Check out this new video from Partner with a Payer™ highlighting how manufacturer paid federal excise taxes from companies like American Fishing Wire support real conservation work across the country. Follow along as staff from AFWA, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and American Sportfishing Association tour the Huntsdale State Fish Hatchery, stock trout in Chester County, and explore how industry and agency partnerships are sustaining public access and healthy fisheries. (fb)

#conservationatwork 💪 A dozen Oklahoma-born eastern collared lizards 🦎 now call The Natural State home thanks to a partnership between the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC), the Little Rock Zoo, Tulsa Zoo and the Collared Lizard Conservation Team. With a little luck, these transplants may be able to replenish a pocket of prime habitat in west-central Arkansas. These lizards 🦎 have seen dramatic declines throughout much of their range in Arkansas as their preferred fire-tolerant habitats have been swallowed by cedars and other woody plants. Thanks to multi-agency partnerships and work funded through the 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺, aggressive habitat restoration in many key locations using prescribed fire and cedar removals have restored some of this habitat. Learn more ⤵️ https://www.agfc.com/news/partnership-restores-local-lizards-with-sooner-boomers/ (fb)