The U.S. House of Representatives passed America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act earlier this month by a voice vote, sending the bipartisan conservation legislation to President Donald Trump’s desk to be signed.
The legislation, written by Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), passed unanimously through the Senate. In addition to authorizing or reauthorizing funding for conservation programs, the bill provides grants to states for reimbursement to ranchers for livestock depredation from federally protected species such as wolves and grizzly bears and issues permits for the taking of black vultures and common ravens.
“Livestock producers and states face significant burdens when the federal government implements protections for species without any support for the economic and natural resource impacts their decisions can have,” said Public Lands Council (PLC) Executive Director and NCBA Executive Director of Natural Resources Kaitlynn Glover at the time of the bill’s passage in the Senate. “This is something PLC and NCBA have urged Congress to recognize for years, so this relief comes at a time when producers are contending with losses from multiple events.”
