Ducks Unlimited Applauds Senate EPW Committee Action on Conservation Package

By Ammoland

Legislation includes NAWCA, Chesapeake WILD Act and PR Modernization Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – -(AmmoLand.com)- The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), led by Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) and Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-DE), passed the bi-partisan America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act, which affects many important wetland habitat and wildlife conservation programs.

The package includes reauthorization of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA), the Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense (Chesapeake WILD) Act, the Pittman-Robertson Modernization Act, and reauthorization of the Chesapeake Bay Program, among other provisions.

“With this action today, the Senate is conserving wetland habitat across North America, guaranteeing future generations may enjoy our natural treasures from the Boreal forests of Canada to the Caribbean coastline,” said Ducks Unlimited CEO Adam Putnam. “Ducks Unlimited’s volunteers and supporters are proud to match this funding and make more of an impact, sooner. We thank Chairman Barrasso and Ranking Member Carper for their leadership in introducing this important legislation, and we urge their colleagues in the Senate to support its passage when it comes before their chamber for a vote.”

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