February 2016
During the week of February 22nd, Native American Liaison (NAL), Joe Early, hosted NAL and Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration program personnel from a cross the country. The goals of the meeting were to complete the FY 2016 National Tribal Wildlife Grant (TWG) rankings, provide overview and background on the TWG program, update roles and responsibilities of the TWG and NAL program, to discuss how to improve the efficiency of the TWG program, improve coordination with other programs and initiatives within the Service and over discuss how to improve outreach efforts related to TWG and the NAL program.
The highlight of the week was visiting Santa Ana Pueblo, the Southwest Region's most successful TWG recipient. Participants were given a presentation of various TWG work and tribal conservation initiatives. A field tour was also given and participants saw various project sites that included wild turkey reintroduction, habitat restoration, invasive species invasive species
An invasive species is any plant or animal that has spread or been introduced into a new area where they are, or could, cause harm to the environment, economy, or human, animal, or plant health. Their unwelcome presence can destroy ecosystems and cost millions of dollars.
Learn more about invasive species removal, climate change climate change
Climate change includes both global warming driven by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous periods of climatic change, since the mid-20th century humans have had an unprecedented impact on Earth's climate system and caused change on a global scale.
Learn more about climate change effects along the Middle Rio Grande, and how the tribe has used TWG funding overall to cooperatively manage and conserve species of concern to the Service and the Pueblo.
For more information on Santa Ana Pueblo's Department Natural Resources, visit their site at:http://santaanadnr.org/
