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Thank you to U.S. Department of the Interior Acting Deputy Secretary Laura Daniel Davis for joining us for a tour of America the Beautiful Challenge funding at work in #Massachusetts! In 2022, #MassWildlife was awarded nearly $5M through the America the Beautiful Challenge. This major federal award supports critical landscape-scale conservation + habitat restoration in the Southeastern Massachusetts Pine Barrens. The largest remaining block of Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens north of New Jersey, the Southeastern Massachusetts Pine Barrens are a global #biodiversity hotspot. They are home to numerous animals and plants, including rare, at-risk species like the prairie warbler, frosted elfin butterfly, and the barrens buckmoth. Through strong partnership with community organizations + the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, this vital federal funding will support: 🌱 Wetland restoration of a former agricultural cranberry bog + fish passage improvements for river herring + native salter brook trout 🔥 Habitat management of 582 acres of upland habitat with prescribed fire + mechanical techniques 🐢 Restoration of the shoreline of 50 coastal plain ponds that support globally rare species 🤝 Capacity building for habitat restoration led by the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe 🔬 Technical assistance for key landowners + other partners Thank you to those who joined us: A&F Director of Massachusetts Federal Funds & Infrastructure Office (FFIO) Quentin Palfrey, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Undersecretary Stephanie Cooper, Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game Commissioner Tom O'Shea, #MassWildlife Deputy Director Eve Schluter, Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration Director Beth Lambert, The Trustees of Reservations Ecologist Russ Hopping, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Grace Bottitta-Williamson, and staff. #AmericatheBeautifulChallenge #LandscapeScaleConservation #Restoration
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Laura Daniel Davis is a terrific advocate for conservation! So pleased my old colleagues in Massachusetts had a chance to meet her.
It was a great way to spend the morning!
Natural Resources Director at Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
3wIt was a long time in the making but we are so grateful to be a part of this partnership! This opportunity not only suppprts restoration efforts on and within our homelands, it also provides much needed support, technical assistance and capacity building to our Natural Resources Department. And let’s not forget about the 5 year fellowship that will train one of our very own in conservation efforts. A big thanks to all involved with a special shout out to Alex Entrup for acknowledging and supporting the Tribes very specific needs and requests. Excited to move forward !