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Connectivity restoration projects can be strategically selected to have the greatest potential...

The 2012 Regional Conservation Needs (RCN) Grants Program Request for Proposals closed on March...

Invasive species pose a significant threat to many Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN)...

In the continued effort to enhance conservation of shrubland habitats and associated Species of...

The Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (NEAFWA) is pleased to announce a...

RCN in Action

Geomyces destructans

Hibernating bats in the NE USA have experienced sudden and dramatic declines over the past three winters due to an emerging infectious disease dubbed “White Nose Syndrome” (WNS). As of January, 2012, new estimates of the number of bats that have died thus far range from 5.7 to 7.7 million, and the causative agent is now known to be the cold-loving fungus Geomyces destructans (Gd). This proposal aims to address these declines by developing and implementing methodologies to combat WNS, which...

RCN Program

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The purpose of the Northeast RCN Grant Program is to address critical landscape-scale wildlife conservation needs by combining the resources of numerous wildlife management agencies, leveraging funds, and prioritizing conservation actions identified in State Wildlife Action Plans.

Over the last 50 years, the Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (NEAFWA) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) have created the largest multi-jurisdictional collaborative in the United States to effectively advance...