December 13, 2024 โ U.S. President Joe Biden has signed the Coastal Habitat Conservation Act, which codifies the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serviceโs (USFWS) Coastal Program and provides funding to protect, enhance, and restore priority habitats along the nationโs coasts.
โCoastal ecosystems are an integral part of our nationโs economy and well-being, but climate change, pollution, and unsustainable development are rapidly deteriorating these critical resources,โ U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-California) said of the bill when he introduced it more than a year and a half ago. โThis collaborative bill is a bipartisan solution to preserve the health and resilience of coastal habitats, benefiting the wildlife, communities, and economies that depend on them.โ