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Conservation can be DEPRESSING, so for Mental Health Month we decided to share ONLY positive news and stories (after taking a little break for our brains). Rewire those neurons everybody, because it's not all bleak.

Good news so far in May:

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• Biden-Harris Administration announced $36 million for national forests and grasslands
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• Dakota Prairie Grasslands\xa0received $464,000 of that to improve access.
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• US Department of Agriculture and the Interior announced $2.8 billion in funding for 2024 authorized by the Great American Outdoors Act to improve access to management and recreation opportunities on national forests and grasslands.
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• Proposed CRP Reform Act of 2023
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• TNC funding 9 grasslands research projects thru 2023 JE Weaver Small Grands Awards
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• Arizona is restoring migration routes for pronghorn and mule deer
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• South Dakota spending $1 mil restoring grasslands
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• No-Mow-Summer in Dengibghshire County, Wales
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• Earless Dragon burrows (Video)
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• Saving Phu My, one of the Mekong Delta\u2019s last natural grasslands
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• UN International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists
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• WWF Policy Actions to Save Grasslands
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• There's still time to save the Cerrado! (New Research)
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• Cargill got sued over Cerrado deforestation again.
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Good news deep dives:

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• Success in the Savanna: Blue-throated Macaw Update
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• 2022 State of the Birds Report
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• North American Grasslands Conservation Act
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• Great Plains Ecotourism Coalition
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• Utah Wildlife Board approves changes to Utah prairie dog rule
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