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WILD NEW JERSEY: US Fish and Wildlife: Secretary Announces $35.7 Million for Refuge Acquisitions and Wetlands Grants for Migratory Birds

US Fish and Wildlife: Secretary Announces $35.7 Million for Refuge Acquisitions and Wetlands Grants for Migratory Birds

Sanderlings at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, which is one of the refuges approved for grants for migratory birds.
Photo credit: pinebarrensbyway.org

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission has approved a total of $35.7 million for refuge acquisitions and wetlands grants for migratory birds — $30.4million in federal funding for grants to conserve more than 319,000 acres of wetlands and associated habitats in the United States and Canada under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) and$5.3 million in Federal Duck Stamp funds to add more than 1,849 wetland acres to six units of the National Wildlife Refuge System.