In anticipation of the MAFWA Annual Directors Meeting in Wisconsin from June 25-28, the Midwest Landscape Initiative (MLI) hosted an informational webinar on June 2, 2023, from 8:30-9:30 CT. Speakers included the MLI Staff. Participants attended the webinar to: Learn more about the MLI, how it started, who is participating, and where we are going […]
The MLI is helping connect states that want to develop collaborative, landscape-scale conservation proposals for the 2023 America the Beautiful Challenge grant. We’re looking for projects that would benefit from intergovernmental collaboration and that align with MAFWA’s three priority areas: 1) functional, connected grassland systems; 2) health and function of aquatic systems; and 3) improved, interconnected […]
The Midwest Landscape Initiative will host an all-day symposium Putting Regional Collaboration into Practice on Tuesday, February 14 at the Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference in Overland Park, Kansas. The morning session of the symposium will include an overview of the Midwest Landscape Initiative and progress on implementing recommendations for improved regional coordination around State […]
The NASA Earth Science Division is pleased to announce the release of the A.40 Earth Science Applications: Ecological Conservation (formerly Ecological Forecasting) solicitation. Funding is available for projects that that would enable: Decision-making to combat the spread of invasive species, Advance the use of ecosystem service assessment for decision-making, and Inform management, establishment, or protection […]
Notice of Funding Opportunity – Recovery Challenge Grants (deadline 11/15/22) The Recovery Challenge funding opportunity provides a unique financial assistance opportunity for non-federal partners – both new and longstanding – working on implementing high-priority recovery actions for species listed as endangered and threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), as identified by the U.S. Fish […]
Job Announcement: Western Monarch Coordinator, Sacramento, CA (closes 9/27) Science Applications is recruiting a Biologist, GS-401-12/13 working in Sacramento, CA for the R8 ARD-Science Applications. As Western Monarch Coordinator, you will be a key member of the national Pollinator Conservation Center. You will collaborate across FWS programs and Regions and with others to develop and […]
The Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (MAFWA) took action to galvanize its commitment to landscape conservation and collaboration with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and other partners at its annual meeting in South Dakota in June. At the meeting, the Board unanimously approved an amendment to its bylaws that makes the Midwest […]
The Midwest Landscape Initiative (MLI) has been busy this year. As part of its annual presentation to the Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (MAFWA) at its Annual Meeting in June 2022, the MLI staff highlighted several accomplishments as well as new capacity it has added to pursue even more efforts, all published in […]
The Midwest Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need database and list identifies those animals whose conservation is largely dependent on Midwestern states and their combined efforts to save them and their habitat. Information summarized in this project will improve the coordination of conservation delivery across the Midwest. Teams of species experts, called taxa teams, […]
The Midwest Landscape Initiative (MLI) had a busy and productive year in 2021. Despite the ongoing challenges of the pandemic, the MLI’s Steering Committee, Technical Committee, and Working Groups continued to meet regularly, though remotely, throughout the year to develop and refine products, further define our identity and vision, and chart a path forward for […]