FWS HQ BIL Sage Restoration Projects FY23

<p style='background:white;'><span style='font-size:12.5pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:#4A4A4A;'>For many years, the Fish and Wildlife Service has been
conducting research, collaborating with partners, and supporting a
landscape-wide conservation strategy to support a healthy <span><span style='box-sizing:border-box;'>sagebrush </span></span>ecosystem
in the west.</span></p>

<p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt; background:white; box-sizing:border-box;'><span style='font-size:12.5pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:#4A4A4A;'>Starting
in FY22, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) has committed $10 million per
year ($50 million over 5 years) to the Service to expand work with partners to
restore and conserve strategic areas within the sagebrush ecosystem. These
funds build on existing collaborative efforts by the Service and our public and
private partners to conserve the sagebrush ecosystem and the significant
biological, cultural, and economic resources it supports. These projects will
combat invasive grasses and wildfire, reduce encroaching conifers, safeguard
precious water resources for neighboring communities and wildlife, and promote
community and economic sustainability.</span></p>