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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

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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

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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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The Western Native Trout Initiative supports re-establishment of threatened Gila trout in the upper West Fork Gila River in Arizona. Credit: George Andrejko / Arizona Game and Fish Department

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Service Provides More Than $3 Million in Funding to Benefit Fish Habitat
July 21, 2010
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will provide more than $3.3 million to support 68 fish habitat projects in 36 states across the nation under the National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP). An additional $9.9 million in partner contributions, over $13.2 million in total, will go toward restoring and enhancing stream, lake and coastal habitat, as well as to improving recreational fishing and helping endangered species. Thirty of the projects, supported by $2 million of the Service funds, will be focused on long-term protection against the effects of climate change.

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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.