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Fortenberry Praises Passage of Recovering America's Wildlife Act

Press Release

Date: July 1, 2020
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Infrastructure Environment

Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (NE-01) offered the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed the Recovering America's Wildlife Act as an amendment to the Moving Forward Act.

"The Recovering America's Wildlife Act is the single most exciting public policy development in the conservation space in decades," Fortenberry said. "Thank you to my colleagues Debbie Dingell and Jamie Raskin for joining me in this historic and important effort to protect ecosystems, enhance community, and support recreation. It's a winner!" Fortenberry added.

"We are in the midst of an unprecedented biodiversity crisis. RAWA is a strong commitment to using innovative, state-based management to safeguard our nation's environmental heritage for current and future generations," Dingell said. "Enhancing and investing in our nation's conservation efforts ensure the long-term health of fish and wildlife throughout the country," Dingell added.

"America's wildlife is in crisis -- with more than one-third of all fish, wildlife, and plant species at heightened risk of extinction in the decades ahead -- and in desperate need of on-the-ground restoration efforts. Thankfully, the House of Representatives is showing the country how strategic investments in natural infrastructure can recover wildlife, boost community resilience, and put Americans back to work. The National Wildlife Federation is grateful to our friends Rep. Fortenberry and Rep. Dingell for their tireless leadership and successful effort to include the Recovering America's Wildlife Act in the natural infrastructure section of the Moving Forward Act," Collin O'Mara, President and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, said.

The text of RAWA is available here. Fact sheets from the National Wildlife Federation are available here, and from Alliance for America's Fish and Wildlife here. In October, the Natural Resources Committee held a legislative hearing on RAWA, and in December the committee passed the legislation.


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