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Protecting the Nation's Wildlife
2009 Waterfowl Survey Indicates Increase In Many Duck Species
July 2, 2009
The preliminary estimate of total ducks from the 2009 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey was 42 million, which is 13 percent greater than last year’s estimate and 25 percent greater than the 1955-2008 average, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today.
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| Blue-winged teal drake. Credit: Dave Manke/USFWS
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Threatened and Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
Endangered Species Act Protections to be Reinstated for Western Great Lakes Gray Wolves
June 29, 2009
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reached a settlement agreement in a lawsuit challenging its 2009 rule removing Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the Western Great Lakes. The Service has agreed to provide an additional opportunity for public comment on the rule. Until the rule is finalized, wolves in the Western Great Lakes will again be protected by the Endangered Species Act once the court approves this agreement.
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Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Public Meetings Scheduled on Coastal Barrier Resources System Pilot Project Units
June 29, 2009
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will conduct several virtual town hall meetings, July 14-15, 2009, on the recently submitted Report to Congress: John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Digital Mapping Pilot Project. The Service is soliciting public input on the report and draft maps during a public comment period that closes on August 5, 2009. Registration is required to participate in the meetings.
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Let's Go Outside: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Get In the Picture This 4th of July!
June 25, 2009
This Fourth of July, grab your camera and head outdoors to become part of an online photo mosaic being compiled from thousands of photos.
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| Stewardship camper Brandy Merculief and friend take photos of tide pool creatures on St. George Island, Alaska, July 2008. Credit: Tom Collopy and Mary Frische
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National Wildlife Refuge System: Conserving Our Lands and Resources
Got Summer Plans? There’s Lots Doing on National Wildlife Refuges!
June 24, 2009
Want to try something wild this summer? You don’t have to go far or spend a bundle to do it. National wildlife refuges are teeming with out-of-the-ordinary seasonal events. The National Wildlife Refuge System, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has been called America’s best kept secret. Many Americans have never visited a wildlife refuge or know what they’re missing, even though there’s a refuge within an hour’s drive of most major U.S. cities.
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National Wildlife Refuge System: Conserving Our Lands and Resources
Wild Angles - News from the National Wildlife Refuge System
June 24, 2009
In North Carolina, 41 red wolf pups born in the wild this spring gave biologists a big reason to celebrate. The count represents a higher than average whelping rate for the 15 collared packs in the state's red wolf recovery program. The 21-year-old-program covers 1.7 million acres in five counties and includes three National Wildlife Refuges. Read more about this effort and other top stories from the National Wildlife Refuge System.
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Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
New Video Highlights Wildlife Without Borders Program
June 23, 2009
At a briefing held on Capitol Hill on June 22nd, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Wildlife Without Borders program and partner conservation organizations debuted a video showing how the Service is working with partners in the Latin American and Caribbean region to create a new generation of conservation professionals.
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| At the Capitol Visitor Center debut of the Wildlife Without Borders video, guest speakers and partners pause for a photo. From left to right: Bill Millan, TNC; Herb Raffaele, USFWS; Former Secretary of Interior, Bruce Babbitt; Dr. Thomas Lovejoy III, Heinz Center; Jim Maddy, AZA. Credit: Sarah Gannon-Nagle/USFWS
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Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Federal and Junior Duck Stamp Debut on June 26
June 23, 2009
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will host the First Day of Sale for the 2009-2010 Federal Duck Stamp and Junior Duck Stamp on June 26 at the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World retail store in Nashville, Tennessee. Bass Pro Shops will also be sponsoring First Day of Sale events at eighteen other retail stores throughout the country that day.
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Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Get the Buzz on National Pollinator Week!
June 22, 2009
Celebrate National Pollinator Week, June 22-28! View the new video of Service staff and volunteers planting a Demonstration Pollinator Garden at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, which provides planting tips for your garden. Often we may not notice the hummingbirds, bats, bees and butterflies that carry pollen from one plant to another as they collect nectar. Yet without them, wildlife would have fewer nutritious berries and seeds, and we would miss many fruits, vegetables and nuts. How many pollinators can you find in your yard?
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| A leafcutting bee pollinates butterfly weed.
Credit: Mike Higgins/USFWS
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Threatened and Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
Service Requests Proposals for Endangered Species Conservation
June 19, 2009
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 August 19, 2009.
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Protecting the Nation's Wildlife
Export Permits to be Denied for Wild Paddlefish Products from Tennessee’s Kentucky Lake
June 18, 2009
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will deny the issuance of CITES export permits for paddlefish and products (caviar) harvested from Kentucky Lake in Tennessee during the recently completed 2008-2009 fishing season. Kentucky Lake is an impoundment of the Tennessee River in western Tennessee and western Kentucky and provides at least 63 percent of all caviar harvested in Tennessee.
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Aquatic Species: National Fish Habitat Action Plan and Trust Species
Eddies Magazine Focuses on Fisheries Conservation Work with Native Americans
June 17, 2009
The current edition of Eddies portrays the joint efforts of the Service’s Division of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Conservation and Native Americans. For generations, Native Americans have developed lifestyles, cultures and customs centered on their relationships with fisheries and wildlife. With assistance from the Service, tribes have developed and expanded their fish and wildlife management programs.
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| Brian Winnestaffer, biologist for the Chickaloon Village, hoists a 40-pound Chinook salmon from Moose Creek. Credit: Jessica Dryden/Chickaloon Village
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Protecting the Nation's Wildlife
U.S. Shark Fin Dealer Pleads Guilty in Export Case
June 15, 2009
A Florida corporation and its owner (who claimed to be the Nation's largest shark fin buyer) have pleaded guilty to Federal Lacey Act charges for trafficking in the fins of sharks that cannot be harvested under Florida law.
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Let's Go Outside: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Service Recieves National Award from Arbor Day Foundation
June 10, 2009
The Service's National Conservation Training Center recently accepted the Rachel Carson Award from the Arbor Day Foundation for encouraging young people to spend time with nature, and provide nature education opportunities for children and families.
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Secretary Salazar Lauds President’s Intent to Nominate Sam Hamilton as Director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
June 10, 2009
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar praised President Obama’s announcement that he intends to nominate Sam D. Hamilton to be the next Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Let's Go Outside: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Hundreds of Local Students, Volunteers Celebrate 30th Anniversary of National Fishing and Boating Week
June 10, 2009
Washington Metro area students with the help of many volunteers fished for largemouth bass, bluegill and crappie at a pond on the National Mall.
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NFBW 30th Anniversary Web site
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Let's Go Outside: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Secretary Salazar, Joined by White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Lays Groundwork for 21st Century Youth Conservation Corps
June 8, 2009
Senior White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett and several hundred schoolchildren on the National Mall, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today signed a Secretarial Order establishing an Office of Youth in Natural Resources at the Department of the Interior
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Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Secretary Salazar Announces Boating Grants to 28 States to Help Keep Waterways Clean
June 8, 2009
Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today announced that $14.6 million will be awarded to 28 states under the Clean Vessel Act grant program in 2009.
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Migratory Birds: Conservation and Management
Congressman John Dingell Honored for Outstanding Waterfowl Conservation Legacy
une 8, 2009
Congressman John Dingell of Michigan has been recognized for his major lifetime contributions to waterfowl conservation by the North American Waterfowl Management Plan Committee, an international body that provides leadership on waterfowl conservation and management issues.
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Threatened and Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
Eagle Shooter Sentenced in Tampa, Florida
June 8, 2009
Jesse Barresse of Hudson was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tampa today for intentionally shooting and killing a bald eagle, while he was illegally duck hunting in Ruskin on January 13, 2008. .
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Let's Go Outside: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett to Join Secretary Salazar to Announce a New Initiative to Engage Youth in the Outdoors
June 5, 2009
White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett and new Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert Stanton, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will announce a new initiative to engage youth in the outdoors.
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