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Service Joins Tejon Ranch Company to Announce Tehachapi Uplands Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan

With the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approval of the Tehachapi Uplands Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (TUMSHCP) specific protections will be in place for 25 species, while permitting limited development and other land use activities on more than 140,000 acres of Tejon Ranch. Full story...

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International “Ramsar” Recognition of San Francisco Bay Wetlands Celebrated

San Francisco Bay celebrated as a“Ramsar” Wetland of International Importance, at a May 10 ceremony in Tiburon, Calif., as part of this year's designations. The recognition of San Francisco Bay as a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance was made on World Wetlands Day, Feb. 2, 2013. There are currently six Ramsar sites in California, and thirty-five in the United States. Full story...

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A Century of Drought, Water Demand Doubles Size of Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge

Founded as a refuge in 1913, the desert shores of Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge on Pyramid Lake, Nev., see Service staff, the occasional stranded boater, thousands of nesting birds and not much else. Migrating birds choose Anaho Island NWR to rest and raise their young away from human disturbance. Full story...

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Pacific Flyway Wing Bee Identifies Over 20,000 Waterfowl Wings

Every February, biologists, birders and hunters meet at Coleman National Fish Hatchery to "read" thousands of waterfowl wings sent in a by hunters on the Pacific Flyway. The Pacific Flyway Wing Bee, a name derived from a gathering like a quilting bee or spelling bee, allows the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to exam wings from seven states, as wing readers and experts determine the species, sex and age composition of harvested Pacific Flyway waterfowl using detached wings mailed in by hunters. Full story...