US Senator Introduces Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019, Cites Global Assessment

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) U.S. Senator Tom Udall, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Representative Ruben Gallego, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Indigenous Peoples, introduced the Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019 to “support the use of wildlife corridors on Tribal lands.” Udall cited the IPBES Global Assessment and its finding that one million species are at risk of extinction as reason for passing the Act.