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Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Operation Warfighter: A Great Match for a Vet and the FWS
February 3, 2012
 Adam Conger of the Patuxent Research Refuge wasn’t working in the outdoors he loves Friday. Instead the veteran of the Iraq war was representing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of the Interior as part of an event to showcase President Obama’s Plan to Put Veterans Back to Work. Part of the President’s plan is to a Veterans Job Corps conservation program that will put up to 20,000 veterans back to work over the next five years protecting and rebuilding America. The Service has made a strong commitment to returning veterans, joining programs like Operation Warfighter, sponsored by the Department of Defense. Operation Warfighter helped Conger get where he is today, and it has been a great match. Conger says, “You do what you like to do,” and it is clear he has found something that he likes. Photo Caption: President Obama shakes hands with veteran Adam Conger of the Patuxent Research Refuge.
Credit: Tami A Heilemann / DOI
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Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation:
Service Welcomes Inaugural Class of Diversity Change Agents
February 3, 2012
 As part of its commitment to diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has graduated its first Diversity Change Agent Training Class, who will serve as mentors and advocates for workforce diversity. The training seminar was first developed and instituted by the Department of the Interior in 2010 to foster a diverse and inclusive workplace through employee engagement, cultural competency initiatives, training and development, and recruitment and retention across all bureaus.
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Threatened and Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA’s Fisheries Service Extend Comment Period on Proposed Policy to Improve Implementation of Endangered Species Act
February 2, 2012
 The Interior Department’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service, the two federal agencies responsible for administering the Endangered Species Act, today announced a 30-day extension of the public comment period on a draft policy interpreting the phrase “significant portion of its range” (SPR) in the ESA’s definitions of “endangered species” and “threatened species.” The notice will publish in the Federal Register on February 07, 2012. Comments must be received on or before March 08, 2012. Photo Caption: Karner blue butterfly.
Credit: Joel Trick / USFWS
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Promoting Global Wildlife Conservation
Service Celebrates 2012 World Wetlands Day!
February 2, 2012
 World Wetlands Day occurs each year on February 2 to highlight the importance of wetlands to wildlife and people around the globe. There are 30 sites across the United States designated as Wetlands of International Importance by the Ramsar Wetlands Convention. Lots of factors go into a designation, but all of the sites have unique biology, incredible diversity, and provide important habitat for species that migrate world-wide. Photo Caption: Caddo Lake, Texas, a U.S. Ramsar site, is one of the best examples of a mature flooded bald cypress forest in the Southern U.S.
Credit: Caddo Lake Institute
World Wetlands Day 2012 Photo Celebration
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Threatened and Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
Service Addresses Myths and Facts of Captive-Bred African Antelope Species Rule
January 30, 2012
 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recognizes the important contribution captive breeding has made to the continued survival of three African antelope species — the scimitar-horned oryx, addax, and dama gazelle. Many game ranches within the United States have been breeding and maintaining these species on their properties and, as a result of strong management practices, have offered hunting of these species as a way to manage the size and health of their herds. As a result of a Court ruling, the Service published a final rule on January 5, 2012, to require ranchers to obtain permits for these activities under the Endangered Species Act with U.S. captive-bred animals and sport-hunted trophies of the three endangered African antelope species. The rule goes into effect on April 4, 2012. The agency is actively working to streamline the permitting process and minimize any burden on the public with regard to issuing permits and authorizations for activities under the ESA. Working together we can ensure that United States ranches continue in the long tradition of wildlife conservation for the benefit of these endangered species. Photo Caption: Scimitar-horned oryx. Credit: ©National Zoo
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National Wildlife Refuge System: Conserving Our Lands and Resources
National Wildlife Refuge System Releases Implementation Plan for Vision Document
January 30, 2012
 The Implementation Plan for Conserving the Future: Wildlife Refuges and the Next Generation is now available at www.America’s Wildlife.org. Nine implementation teams -- in the areas of strategic growth; urban wildlife refuges; leadership; planning; scientific excellence; community partnerships; hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation; and interpretation and education – are at work to develop the policies and actions needed to make the Refuge System’s vision for the next decade a reality. Many teams will have draft recommendations available as early as June 2012. Photo Caption: Cover of Conserving the Future: Wildlife Refuges and the Next Generation vision document.Credit: USFWS
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