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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fritz the Cat" data-source="post: 358150" data-attributes="member: 605">Didn't use google but instead tried Bing. <a href="https://www.bing.com/search?q=%E2%80%9Cpeer-reviewed+CWD+management&form=ANNTH1&refig=df7ab146a1ad4808b12889a7ba369d23&ntref=1" target="_blank">https://www.bing.com/search?q=“peer-reviewed+CWD+management&form=ANNTH1&refig=df7ab146a1ad4808b12889a7ba369d23&ntref=1</a>Very first thing up:<a href="https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/cwd-bill-passes-in-spending-package/" target="_blank">https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/cwd-bill-passes-in-spending-package/</a><h3>Funding for Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Other Conservation Efforts Included in $1.7 Trillion Spending Package</h3>A few major wins for conservation and wildlife management worked through Congress on Dec. 23, as part of the end-of-year, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/23/us/politics/house-passes-spending-bill.html" target="_blank">$1.7 trillion federal spending bill.</a> Once signed by President Biden, the package will increase national security funding and domestic spending, and direct billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine. Within that sprawling bill, however, are a few items that hunters and conservationists should know about. First among them is the Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act, which will make $70 million available to state and tribal wildlife agencies each year to better understand and battle CWD.The CWD bill was tacked onto the larger package after Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) <a href="https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/senator-rand-paul-chronic-wasting-disease/?utm_campaign=trueanthem_AI&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_term=outdoorlife&fbclid=IwAR00J_6nsuoYLEbiuZtwSJh-hZdz9WPBc4JU7yBZR8-2wxsl5g6wra121Yw" target="_blank">stopped the bill from passing</a> the Senate via unanimous consent earlier in December. It had originally passed the House by a vote of 393-33 in December 2021. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) introduced a Senate version in April 2022 and it was met with a groundswell of bipartisan support.I snipped some redundant paragraphs out of this article. Sen. Rand Paul is a conservative and thought the price tag was very high.The spending bill also increases the capacity for other conservation work across the country. The National Wildlife Refuge System received a $23-million boost. The North American Wetlands Conservation Act received $50 million, while $81 million was earmarked for sagebrush habitat projects. In addition, a tax loophole that allowed investors in donated conservation easements to claim bigger tax deductions based on inflated land appraisals has officially been closed after <a href="https://www.eenews.net/articles/irs-takes-aim-at-conservation-easement-tax-loophole/" target="_blank">increased scrutiny from the IRS</a>.All these Bills were dropped into the hopper of the Omnibus Spending Bill. $1.7 Trillion.“These scams threaten the integrity of legitimate conservation programs that protect critical habitat and open spaces we all enjoy,” Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) told the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/congress-clamps-down-on-land-conservation-tax-deals-11671548329" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a>. “Our legislation to shut down these transactions is long overdue.”The bill passed the House early in the afternoon on Dec. 23 after many reps had already left for the holiday, their votes communicated by proxy. The final tally was close, and the bill passed 225-201.“The holiday season just got much brighter,” Land Tawney, president and CEO of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, said in a <a href="https://www.backcountryhunters.org/congressional_budget_bill_increases_funding_for_public_lands_management_addresses_threat_of_chronic_wasting_disease" target="_blank">press release</a>. “We are excited that our congressional champs found a way to include important provisions to our community and get them over the finish line. Their recognition of the vital roles public land, water and wildlife play in our every day lives is much appreciated. Their investment in science and overall management is applauded.”Merry Christmas Land Tawney.</blockquote>

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