This is Bird No.

Tiki James is a senior government affairs representative at the Wilderness Society in DC.

Gridlock in Washington can be a real challenge to protecting birds, but a bill called

Recovering America's Wildlife Act is giving Tiki hope.

The Recovering America's Wildlife Act is a once in a lifetime opportunity to fund wildlife

conservation and benefit generations today and yet to come.

The bill would provide $1.4 billion a year in funding for state and tribal conservation

efforts.

He says that's important to protect habitats and species that reach across state borders.

The political boundaries that we have set around states don't necessarily describe how

nature works.

For birds like the Eastern Metal Lark that depend on habitats spread throughout the country,

this can make a big difference.

Things look promising for Recovering America's Wildlife Act.

The bill passed the house and now is waiting for a vote in the Senate.

And it has a strong bipartisan support there.

We have Bob Casey and Lindsey Graham on this bill.

We have Mark Kelly and Tommy Tuberville.

There's a lot of folks who support this bill.

I think Recovering America's Wildlife Act can pass and we can tell our senators why this

is important to us.

Because that's the reason that they vote.

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