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USFWS Seeks Public Comment on the Draft Plan for Anniston PCB Site

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, along with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Geological Survey of Alabama (collectively, "Turstees"), is seeking public comment on the draft Stage I Assessment Plan concerning the Anniston PCB Site. For a complete copy of the draft plan click here.

Apple Snails Invade Lake in Mobile

An invasive snail from South America has taken over Langan Municipal Park Lake and parts of Threemile Creek. Now, USFWS biologists have teamed up with ADCNR to remove the invasive snails before they invade the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. Biologists are using copper sulfate to exterminate the exotic snails.

White-Nose Syndrome Threatens Bat Populations

Biologists from the Alabama Field Office are actively working with federal, state and private partners to address the very serious threat of White Nose Syndrome for bats in Alabama. A response plan is being developed and plans to monitor hibernating bats this winter are being discussed. Click here to learn more.

First Manatee Tagged in Alabama

This September, biologists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Dauphin Island Sea Lab's Mobile Manatees Sighting Network, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and other agencies joined forces to tag an Alabama manatee for the first time ever. Her name is "Bama."

Ultralight Migration Leads 20 Endangered Whooping Cranes Over the Skies of Alabama

Twenty juvenile whooping cranes are flying through the state of Alabama on their ultralight guided migration from Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in central Wisconsin to Chassahowitzka and St. Marks National Widlife Refuges along Florida's Gulf Coast.

Estuary Live!

World-wide attention was focused on Week's Bay in Alabama when a live broadcast of EstuaryLive was taped there on Endangered Species Day. The show focused on wildlife within local estuaries and beyond. The webcast was available to classrooms around the world, and USFWS biologist Dan Everson was one of the featured guests.

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