DESCRIPTION: Letter to Chair Murkowski, Ranking Member Merkley, Chair Simpson, and Ranking Member Pingree regarding FY2026 Funding request for Bureau of Land Mmanagement’s plant conservation and restoration program
TO: Chair Murkowski, Ranking Member Merkley, Chair Simpson, and Ranking Member Pingree, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations
FROM: Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Chicago Botanic Garden, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, National Wildlife Federation, Institute for Applied Ecology, Ecological Health Network, Natural Areas Association, Western Watersheds Project, Defenders of Wildlife, Animal Welfare Institute, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Antheia Environmental, AVC, Inc., Banyan Farm, Ben More Mountain Nursery, Biology Club – College of Southern Nevada, Briarwood Nature Preserve, Bucknell University, California Botanic Garden, California Invasive Plant Council, California Native Seed Supply Collaborative, Californians for Western Wilderness, Chez Flora Houseplant Co., Conservation Biology Research, Creekside Science, Decor Hans LLC, Delaware Audubon, Desert Seed Resource Center, Elkhorn Slough Foundation, Endangered Species Coalition, Eyes of the World Mapping, FFF Associates, Inc., Forests Forever, FOUR PAWS USA, Friends of the Clearwater , Front Range Ecological Consulting, Gila Watershed Partnership, Society for Ecological Restoration Great Basin Chapter Great Old Broads for Wilderness, Heritage Growers, Homer Soil & Water Conservation District, Humble Roots Farm & Nursery LLC, Institute for Natural Resources at Portland State University, Iowa Native Plant Society, Iowa Prairie Network, Kansas City WildLands, Kettle Range Conservation Group, Lights Out Ames, Lake Count Forest Preserve District, L.I.G.H.T. Foundation, Laurel Hill Press, Lower Rogue Watershed Council, Maryland Ornithological Society, Medicinal Plant Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, International Union for Conservation of Nature Milwaukee County Parks, Mississippi Native Plant Society, Native American Seed, Native Plant Society of New Mexico, Native Plant Society of Oregon, Native Plant Society of Texas, Natures Niche, Natural Areas Association, Nighthawk Natives Nursery, North Carolina Unit of the Herb Society of America, Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, Oregon Natural Desert Association, People and Pollinators Action Network, Pollinator Partnership, Prairie Hills Preserve, Project Eleven Hundred, Rae Selling Berry Seed Bank, Rainier Audubon Society, Roundstone Native Seed, Salem Audubon Society, San Diego Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Siskiyou Land Trust, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Society for Conservation Biology North America, Strategic Habitat Enhancements, Sylvan Green Earth Consulting, The International Network for Seed-Based Restoration, The Understory Initiative, The Watershed Nursery Cooperative, Three Ravens Ranch, Upper Gila Watershed Alliance, Valley Eco, Washington Native Plant Society, Water League, White Mountain Conservation League, Wild Seed Project, WildEarth Guardians, Wolf Gulch Farm
DATE: May 6, 2025
TAGS: BLM, native seeds, public lands
