A quick glance at the species that are now being listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act reveals that non-game species (songbirds, frogs, bats, clams, etc.) are being added at an alarming rate.
There is a reason for this. Unlike for harvestable species, wildlife management agencies do not have a consistent source of funding to manage non-game species. That is why the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA), introduced to the U.S. House in December, is so critically important.
RAWA would take pre-existing funds generated from leases on federal lands and send them to the states for management of non-game species.