Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program in Idaho Form

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America a vast expanse of forests grasslands Wetlands Rivers and extraordinary diversity of Wildlife [Music] collection however is facing a habitat crisis more than half of the nation's wetlands have been destroyed nearly 75 percent of the nation's riparian habitats have been lost 95 of our Tall Grass Prairie and longleaf pine forests no longer exist and less than two percent of the country's Rivers remain free-flowing while we often think of wildlife habitat as Wilderness or other public lands the fact is that most wildlife habitat is on private lands and because two-thirds of our nation's lands are in private ownership landowners and working Landscapes play a critical role in the conservation of America's wildlife long ago the U.S fish and wildlife service the agency tasked with conserving the nation's wildlife and habitats recognize that success in their mission hinged on Partnerships with private landowners [Music] rising to the challenge Visionaries within the U.S fish and wildlif