2012 News and Accomplishments
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October 3, 2012: Endangered Whooping Cranes Depart on Ultralight-guided Flight to Florida
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October 3, 2012: Comment Period Reopened for Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for Midwest Wind Energy Facilities
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September 2012: The Fox River 50 Years After Silent Spring
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August 29, 2012: Midwest Wind Energy Conservation Plan in Eight States
News Release
Federal Register Notice of Intent (PDF)
Background
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July 19, 2012: Continued Collection of Karner Blue Butterfly Genetic Samples for Global Climate Change Research Project
June 2012: Kirtland's Warbler Updates
May 31, 2012: The Elusive Fassett’s Locoweed of Wisconsin
May 30, 2012: Dwarf Lake Iris Draft Recovery Plan Available for Public Review and Comment
News Release: Recovery Plan Outlines Steps to Help Rare Plant
Draft Recovery Plan (68-page PDF; 500KB)
FR Notice of Availability (2-page PDF)
Dwarf Lake Iris Information
May 16, 2012 - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Celebrates Endangered Species Day Midwest Species Make Progress
May 2, 2012: Wild Whooping Crane Hatches in Central Wisconsin
May 1, 2012: Ron Refsnider, USFWS Retiree, Wisconsin DNR's Comback Champ for Kirtland's Warbler work.
April 18, 2012: Spring Migration is Underway for the "Class of 2011: Whooping Cranes
March 29, 2012: First Whooping Crane nest of the 2012 season.
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March 13, 2012: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lists Two Freshwater Mussels as Endangered: Spectaclecase and Sheepnose
News Release
Information about Sheepnose
Information about Spectaclecase
Feb. 23, 2012: Piping Plover Nesting Habitat Protection Along the Shores of Lake Michigan
February 13, 2012: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lists Two Freshwater Mussels as Endangered Species
News Release
Information about Listing the Rayed Bean
Information about Listing the Snuffbox
February 8, 2012: Service Announces Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest
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ES Day in the Midwest
February 03, 2012: Ultralight-led Whooping Cranes will head to Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Jan. 9, 2012: Reward Fund Started for Indiana Whooping Crane Case
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