The latest NFWO News Releases http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/news_index.html en-us victor_cobos@fws.gov (Vic Cobos) 07/20/2009 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/images/graphics/emblem6.gif http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/news_index.html http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2013/DHP-NR-4-24-13-final.pdf Devils Hole pupfish counts on April 6-7 of this year indicate the population has declined since the spring of 2012. Counts this spring estimate 35 observable pupfish. Spring population survey results are typically 40-60 percent lower than the preceding fall count, which last fall was an estimated 75 fish. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 4/15/2013 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2013/032513_cot_nr.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is making available a final report that is designed to help guide the efforts of the States and other partners to conserve the Greater sage-grouse with a landscape level strategy that will benefit the species while maintaining a robust economy in the West. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 3/26/2013 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2013/02113_wolverine_final.pdf Climate Change Impacting Wolverine Population--The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is seeking your input on a proposal to protect the North American wolverine as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The wolverine, an iconic species of the Mountain west, has made a remarkable recovery in the past half century since its near extirpation in the early 1900s due to broad-scale predator trapping and poisoning programs. We want to continue to ensure its existence in the future even in light of predicted loss of snowpack in the wolverine’s snowy, high elevation habitat. There will be a news release, our species page and FAQ as well as federal register notice to go with this. There will also be a public comment period. The title of this action for the public notices page is: American Wolverine Proposed Listing. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 2/04/2013 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/desert_tortoise/dt/dt_life.html Pet Tortoise Pick-Up Service Ends Desert tortoises have lived in the area that is now the Mojave Desert for millions of years. Today, they are rarely seen in the wild and in some places have disappeared entirely. Even though desert tortoise populations have declined in the wilds of the harsh desert, captive pet tortoises have been able to thrive with regular food and water. Their longevity and the uncontrolled breeding of captive tortoises has resulted in thousands of unwanted pets, many of which have been brought to the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 1/29/2013 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/protected_species/birds/species/swwf.html As part of its ongoing efforts to conserve our nation’s most imperiled species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has identified riparian lands that are important for the recovery of the southwestern willow flycatcher. This small songbird, which nests in vegetation along rivers and streams or other wetlands, is known to occur only in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah, and has been listed as endangered since 1995 under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 1/02/2013 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/protected_species/inverts/documents/springsnail/112712_mmss_bulletin_cnor.pdf The elongate Mud Meadows springsnail, a freshwater snail native to Soldier Meadows in Nevada, is one of three species to be removed from candidate status by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 11/28/2012 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/es/documents/hcp/spring_mtn/NR-Spring_Mtn_%20Raceway_ITP-HCP_11-27-12.pdf The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it is requesting comments on an incidental take permit application from Spring Mountain Raceway, LLC, and a low-effect Habitat Conservation Plan. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 11/27/2012 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2012/NR-Devils_Hole_pupfish-fall_2012_count10-22-12.pdf A September 2012 population survey of endangered Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) produced a count of 75 fish. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 10/23/2012 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2012/NR-MCBB Proposed Listing FINAL 9-26-12.pdf LAS VEGAS - Current evidence suggests that the Mt. Charleston blue butterfly is in danger of becoming extinct in the foreseeable future, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today. As a result, the Service proposes to protect the species under the Endangered Species Act, and is seeking new information from the public and the scientific community that will assist the agency in making a final determination. Mountain-Prairie Region Fish and Wildlife Office 09/26/2012 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2012/NR-SMAC_Butterfly_12-Month%20_FINAL_9-27-12.pdf LAS VEGAS - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has determined that the Spring Mountains acastus checkerspot butterfly (Chlosyne acastus robusta) does not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). The Service’s decision will be published in the Federal Register on Thursday, September 27, 2012. Mountain-Prairie Region Fish and Wildlife Office 09/27/2012 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2012/090512_at_nr.pdf LAS VEGAS - Seven groups and three individuals will be honored today by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) for their unique partnership which brought together private individuals and landowners, mining, off road racers local business, local government, conservation groups and the federal government to conserve one of Nevada’s endemic toad species, the Amargosa toad. Mountain-Prairie Region Fish and Wildlife Office 09/05/2012 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2012/082712_gbb_12_mo_nr.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), today, announced that listing the Baking Powder Flat blue butterfly (Euphilotes bernardino minuta), bleached sandhill skipper (Polites sabuleti sinemaculata), Steptoe Valley crescentspot (Phyciodes cocyta arenacolor), and White River Valley skipper (Hesperia uncas grandiose) as either threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is not warranted after completing a thorough review of all available scientific and commercial information. Mountain-Prairie Region Fish and Wildlife Office 08/31/2012 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2012/GSG_COT_NR_FINAL_8.23.12.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is making available a draft report that is designed to help guide the efforts of the States and other partners to conserve the greater sage-grouse with a landscape level strategy that will benefit the species while maintaining a robust economy in the West. The report, prepared by state and federal scientists and sage-grouse experts, identifies the conservation status of the sage-grouse, the nature of the threats facing the species, and objectives to ensure its long-term conservation. Mountain-Prairie Region Fish and Wildlife Office 08/23/2012 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2012/NR-3_SM_bfs_90-day_FINAL-A_8-07-12.pdf LAS VEGAS — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) will conduct in-depth status reviews of two Spring Mountains dark blue butterflies (Euphilotes ancilla purpura and Euphilotes ancilla cryptica) to determine whether the two species warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). Additionally, the Service will not conduct an in-depth status review of the Morand’s checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas anicia morandi). Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 08/07/2012 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2012/NR-Dune_Beetles_12-Mo_FINAL-A_7-18-12.pdf LAS VEGAS — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today announced that four species of sand dune beetles in Nye County, Nevada, do not warrant federal protection under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). The four dune beetle species are the Crescent Dunes aegialian scarab (Aegialia crescenta), Crescent Dunes serican scarab (Sercia ammomenisco), large aegialian scarab (Aegialia magnifica), and Giuliani’s dune scarab (Pseudocotalpa giulianii). The decision, known as a 12-month finding, was published in today’s edition of the Federal Register. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 07/17/2012 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2012/SWWF_pCH_NOA_NR_2012_7-9-12.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is again seeking comment on its proposed revision of critical habitat for an endangered migratory bird, the southwestern willow flycatcher. The Service’s August 15, 2011, proposed revision identified 2,090 stream miles within the 100-year floodplain of waters in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico as critical habitat. Of the total proposal, approximately 902 stream miles are currently being considered for exclusion from the final critical habitat designation. The Service announces two additional proposed locations in Arizona and six additional areas now under consideration for exclusion from designation. The Service also announces the availability of a draft economic analysis of the critical habitat proposal, a draft environmental assessment, and a public hearing. The Service is seeking comment through September 10, 2012. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 07/11/2012 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2012/070212_bear_90_day_nr.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that a petition seeking to protect the American black bear (Ursus americanus) in Nevada under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) does not contain substantial scientific data indicating the petitioned action may be warranted. Today’s decision, commonly known as a 90-day finding, is based on scientific information about the species provided in the petition and other scientific information in the agency’s files. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 07/03/2012 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2011/NLFrog_12-month_dNR.pdf The northern leopard frog does not warrant federal protection as a threatened or endangered species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced today. The announcement is the result of an evaluation of the status of the northern leopard frogs its 19-state western range and throughout the species’ entire range. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 10/04/2011 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2011/100411_gb_butterflies_90_day_nr_final.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today announced that four butterfly subspecies native to the Great Basin of Nevada may warrant federal protection as a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 10/03/2011 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2011/NR-42_Springsnails_90-Day_FINAL_9-12-11.pdf LAS VEGAS — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today announced it will conduct an in-depth status review of 32 Great Basin and Mojave Desert springsnails to determine if any or all of them warrant federal protection as a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 09/12/2011 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2011/082411_desert_torotise_recovery_plan_nr_final.pdf The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today announced the availability of a Revised Recovery Plan for the threatened Mojave population of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Plan takes a new approach to reversing declines in Mojave desert tortoise populations through a coordinated effort of science-based implementation and evaluation of conservation actions. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 08/25/2011 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2011/SWWF_NR_049169_8-11-11.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is proposing to revise critical habitat for an endangered migratory bird, the southwestern willow flycatcher. The proposed revision identifies 2,090 stream miles within the 100-year floodplain of waters in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico as critical habitat. Of the total proposal, approximately 779 stream miles are currently being considered for exclusion from the final critical habitat designation. The Service is seeking input on the proposal, including exclusions, through October 14, 2011. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 08/12/2011 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2011/080411_final_duneb_nr.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today announced that four sand dune beetles occurring Nye County, Nevada, may warrant federal protection as a threatened or endangered species following review of a petition from Wild Earth Guardians seeking to protect six Nevada sand dune beetles. The Service found that the petition did not present substantial scientific or commercial information to warrant listing of two of the sand dune beetles included in the petition. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 08/04/2011 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2011/Whitebark_Pine_FINAL_nr_7.15.11.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced today it has determined the whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), but that adding the species to the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants is precluded by the need to address other listing actions of a higher priority. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 07/18/2011 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2011/NR-SMAC_Butterfly_90-Day_FINAL_04-12-11.pdf LAS VEGAS -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or FWS) will conduct an in-depth status review of the Spring Mountains acastus checkerspot butterfly (Chlosyne acastus robusta) to determine if it warrants federal protection as a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA or Act). The 90-day finding is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 04/12/2011 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2011/NR-MCBB_12-Month_FINAL-with_pic_3-07-11.pdf LAS VEGAS ? The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has determined that the Mt. Charleston blue butterfly (Plebejus shasta charlestonensis) (formerly in the genus Icaricia) warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act, but that adding the subspecies to the Federal Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants is precluded by the need to complete other listing actions of a higher priority. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 03/07/2011 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/nv_species/documents/sage_grouse/11-23-10_Sage_Grouse_Mapping_final.pdf WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the completion of a breeding bird density map for the greater sage-grouse by the Bureau of Land Management in coordination with the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 11/23/2010 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2010/Bull trout_FCH_final NR_101210.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today revised the 2005 critical habitat designation for bull trout (Salvelinusconfluentus), a threatened species found throughout much of the Pacific Northwest and protected under thefederal Endangered Species Act. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 10/12/2010 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2010/092710_PR_12M_NR.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will announce tomorrow, it has completed a status review, or 12-month finding, of the pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) and concluded it does not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 09/29/2010 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2010/NR-Amargosa_Toad_12-Mo_7-20-10.pdf LAS VEGAS - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that the Amargosa toad (Anaxyrus nelsoni) (formerly in the genus Bufo) does not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act at this time. The Service’s decision was published today in the Federal Register. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 07/20/2010 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2010/072010_wbp_90_day_nr.pdf Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) may warrant federal protection as a threatened or endangered species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today, following an initial review of a petition seeking to protect whitebark pine under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 07/20/2010 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2010/062510_dstamp_cabela.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office and Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge will join Cabela’s to celebrate the first day of sale of the 2010-2011 Federal Duck Stamp from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, June 25, at the Reno Cabela’s, located on I-80 Exit 4 (Boomtown Exit). Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 6/25/2010 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2010/040910_pct_eis_nr.pdf The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), today, released a final Environmental Impact Statement/Report (EIS/EIR) for a Paiute Cutthroat Trout Restoration Project. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 4/9/2010 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2010/031510_btch_comment_extension_nr.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced its intent to reopen the comment period for the proposed critical habitat revision for bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus), a threatened species protected under the Endangered Species Act. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 3/15/2010 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2010/030510_SageGrouse.PR.pdf Will work with state, local partners to map priority habitat,guiding energy development to areas of least impact Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 3/05/2010 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2010/030510_Bi_State_Sage_grouse_NR.pdf The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the Bi-State population of greater sage-grouse meets the necessary criteria for recognition as a Distinct Population Segment under the Endangered Species Act, and that adding this population to the federal list of threatened and endangered species is warranted. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 3/05/2010 http://www.fws.gov/nevada//protected_species/fish/documents/bt/020510_bt_pch_pub_meet.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) will host a public open house on February 17, 2010, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the Elko Convention Center, Gold Room, 700 Moren Way, Elko, Nevada. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 2/05/2010 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2010/011409_btch_nr.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to revise its 2005 designation of critical habitat for the bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus), a threatened species protected under the Endangered Species Act. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 1/13/2010 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2009/NR-Clark County MSHCP-ITD 9-30-09.pdf U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Prepare Environmental Impact Statement for Amendment to Clark County Habitat Conservation Plan. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 9/30/2009 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2009/091009_gcmv_nr.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the Goose Creek milkvetch, a plant found only in a 10-square-mile area of Idaho, Nevada and Utah, warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 9/10/2009 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2009/NR-Amargosa_Toad_90-Day_9-09-09.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today, announced it will conduct an in-depth status review of the Amargosa toad. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 9/10/2009 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2009/Northern_Leopard_Frog_90-day.NR.WO.V2.pdf The western population of the northern leopard frog may warrant federal protection as a threatened or endangered species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced today. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 6/30/2009 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2009/050709_final_pika_nr.pdf Following an initial review of a petition seeking to protect the American pika under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the American pika may warrant federal protection as a threatened or endangered species. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 05/07/2009 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2009/032009_pct_deis_nr.pdf State and federal wildlife agencies are seeking public comment on a proposal to restore Paiute cutthroat trout to its historic habitat. The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), today released a draft joint Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for a proposed project to restore this rare trout species within Silver King Creek in Alpine County, California. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 03/20/2009 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2008/BT_5-YrReview_finalNR_042908.pdf Species still threatened in the United States, additional analysis will be done Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 4/29/2008 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2008/nr_042808_mono_sage_grouse_90day_nr.pdf The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced the Mono Basin Area Population of Greater Sage-Grouse Warrants Review for Possible Protection Under the Endangered Species Act. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 04/28/2008 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2008/042908_gsg_nr.pdf The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced they will be Extending Request for Information for Greater Sage-Grouse. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 04/28/2008 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2008/nr_02052008_snbs_chea.pdf The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced an Economic Analysis of Critical Habitat Proposal for Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Available for Public Review and Comment. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 02/05/2008 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2007/nr_100907_snbsch_hearing.pdf The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced an extension of the comment period on a proposal to designate approximately 417,577 acres as critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for the federally-listed endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana). The Service is also seeking a taxonomic revision of the species from distinct population segment to subspecies (Ovis canadensis sierrae) based on recent published information. Comments on the proposal must now be received by November 23, 2007. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 10/09/2007 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2007/VRHCRP_NOI_NewsRelease_9-28-07.pdf "The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that they will be accepting public comments through October 29, 2007, on their intent to gather information to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a proposed Virgin River Habitat Conservation and Recovery Program, for the lower Virgin River Basin in Clark County, Nevada Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 09/27/2007 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2007/091307CWS_finalrecplannr.pdf The Recovery plan proposes tasks that will help us move forward to downlist and ultimately delist the Carson wandering skipper" said Bob Williams, Field Supervisor of the Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. "We will continue working closely with our partners and private landowners to recover the species." Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 09/13/2007 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2007/nr_072507_snbsch.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, today, published a proposed rule to designate approximately 417,577 acres as critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for the federally endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana). Areas proposed include portions of Tuolumne, Mono, Fresno, Inyo and Tulare counties in California. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 07/25/2007 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2007/nr_05302007_90_day_mcb.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced it has completed its evaluation of the petition to add the Mt. Charleston blue butterfly to the federal list of threatened and endangered species and determined substantial scientific information exists to warrant a more in-depth examination. The Service will conduct a full status review of the species and determine whether to propose listing the species as either threatened or endangered. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 05/30/2007 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2007/nr_050207_smb.pdf The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, today, announced that listing the Sand Mountain blue butterfly as either threatened or endangered is not warranted after completing a thorough review of all available scientific and commercial information. The Service made this decision in response to a petition submitted by the Center for Biological Diversity, Xerces Society, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, and Nevada Outdoor Recreation Society, to list the butterfly as either threatened or endangered. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 05/02/2007 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2007/nr_04042007_sjoberg_rec_champ.pdf Jon Sjoberg, Nevada Department of Wildlife’s Supervising Fisheries Biologist for the Southern Region was selected as one of sixteen recipients of the Service’s National Recovery Champion award this year. The Recovery Champion award recognizes outstanding contributions of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees and other individuals and organizations towards efforts aimed at recovering threatened and endangered species in the United States. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 04/04/2007 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2006/nr_12192006_mbsagegrouse.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced that two petitions seeking to add the Mono Basin area sage-grouse to the federal list of threatened and endangered species did not contain substantial scientific or commercial information to demonstrate that Endangered Species Act (ESA) protection is warranted. The negative petition finding was published in the Federal Register on December 19, 2006. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 12/19/2006 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2006/nr_12192006_est_pop_dhp.pdf On December 13, 2006, fishery biologists from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and Nevada Department of Wildlife successfully transferred four adult Devils Hole pupfish (2 females and 2 males) from Devils Hole, Death Valley National Park, to the newly restored Point of Rocks Refugium. The translocation activity was recommended to upper management directors from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and Nevada Department of Wildlife during a multi-agency meeting held in August 2006. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 12/19/2006 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2006/nr_11212006_nye_cnty_scoping.pdf The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, today announced, they will be accepting public comments through December 21, 2006, on an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) the Service will be preparing to evaluate a Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) for Southern Nye County, Nevada. Public Scoping Meetings to gather comments on the proposed EIS will be held Monday, December 4, 2006, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, at the Bob Ruud Community Center, 150 North Highway 160, Pahrump, Nevada, and Tuesday, December 5, 2006, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, at the Beatty Community Center, 100 A Avenue South, Beatty, Nevada. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 11/21/2006 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2006/nr_11062006_csi_news_release.pdf The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service is extending the public scoping period to receive comments on an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) the Service will be preparing to evaluate a Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan for Coyote Springs Investments LLC (CSI) in Lincoln County, Nevada until December 4, 2006. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 11/06/2006 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2006/nr_09252006_dhp_nrkc1.pdf Southern Nevada…Divers recently completed population surveys for the endangered Devils Hole pupfish and estimate the population has increased from an all time low of 38 in April 2006, to 85 on September 23, 2006. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 09/28/2006 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2006/nr_09262006_cno_fy06_news_release.pdf Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne today announced more than $26 million in grants to California and Nevada to support conservation planning and acquisition of vital habitat for threatened and endangered fish, wildlife and plants. The grants, awarded through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, will benefit a plethora of species including the California red-legged frog, the San Joaquin kit fox, the Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard, and the desert tortoise. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 09/26/2006 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2006/nr_09142006_eis_news_release.pdf The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service will hold a public workshop on September 26, 2006, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Alamo County Annex, 100 S First W Street, Alamo, NV and on September 27, 2006, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Moapa Recreation Center, 1340 E Highway 168, Moapa, NV, to receive comments on an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) the Service will be preparing to evaluate a Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan for Coyote Springs Investments LLC (CSI) in Lincoln County, Nevada. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 09/14/2006 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2006/nr_09112006_pahrump_open_house.pdf The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office will be holding an open house, Tuesday, September 19, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Pahrump Library, 701 East Street, Pahrump, NV, to provide an update on the status of the Pahrump Valley Short-Term Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan ( Pahrump Valley HCP). The Pahrump Valley HCP is being developed to support an application from Nye County for an incidental take permit for the threatened desert tortoise in the Pahrump Valley. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 09/11/2006 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2006/nr_08312006_dhp.pdf A panel of scientists and senior managers from federal and state conservation agencies arehopeful that a course of action developed last week in Las Vegas will reverse the decline of oneof the most imperiled desert fish species in North America, the Devils Hole pupfish. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 08/31/2006 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2006/nr_08082006_smb_90-day.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed an initial evaluation of a petition to add the Sand Mountain blue butterfly (Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana) to the Federal list of threatened or endangered species and determined that substantial biological information exists to warrant an indepth examination of the butterfly’s status. The finding initiates a 12-month status review of the species. Once the review is complete, the Service will determine whether to propose listing the species as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 08/08/2006 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2006/nr_06022006_pct.pdf The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in cooperation with the U. S. Forest Service, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, will hold a public workshop on June 19, 2006, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., at the Turtle Rock Park Community Center, 17300 State Route 89, Markleeville, California, to receive comments on a proposal to restore the Paiute cutthroat trout, a species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, into historic habitat in Silver King Creek in Alpine County, California. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 06/02/2006 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2006/nr_05192006_transfer_dhp.pdf Regional Managers from the National Park Service, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Nevada Department of Wildlife gave approval to move Devils Hole pupfish from Devils Hole and Hoover Dam Refuge to Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas and to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery in Arizona on Thursday, May 18, 2006. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 05/19/2006 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2006/nr_05112006_transfer_dhp.pdf Federal and State agencies involved in efforts to prevent the extinction of the Devils Hole pupfish have successfully completed the first step toward propagating the pupfish in aquaria. On May 2, 2006, 80 hybridized pupfish from the Point of Rocks Refugia were transferred to Willow Beach Hatchery in Arizona and to Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 05/11/2006 http://www.fws.gov/news/NewsReleases/showNews.cfm?newsId=06922BBD-EAA0-A685-A88E7EE8817B910C Three Fish and Wildlife Service employees and three Service programs were honored May 4 for outstanding contributions to the mission and goals of the Department of the Interior at the 63d Departmental Honor Awards Convocation. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 05/05/2006 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2006/nr_03232006_devilshole_pub_mtg.pdf Managers from the Nevada Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Death Valley National Park, and the Nevada Department of Wildlife will be on hand to meet with the public and discuss planned recovery actions for the endangered Devils Hole Pupfish, Thursday, March 30, 2006, at the Bob Ruud Community Center, 150 North Highway 160, Pahrump, Nevada, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 03/23/2006 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2006/nr_03212006_5yr_review_06.pdf The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today opened public comment for 60 days on the initiation of status reviews for 56 species, as required by the Endangered Species Act. The purpose of the reviews is to ensure that the listing of the species as threatened or endangered is accurate and based on the best scientific and commercial data available, and whether the listing status should be considered for change. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 03/21/2006 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2006/nr_03212006_duckwater.pdf Work is underway to restore habitat of the threatened Railroad Valley springfish at the Duckwater Shoshone Reservation by partners that have come together for the first time. The Duckwater Shoshone Tribe (Tribe), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), U. S. Geological Service’s Water Resource and Biological Resources Divisions (USGS), and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) began restoration efforts in November 2006. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 03/21/2006 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2006/nr_03022006_public_coments_cws_draft_recovery_plan.pdf Strategies for recovering the endangered Carson wandering skipper are the subject of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) draft plan now available for public review until May 31, 2006. Proposed recovery tasks in the Carson Wandering Skipper Draft Recovery Plan include: protecting the habitat where the Carson wandering skipper is known to occur; surveying for additional populations; developing and implementing habitat restoration and management for the skipper; and developing and implementing outreach programs to inform the public about this endangered species. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 03/02/2006