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Fred Roedker (USFWS Pilot), Paul Schaller (Quest Aircraft), Paul Schmidt (USFWS Ass't Director Migratory Birds), Aaron Sauer (Chair International Federal Partnership). Credit: David Pederson / USFWS

Migratory Birds: Conservation and Management
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Receives Nine New Amphibian Aircraft to Enhance Migratory Bird Survey Missions
July 30, 2010
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces receipt of nine float planes During the annual EAA AirVenture show in Oshkosh, the Migratory Bird Program announced the receipt of nine new Kodiak float planes. These new aircraft will be more than able to take on the challenges of remote areas of the continent, and are vitally important to the Service’s mission to monitor and manage waterfowl and other migratory bird populations.

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Biologists from FWS and NPS excavating sea turtle eggs. Credit: USFWS

Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Interior Agencies Combine Efforts to Move Sea Turtle Nests
July 28, 2010
An excavation of the first Kemp’s ridley sea turtle nest from a National Park Service facility, took place last Friday at 6pm in Gulf Breeze, Florida. The species is the rarest of all endangered sea turtles found along the Gulf Coast.

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This special Duck Stamp product will help raise money for Gulf Coast wetlands. Credit: David Moynahan Photography

Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Do Your Part to Help Conserve Gulf Coast Wetlands
July 27, 2010
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today unveiled a special edition Federal Duck Stamp envelope, or cachet, that hunters, stamp collectors and other conservationists can purchase for $25 -- or $10 more than the cost of a regular Duck Stamp -- to help conservation efforts in the Gulf of Mexico. The funds will be used to acquire wetlands for inclusion in national wildlife refuges along the Gulf Coast.

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Black-breasted puffleg at the Yanacocha Reserve in Ecuador. © Steve Blain / The Internet Bird Collection

Threatened and Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
Service Adds Two Ecuadorian Birds to Endangered Species List
July 27, 2010
Two species of birds from Ecuador are now protected by the Endangered Species Act following the publication of two U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service final listing determinations in today’s Federal Register. The black-breasted puffleg, a hummingbird native to Ecuador’s Volcán Pichincha, and the medium tree finch of the Ecuadorian island of Floreana in the Galapagos Islands, have been listed as endangered.

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The Council will help ensure that America's hunting heritage will be passed on to future generations. Credit: USFWS

Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Salazar and Vilsack Announce Appointments to Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council
July 23, 2010
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the appointments of 18 people to the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council, a group created earlier this year to advise the two departments about recreational hunting and shooting sports activities and associated wildlife and habitat conservation.

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Green Energy Projects in Alaska
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Where: Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge and Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

What’s Happening: The Alaska Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is installing heat and electricity-generating wind turbines on Izembek and Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuges. The $3.4 million project funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will create several jobs and is the largest Recovery Act investment in Alaska. The project will consist of eleven innovative vertical wind turbines that will help to provide power to Service facilities.