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Threatened and Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
Service Announces 2009 Candidate Notice of Review
November 6, 2009
The Service released its 2009 Candidate Notice of Review, a yearly appraisal of the current status of plants and animals that are considered candidates for protection under the Endangered Species Act. There are now 249 species recognized by the Service as candidates for ESA protection.
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| The New Mexico meadow jumping mouse is one of the 249 candidate species recognized by the Service. Credit: J. Frey |
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Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
FWS Marks Veterans Day with No Fees at National Wildlife Refuges
November 5, 2009
In honor of America’s service men and women, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that areas managed by the department will not charge entrance fees on Wednesday, November 11, 2009. “Visitors to public lands managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Reclamation are invited to visit and reflect on what our service men and women have done to maintain our freedom and keep peace around the world,” said Salazar. This year's free admission in observance of Veterans Day applies to all visitors.
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| Entrance to Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Louisiana. Credit: Steve Hillebrand/USFWS |
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Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Cynthia Dohner Chosen as Regional Director of The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Southeast Region
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| Cynthia Dohner, Regional Director of Southeast Region. Credit: USFWS |
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November 5, 2009
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Sam Hamilton announced today the selection of Cynthia K. Dohner as regional director for the Southeast Region.
“Cindy is an outstanding choice with a proven track record when it comes to solution-oriented conservation in the Southeast region,” Hamilton said. News Release
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Climate Change
Salazar Hosts Forum on Renewable Energy, Job Creation, and Climate Impact and Adaptation
November 4, 2009
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar hosted a Clean Energy Economy Forum earlier this week with stakeholders from 39 states across the country at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Sam D. Hamilton joined Deputy Secretary David Hayes and other top Department of the Interior officials in discussing the importance of renewable energy and job creation, climate impact and adaptation, and efforts to support and maintain the treasured landscapes of America in the emerging clean energy economy .
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Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
US Fish & Wildlife Service Brings Together Latin American Conservationists
November 4, 2009
This week in Montelimar, Nicaragua, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Fauna & Flora International are jointly conducting a precedent-setting workshop aimed at developing a cadre of conservation professionals in Latin America.
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Threatened and Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
U.S. Hunter Found Guilty of Smuggling Leopard Trophy
November 3, 2009
A Federal jury has convicted a South Dakota man on smuggling and wildlife charges in a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service case that exposed illegal hunting in South Africa and the "laundering" of smuggled leopard trophies through Zimbabwe and then on to the United States. The investigation previously secured guilty pleas from two South African outfitters, a Denver taxidermist, and four other U.S. hunters.
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| A Service wildlife inspector raised questions when these leopard hides arrived in Denver, prompting an investigation by Service special agents. Credit: USFWS |
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Threatened and Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
Service Announces Proposal to List the Salmon-crested Cockatoo as Threatened under Endangered Species Act
November 3, 2009
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced a proposal to protect the salmon-crested cockatoo of Indonesia as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). If made final, the measure would extend ESA protection to this species. The measure was published in the November 3, 2009, Federal Register.
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National Wildlife Refuge System: Conserving Our Lands and Resources
National Wildlife Refuges Reach Out to
Homeschoolers
October 28, 2009
Environmental education is vital to understanding the National Wildlife Refuge System and our Nation’s wildlife heritage. Outdoor experiences play a crucial role in helping to shape positive lifelong attitudes toward wildlife and nature. Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska offers the Magnificent Moose program designed to reach local homeschooled children and increase awareness about the biology and behaviors of moose. Homeschool days at J.N. “Ding” Darling Refuge in Florida offer programs revolving around a Service theme such as Nature Photography, Junior Duck Stamp and Estuary Day. Read more in the current issue of Refuge Update, the bimonthly newsletter of the Refuge System.
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Threatened and Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
Service Awards $800,000 in Grants to Explore Cause, Control of White-Nose Syndrome in Bats
October 26, 2009
At an event held in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoo in Washington, DC, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks Jane Lyder announced 6 grant awards totaling $800,000 going toward research efforts to explore the cause and control of white-nose syndrome, a wildlife health crisis of unprecedented proportions that has now killed more than a million bats in the Northeast and remains unchecked
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Threatened and Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
Service, United Kingdom Net Internet Ivory Trafficker
October 26, 2009
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service special agents, working undercover out of the agency's law enforcement office in Richmond, Virginia, helped British authorities successfully bring charges against a man using e-Bay to sell elephant tusks, whale teeth, and other products made from ivory. Investigators with HM Revenue & Customs showed that the man had also falsely obtained and altered a certificate of exemption for use in exporting ivory.
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| Ivory items shown above were among those seized by British officers during the joint Service/U.K. investigation. Credit: HM Revenue & Customs
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Threatened & Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
Service Proposes Critical Habitat for Polar Bear
October 22, 2009
The Service announced a proposal to designate 200,541 square miles as critical habitat for the polar bear and will open a 60-day comment period on the measure. The critical habitat proposal identifies habitat in three separate areas: barrier island habitat, sea ice habitat and terrestrial denning habitat.
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Audubon NWR Visitor Center
FFS #R6BB
Where: Audubon
National Wildlife Refuge, Coleharbor, North
Dakota
What’s Happening:The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service received Recovery Act funding to construct a safe, spacious, energy-efficient administrative and visitor center at the Audubon National Wildlife Refuge. Construction is already underway, and expected to be complete in September 2010.
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Threatened and Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
Oil & Gas Company Fined for Killing Threatened Fish
October 21, 2009
An oil and gas company that discharged acidic fluids into a stream in Knox County, Kentucky, pleaded guilty to violating the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Clean Water Act and was ordered to pay a $50,000 fine.
Case Summary 
Map of Stream Confluence
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Species Profile
National Wildlife Refuge System: Conserving Our Lands and Resources
National Wildlife Refuge Lighthouse Featured on U.S. Postage Stamp
The Matagorda Island Lighthouse in Texas is one of five Gulf Coast Lighthouses featured in a new series of 44-cent stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service.
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Visit a refuge
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Threatened and Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
Coral Smuggler Pleads Guilty
October 19, 2009
A German national investigated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for unlawfully importing over 40 tons of internationally protected stony coral from the Philippines (which bans all coral exports) has pleaded guilty to one felony smuggling count.
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Information about FWS & Coral Reef Conservation
Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Maryland Artist Robert Bealle Wins 2009 Federal Duck Stamp Contest
October 17, 2009
Robert Bealle an artist from Waldorf, Maryland, took top honors today at the 2009 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest. Bealle’s painting of an American wigeon will be made into the 2010-2011 Federal Duck Stamp,
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Threatened and Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
Strickland Announces Service Proposals for 2010 CITES Meeting in Doha, Qatar
October 16, 2009
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and
Wildlife and Parks Tom Strickland today announced a number of species
conservation proposals, resolutions and other agenda items that the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service has submitted on behalf of the United States
government for consideration during the upcoming meeting of the Conference
of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered CITES). Strickland will lead the US delegation to CoP15.
News Release
Threatened and Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
Assistant Secretary Strickland Announces Support for Listing Atlantic Bluefin Tuna on International Trade Endangered Species List
October 15, 2009
Tom Strickland, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, announced that the United States supports a proposal submitted by the principality of Monaco to list the Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in Appendix I of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES).
News Release (DOI)
Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Critical Report Documents the Risks of Giant Invasive Snakes in the United States
October 13, 2009
Five giant non-native snake species would pose high risks to the health of ecosystems in the United States should they become established here, according to a U.S. Geological Survey report.
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View Report (USGS)
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Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Don't Buy It — Harrison Ford Encourages the Public to Help Stop Illegal Trade of
Tigers and African Elephants
October 8, 2009
Harrison Ford and other entertainment and sports celebrities have lent their voices to
help conserve some of the world's endangered wildlife.
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