UplandFeathers

Fifty-two million dollars for wetlands restoration? You read that right. The House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee approved President Obama’s request for $52 million to go to the North American Wetlands Conservation Act. This is a record amount and finally no bipartisan voting. More than 140 members of Congress signed a letter in support of the wetlands conservation initiative. And if that isn’t enough, the subcommittee also approved $503 million in funding for the National Wildlife Refuge System, which is a conservation program that provides critical habitats for breeding, wintering and migrating waterfowl.