strong bipartisan support there:
Tykee James: We have Bob Casey and Lindsay Graham on this bill. We have Mark Kelly and Tommy Tuberville. There's a lot of folks who support this bill.
I think Recovering America's Wildlife Act can pass. And we can tell our senators why this is important to us. Because that's the reason that they vote.
Tenijah Hamilton: You can learn more about Tykee and Recovering America's Wildlife Act on our podcast, Bring Birds Back. Find it in your favorite podcast app, or on our website, BirdNote.org. I'm Tenijah Hamilton.
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Content Director: Allison Wilson
Producer: Mark Bramhill
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Bird sounds provided by The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Eastern Meadowlark ML 249848 recorded by W. Hershberger.
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