Phil Levin in the NY Times on Earth Day (Trump Tried to Derail Our Work. We Banded Together and Moved Forward.):
For over two years, nearly 200 other scientists and I had been working on the first full accounting of nature in America: an extensive report on its role in our health, economy and well-being. Now, with the revoking of a Biden executive order that called for the assessment, it was seemingly over. …
… it hit me: I had to shake off the despair and get myself together. The project needed to continue. And so with encouragement from friends and mentors, my collaborators and I began reaching out — to potential partners, funders and publishers. …
We created United by Nature, an initiative to provide evidence-based, nonpartisan insights into the changing state of nature across the country. The effort will include the first independent assessment, to be released in July 2026, of how nature in the United States is doing and how it supports our health, security, culture and economy.
And this part may have come from the Economy and Nature chapter:
Nature is an economic backbone. In 2023 outdoor recreation alone made up more than 2.3 percent of U.S. G.D.P. — over $639 billion — and supported millions of jobs. Agriculture and the production of food are utterly dependent on healthy ecosystems and provide about 22 million jobs.
Here is some background: R.I.P. National Nature Assessment
