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New England cottontail Photo courtesy of Pamela Wells, www.oakleafs.com
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West Virginia fish now a candidate for ESA protection
The Service has added the diamond darter, a small fish found only in the Elk River in West Virginia, to its list of candidates for Endangered Species Act protection with a priority of 2 on a 12-point scale for ESA protection. Other candidates in the Northeast Region and their priorities are: bog asphodel (8), Hirsts' panic grass (5), New England cottontail (2), and red knot (3) Priorities are based on threats to the species' continued survival and their taxonomy. Although the Service has enough information on these species to propose protecting them, higher priorities preclude that action.
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This immature bald eagle was shot in late October in northern New Hampshire. The characteristic white feathers on its head will appear at about age 5.Allen Cahill
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Bald eagle shot in New Hampshire
A $2,500 reward is being offered for information about the shooting of a young bald eagle in northern New Hampshire around Oct. 22. A wildlife rehabilitator is caring for the eagle, which has a broken wing and other injuries. Information can be reported to New Hampshire's Operation Game Thief hotline 1-800-344-4262 or online http://www.HuntNH.com/OGT. Local sportsmen discovered the injured eagle. Moose and small game hunting seasons were open at the time.
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Eelgrass provides habitat for species like winter flounder and striped bass. Tom Halavik/USFWS
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More than $1 Million for Projects to Improve the Health of Long Island Sound
With a Long Island Sound Futures Fund grant and matching funds, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, New York, will restore 1.25 acres of historic eelgrass beds to benefit aquatic species. Another grant will help the Town of Stratford, Conn., remove exotic plants and restore 6.37 acres of tidal wetlands to benefit shorebirds. The Fund has awarded more than $1 million to communities for 33 projects to benefit Long Island Sound.
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Bat affected with White-nose syndrome.Marvin Moriarty/USFWS
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Fish and Wildlife Service Awards $800,000 in Grants to Explore Cause, Control of White-Nose Syndrome in Bats
The Service announced six research grants Oct. 26 at the National Zoo, which was one of the grant recipients. The zoo will establish a captive population of the endangered Virginia big-eared bat, which could become extinct as white-nose syndrome continues to spread. The projects funded will search for the cause and a way to control white-nose syndrome. The grants came from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Preventing Extinction fund and totaled $800,000.
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