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White-nose syndrome is a disease affecting hibernating bats, named for the white fungus that...

The Regional Conservation Needs (RCN) Grants Program funded project, Developing a...

The Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) is identified as a species of 'Severe...

Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center presented...

RCN in Action

Road mitigation

RCN PHASE 2; PROJECT 1 TURTLES; JOB 3 ROAD MITIGATION

The Northeastern USA supports five species of Emydine turtle, including Blanding's, Spotted, Eastern Box, Wood and Bog Turtle, all five are Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need.  Regional working groups led by state wildlife agencies have developed and continue to refine Conservation Plans based on Conservation Area Networds and prioritized, site-specific actions. Regional Conservation Need projects use...

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...