Alabama Field Office Recognized for Conservation

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EstuaryLive!

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.

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."

Three Mollusks Proposed to be on Endangered Species List

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed to add three freshwater mollusks to the Endangered Species list. They are the Georgia pigtoe, interrupted rocksnail, and rough hornsnail. To read more about why these three mollusks are being protected, and for details about their critical habitat, click above for the story.

To read the proposed ruling on the Federal Register and learn more about the public comment dates, click here.

Alabama Field Office Biologists Participate in Endangered Species Day

On May 15, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service participated in Endangered Species Day. This year, it was our goal to reach out to young people, and get them interested in nature. In the end, biologists learned just as much as the students.

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