The North American Wetlands Conservation Act encourages partnerships among federal and state agencies and others to protect, restore, enhance and manage wetlands and other habitats for migratory birds, fish and wildlife. The act obligates annual appropriations for the implementation of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, which provides a broad framework for waterfowl conservation and management in North America.
“NAWCA has a 17-year-long track record of getting the job done,” said Alan Wentz, Senior Group Manager for Conservation Programs for Ducks Unlimited and a TRCP Board Member. “It is essential to continuing strong, partner-driven restoration efforts.”
“The members of Congress who will be stepping forward from both sides of the aisle to support the reauthorization of NAWCA will show that they recognize the value of these vital resources,” said Dave Nomsen, the Vice President of Governmental Affairs for Pheasants Forever who serves on the TRCP Policy Council.
“Our wetlands, which already are too few, would be in dire straits without NAWCA. The law has established itself as the gold standard of cooperative conservation programs,” said Matthew B. Connolly Jr., TRCP President and CEO. “The measures advancing in Congress, along with enabling appropriations, will allow for continued continental conservation of a natural resource valued by all Americans.”
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The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership is a coalition of leading hunting, fishing and conservation organizations and individual partners working together to guarantee access to places to hunt and fish, conserve fish and wildlife habitat, and increase funding for conservation.