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Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Gearing up for the Nation’s River Bass Tournament on Friday, May 18, 2012
Media Advisory
May 15, 2012
 On Friday, May 18, 2012, Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region, in partnership with the FLW Outdoors, Pepco, US Fish and Wildlife Service will bring 300 underserved local students by the busloads to fish at National Harbor for the fifth annual Nation’s River Bass Tournament. Come out and join the fun for a worthy cause! Photo Caption: FWS employees teach children about fishing. Credit: LaVonda Walton / USFWS
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Promoting Global Wildlife Conservation
Climate Change Tops Agenda at Trilateral Committee Meeting
May 17, 2012
 Climate change tops the agenda at this week’s 17th annual meeting of the Trilateral Committee for Wildlife and Ecosystem Conservation and Management. The Trilateral meeting brings together wildlife agencies and other interested groups from Canada, Mexico and the United States to address priorities of continental concern, share data, ideas and deepen conservation partnerships. Photo Caption: Tribal panel discussion on climate change at the Trilateral Committee Meeting, May 16, 2012. (Left to right) Dan Ashe, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Butch Blazer, Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Department of Agriculture.Credit: USFWS
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Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Bats Live!
May 16, 2012
 Get up close and personal with bats this week! The Service is joining
a number of partners for events this week honoring our furry friends.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture hosted a special Bats Live! event
on Wednesday with live bat demonstrations. Thursday, there is a special
Bats Live! Distance Learning event for educators and students. Learn how
you can help conserve bats. Photo Caption: Bats. Credit: USFWS
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National Wildlife Refuge System: Conserving Our Lands and Resources
Refuge Visitors Concerned About Effects of Climate Change, Survey Finds
May 16, 2012
 Seventy-one percent of the more than 10,000 visitors to national wildlife refuges who took part in a peer- reviewed survey – just released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2010 and 2011 – believe that climate change poses a serious threat to wildlife and wildlife habitat. “We recognize the serious threats that climate change and other environmental stressors pose to wildlife, and we’re working with our partners to address these immense challenges using the latest science-driven approaches,” said Service Director Dan Ashe.
Photo Caption: An aerial photo shows the impact of sea-level rise at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina, where salt water intrusion is killing the pond pine pocosin (forested wetland) habitat. Atmospheric warming is contributing to sea-level rise. Credit: Steve Hillebrand / USFWS
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