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ESA Protection Not Warranted for the American Pika
February 5, 2010
Although the American pika is potentially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in portions of its range, the best available scientific information indicates that pikas will be able to survive despite higher temperatures. Pikas will have enough suitable high elevation habitat to prevent them from becoming threatened or endangered.

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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Establish New Advisory Council on Wildlife Conservation and Hunting Issues Credit: LaVonda Walton / USFWS

Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Salazar, Vilsack Establish New Advisory Council on Wildlife Conservation and Hunting Issues
February 4, 2010
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced the creation of the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council at a ceremony held at the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C. in tribute to the great president, hunter and conservationist.

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Northern cardinal E-card. Credit: USFWS

Connecting People With Nature: Ensuring the Future of Conservation
Fall in Love with Nature this Valentine's Day
February 2, 2010
Show your love for nature this Valentine's Day by sending an electronic valentine from the Service's Let's Go Outside website, or take your kids outside and watch a red cardinal perch on a snow filled branch. Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to fall in love with nature, whether in your own backyard or at a National Wildlife Refuge near you.

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The 2011 Service budget includes funding to restore Chesapeake Bay wetlands, like those pictured here. Credit: Craig Koppie / USFWS

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2011 Proposed Budget Announced
February 1, 2010
The President's FY 2011 budget request of $1.6 billion for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will focus funding on the agency’s highest priority conservation initiatives, while containing costs through management efficiencies and other savings to address government fiscal realities.
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Reestablishing Fish Passage at Fivemile Creek
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Where: Klamath Falls, Oregon

What’s Happening: The Klamath Falls Fish and Wildlife Office administered a Recovery Act project to restore fish passage at Fivemile Creek. The project will help to recover endangered fish populations by removing a barrier to 26 miles of spawning and rearing habitat.