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>