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Evidence is growing that climate change is impacting species and ecosystems in the Northeast...

The Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (NEAFWA) is pleased to announce a...

The Directors of the Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies have made their final...

The directors meeting and final selection of the RCN 2012 proposals has been delayed until...

RCN in Action

Historically, the Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) occurred in all six New England states.  The species is now extirpated from Maine and Rhode Island, and is close to extirpation in New Hampshire and Vermont with only one and two remaining populations, respectively.  Since 2009, Timber Rattlesnakes from separate populations in eastern, central and western Massachusetts have been found to have significant disease identified as fungal dermatitis.  Fungal dermatitis has been previously...

RCN Program

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The purpose of the Northeast RCN Grant Program is to address critical landscape-scale wildlife conservation needs by combining the resources of numerous wildlife management agencies, leveraging funds, and prioritizing conservation actions identified in State Wildlife Action Plans.

Over the last 50 years, the Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (NEAFWA) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) have created the largest multi-jurisdictional collaborative in the United States to effectively advance...