Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced more than $57.8 million in grants to 27 states to support conservation planning and acquisition for the habitat of threatened and endangered wildlife and plants. The grants were awarded through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund.
“The successful conservation of threatened and endangered species requires a partnership between the federal government and the states,” Salazar said. “These grants provide state agencies the resources they need to help protect and conserve listed species and to empower landowners and local communities to be good stewards of the vital habitat that makes the recovery of imperiled species possible.”
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