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Service Seeks Proposals from States for 2009 Endangered Species Grants
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| The whooping crane was one of numerous threatened and endangered species that benefitted from the 2008 Section 6 grant awards. Photo credit: Ryan Hagerty |
July 23, 2008
The Service is now seeking proposals from states and U.S. territories to acquire land or plan for endangered species conservation efforts. Section 6 of the Endangered Species Act provides grants to states and territories to support participation in a wide array of conservation projects for threatened and and endangered species, as well as for species that are either candidates or have been proposed for listing. Proposals are due by September 22, 2008.
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Learn More and Apply for a Grant. |
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Harvest Strategy for Scaup Set
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| Lesser scaup pair. Credit: Dave Menke / USFWS |
June 27, 2008
The Flyway Councils and Service began deliberation on the waterfowl
hunting regulations for the upcoming fall season. Among a number
of key issues addressed by the Regulations Committee this year
was a harvest strategy for scaup. The scaup population has experienced
a significant long-term decline.
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For
more technical information on the scaup harvest strategy, please
see the Proposed
Assessment and Decision-Making Framework to Inform Scaup Harvest
Management report.
Editorial by Service Director H. Dale Hall |
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2008 Waterfowl Survey Shows Ducks Breeding
Farther North, Bypassing Dry Prairies
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| Blue-winged teal. Credit: Dave Menke |
July 11, 2008
The preliminary estimate of total ducks from the 2008 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey was just over 37 million, which is a nine percent decline from last year’s estimate, but still 11 percent greater than the 1955-2007 average. In the U.S. and Canadian prairies, population estimates of many species declined; while populations increased in the boreal forest to the north, likely reflecting in part those birds that overflew the prairies because of drier habitat conditions there.
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Patuxent Research Refuge in Maryland Hosts Field Trip for Soldiers Recovering at Walter Reed, Fort Meade
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| Photo by Nell Baldacchino, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
June 14, 2008
On June 12, 2008, Patuxent Research Center hosted an outdoor field trip for soldiers receiving medical treatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and Fort George C. Meade in Maryland.
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Service Awards Grants for Mexican Wildlife Programs
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| Training Program in Ecosystem Restoration for Peasant Farmers in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico. Credit Campesino, A.C. |
July 8, 2008
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded $562,000 in grants to support conservation of a wide range of Mexican wildlife species, including monarch butterflies, jaguar, migratory bats and migratory birds.
In announcing the awarding of the grants, Service Director H. Dale Hall said, “It is through grants such as these that the U.S. is doing its part to ensure these species remain a part of the Earth’s biological landscape for generations to come. Partnering with the Government of Mexico in managing these grants will help protect the rich biological inheritance shared by our two nations.”
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Hiring Heroes Career Fair
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| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees and troops participated in the recent Hiring Heroes Career Fair, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. Credit: USFWS |
July 8, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees participated in the recent Hiring Heroes Career Fair, held in late June, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. There were approximately 150 service members and veterans in attendance. The employers included 25 Department of Defense Agencies, 21 other Federal Agencies (including FWS), and 20 Corporate employers.
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75th Anniversary Federal Duck Stamp Debuts
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| Director Hall proudly displays his Duck Stamp while Postmaster Stanley Newsome thanks Bass Pro VP of Conservation Martin MacDonald for hosting the event. Credit: LaVonda Walton/USFWS |
June 27, 2008
The first 75th Anniversary Federal Duck Stamp was sold to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall during a special ceremony hosted today by Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, near Baltimore, Maryland. Minnesota artist Joseph Hautman's depiction of a pair of Northern pintails was selected to grace the stamp.
News Release
Watch a video from the ceremony (Flash format)
Federal Duck Stamp Program |
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National Geographic Features Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge
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| Kingman Reef coral. Credit: Dr. Jim Maragos / USFWS |
June 27, 2008
Few people in the world will ever get to visit remote Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge, located at the northern end of the Line Islands in the Central tropical Pacific. Thanks to the National Geographic Society, thousands of people will have the opportunity to see and learn about this coral reef ecosystem through the July issue of National Geographic Magazine. National Geographic Explorer Dr. Enric Sala led a marine biological expedition in August 2007. Dr. Jim Maragos of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Pacific Remote Islands NWR Complex served as the coral biologist on the team. Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge is considered one of the most pristine reefs in the world.
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National Geographic Article on Kingman Reef |
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Initial Assessments of Waterfowl Breeding Habitat Conditions Available at www.Flyways.us
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| Blue-winged Teal. Credit:Dave Menke |
June 23, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Canadian Wildlife Service are making available the initial assessments of waterfowl breeding habitat conditions in new video segments posted on the agencies’ joint website www.Flyways.us. These assessments offer a first glimpse of habitat conditions and the status of waterfowl populations entering the breeding period starting in May 2008.
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Flyways.us Web site |
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Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee Celebrates 25 Years
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| Grizzly bear at Yellowstone National Park. Credit: Terry Tollefsbol / USFWS |
June 23 2008
The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee celebrated a quarter century of grizzly bear recovery on June 21, 2008, with a public ceremony at the Blackfoot—Clearwater Wildlife Management Area in Montana. The event was open to the public, and included displays and demonstrations of bear-related educational and safety programs and a ceremony with key partners involved in grizzly bear recovery.
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For more information visit the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee Web site |
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Small Wetlands Program: A Half Century of Conserving Prairie Habitat
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| Through the Small Wetlands Program, the Service has purchased more than 36,000 separate fee and permanent easement tracts that make up the 3 million acres of lands administered as Waterfowl Production Areas, as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Credit: USFWS |
June 23, 2008
Fifty years ago an amendment to the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of 1934 (also known as the Duck Stamp Act) authorized the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to acquire wetlands and surrounding areas for the benefit of migratory waterfowl. A half century later, the Service’s Small Wetlands Program, created to stem the rapid loss of important prairie habitat, has developed into one of the most successful conservation efforts in the United States.
News Release
Visit the Small Wetlands Program Web site.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Sign Annual Funding Agreement for National Bison Range Complex
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| Signing of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Annual Funding Agreement for National Bison Range Complex. Credit:Tami Heilemann / DOI |
June 19, 2008
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the
Flathead Reservation today signed an Annual Funding Agreement for the National Bison Range
Complex, located in Moiese, Montana within the boundaries of the Flathead Indian Reservation.
The agreement was negotiated over the past six months by professional natural resource management
staff from both parties with support from Service, Department of the Interior, and Tribal
leadership, and outlines the activities the Tribes will perform at the Bison Range during fiscal
years 2009 through 2011.
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Service to Honor Endangered Species Act Bald Eagle Agreements
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| Bald eagle in flight. Credit: USFWS |
May 20, 2008
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today issued revised regulations under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act that will enable the Service to continue honoring authorizations for "take" of bald eagles previously granted under the Endangered Species Act. The regulations are part of an ongoing effort to ensure that the bald eagle is effectively conserved and managed under the Eagle Act now that the eagle is no longer protected as a threatened species.
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