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Mountain-Prairie Region

 

June 17, 2013

USFWS, NPS Extend Public Comment Period on Draft Plan for Proposed Niobrara Confluence and Ponca Bluffs Conservation Areas

 

June 7, 2013

Service Proposes to Return Management and Protection of Gray Wolves to State Wildlife Professionals Following Successful Recovery Efforts

 

June 5, 2013

Migratory Bird Conservation Commission Approves Acquisition of 9,000 Acres of Wetlands for National Wildlife Refuge System

 

June 4, 2013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to Revise Critical Habitat for the Salt Creek Tiger Beetle

 

June 4, 2013

Help Us Celebrate National Get Outdoors Day Colorado 2013

 

May 24, 2013

Spring Releases for Endangered Fish a "No Go" This Year

 

May 23, 2013

Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse Retains Protections Under the Endangered Species Act

 

May 20, 2013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Investigates Bald Eagle Shooting - Reward for Information

 

May 20, 2013
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Extends Comment Period on Draft Revised Supplement to Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan in Greater Yellowstone Area

 

May 16, 2013

U.S. Fish and Widllife Service Announces $1 Million to Conserve Migratory Bird Habitat in Wyoming

 

May 16, 2013
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Endangered Species Recovery Champion Award Winners

 

May 14, 2013

Partners Across the U.S. Celebrate Endangered Species Day

 

May 8, 2013
Service Estimates Economic Impacts and Releases Draft Environmental Assessment of Critical Habitat Designation for Neosho Mucket and Rabbitsfoot

 

May 6, 2013
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Celebrates International Migratory Bird Day

 

May 6, 2013
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Reopens Comment Period on Lesser Prairie-Chicken Listing Proposal

 

May 3, 2013

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Announces Availability of an Amendment to a Conservation Agreement for the Coral Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle

 

May 2, 2013
US Fish & Wildlife Service Opens Comment Period on a draft Conservation Strategy for the Northern Continental Divide Grizzly Bear Population

 

April 26, 2013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Eagle Plan Guidance

 

April 25, 2013
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces New Winner of 2013 Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest

 

April 23, 2013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Availability of the Draft Recovery Plan for the Black-footed Ferret

 

April 22, 2013

Draft Conservation Plan Released for Quivira National Wildlife Refuge

 

April 22, 2013

National Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest Winners Chosen

 

April 18, 2013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Hold an Open House Regarding Step-Down Management Plans for Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Complex

 

April 12, 2013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, State Agencies Release 2012 Annual Report for Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Population

 

April 11, 2013

Finding of No Significant Impact for the Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Richardson Flat Tailings Site, Park City, Utah

 

April 10, 2013

Both Public Meetings for the Proposed Niobrara Confluence and Ponca Bluffs Conservation Areas Postponed to Next Week

 

April 9, 2013

Vermillion Public Meeting for the Proposed Niobrara Confluence and Ponca Bluffs Conservation Areas Postponed to Thursday, April 11, 2013

 

April 8, 2013

Two Black-backed Woodpecker Populations to be Considered for Federal Protection

 

April 3, 2013

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service Make Progress on Proposed Niobrara Confluence and Ponca Bluffs Conservation Areas

 

March 29, 2013

Prescribed Burning Planned at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

 

March 28, 2013

Minnesota Man Sentenced to Restore Federally Protected Wetland Basin

 

March 25, 2013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Report to Help Guide Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Objectives

 

March 21, 2013

State Wildlife Agencies to Receive $882 Million for Critical Conservation Projects

 

March 15, 2013

Arrests Made in Multi-State Paddlefish "Caviar" Trafficking Operation

 

March 15, 2013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Opens Comment Period on Draft Recovery Plan for Federally Endangered Pallid Sturgeon

 

March 13, 2013
Operation Rolling Thunder Rolls Up 11 Convictions for Eagle Take/Trafficking

 

March 12, 2013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Investigates Bald Eagle Shooting, Reward for Information

 

March 7, 2013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Extends Comment Period for Proposed Listing of Gunnison Sage-Grouse and Critical Habitat Designation Under Endangered Species Act

 

March 5, 2013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Comments on Disposal of the Castle Dale Upland Bird Management Unit in Emery County, Utah

 

March 4, 2013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Input from Public on Issues Associated with a Proposal for Oil and Gas Exploration on Ouray National Wildlife Refuge

 

February 18, 2013
America's Great Outdoors: Salazar, Lahood, Hickenlooper Announce $1.7 Million Grant for Key Portion of Rocky Mountain Greenway

 

February 12, 2013

Service Announces Annual Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest!

 

February 7, 2013

Environmental Assessement and Draft Greater Sage-Grouse Umbrella Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances for Wyoming Ranch Management

 

February 6, 2013

Endangered Species Bulletin Commences 40th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act

 

February 1, 2013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed to List Wolverine as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act

 

January 31, 2013

Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Announces Release of Draft Environmental Assessment Regarding the Removal of Non-native Cutthroat Trout

 

January 31, 2013

Clint Riley Named Assistant Regional Director for Migratory Birds and State Programs for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Mountain-Prairie Region

 

January 24, 2013

Matt Hogan Named Deputy Regional Director for Mountain-Prairie Region of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

 

January 22, 2013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Extend Public Comment Period for Black-footed Ferret Safe Harbor Agreement

 

January 22, 2013

Will Meeks Named Assistant Regional Director for Refuges of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Mountain-Prairie Region

 

January 17, 2013

Landmark Publication Celebrates 75 Years of Conservation and Partnership Success Through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program

 

January 16, 2013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Host Three Public Meetings to Obtain Comments on Listing Proposal for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

 

January 16, 2013

Conservation Through the Arts: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Invites Colorado K-12 Students to Participate in Free Junior Duck Stamp Art Competition

 

January 14, 2013
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Begins Commemoration of 40th Anniversary of Endangered Species Act

 

January 10, 2013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Piceance State Wildlife Area Property Exchange near Meeker, Colorado

 

January 10, 2013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Comments on the Marcotte Game Production Area Disposal of the Marcotte Tract, Meade County, South Dakota

 

January 10, 2013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Listing Gunnison Sage-Grouse Under Endangered Species Act


January 4, 2013
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Identifies Important Habitat for Recovery of Southwestern Willow Flycatcher

 

December 31, 2012

America’s Great Outdoors: Secretary Salazar, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Announce Expanded Conservation at Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge

 

December 19, 2012

Public Comment Period Open for Interim Elk Management on San Luis Valley National Wildlife Refuges

 

December 17, 2012

New Multi-Agency Partnership Expands Black-footed Ferret Recovery Efforts

 

December 17, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Availability of Final Recovery Plan for the Mexican Spotted Owl

 

December 5, 2012

Prairie Gray Fox, Plains Spotted Skunk May Warrant Protection Under the Endangered Species Act; U.S. Fish and Wildlife to Review Species' Status

 

December 4, 2012

AMERICA's GREAT OUTDOORS: Secretary Salazar and Louis Bacon Finalize Historic Agreement to Protect Nearly 170,000 Acres as part of new Sangre de Cristo Conservation Area

 

December 3, 2012

Noreen Walsh Named Regional Director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Mountain-Prairie Region

 

November 30, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Initiates Process to Consider Lesser Prairie-Chicken as Threatened Species Under the Endangered Species Act

 

November 28, 2012

Professional Hunter Pleads Guilty to Lacey Act Violation in Kansas

 

November 26, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Initiate Status Review of Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse

 

November 21, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Annual List of Candidates for Endangered Species Act Protection

 

November 21, 2012

A Win for Both People and Birds in the San Luis Valley

 

November 19, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Conduct Public Meetings for Proposed Conservation Easement Program in Bear River Watershed

 

November 13, 2012

Reward for Information on Golden Eagle Shooting

 

November 9, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Offers Free Admission to National Wildlife Refuges in Honor of Veterans

 

November 6, 2012

Habitat & Population Evaluation Teams Complete Analysis of 25th Year of Four-Square-Mile Survey Data

 

November 6, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Provides Notice of Availability for Richardson Flat Tailing Site Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment

 

October 23, 2012

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Releases Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan for Lake Andes Lake National Wildlife Refuge Complex

 

October 23, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Acknowledges Western Colorado Water Organizations for Help with Endangered Fish Recovery

 

October 17, 2012

Reward for Information Leading to Identification of the Person(s) Responsible For Shooting a Bald Eagle near Crosby, North Dakota

 

October 16, 2012

Service Proposes to Protect Neosho Mucket and Rabbitsfoot under the Endangered Species Act

 

October 15, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service & Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Develop Approach for Water Management at Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge

 

October 12, 2012

Justice Department Announces Policy on Tribal Member Use of Eagle Feathers

 

October 9, 2012

Salazar Authorizes Landmark Wyoming Wind Project Site, Reaches President's Goal of Authorizing 10,000 Megawatts of Renewable Energy

 

October 2, 2012

California Artist, Rober Steiner, Wins 2012 Federal Duck Stamp Contest

 

October 1, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to Protect Coral Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle Under the Endangered Species Act

 

September 24, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Montana, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks to Develop Approach for Water Management at Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge

 

September 24, 2012

Study Reveals Secrets of Colorado's Cutthroats

 

September 20, 2012

A Dam Success: National Fish Passage Program Helps Restore Streams, Benefits People and Local Economies

 

September 19, 2012

Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Resumes Public Visitation

 

September 14, 2012

America's Great Outdoors: Salazar Establishes 558th National Wildlife Refuge Unit in Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Mountains

 

September 13, 2012

Visit Your National Wildlife Refuges: October 14-20, 2012

 

September 5, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Invites the Public to "Follow the Ferret"

 

August 31, 2012

Service Declares Wyoming Gray Wolf Recovered Under the Endangered Species Act and Returns Management Authority to the State

 

August 29, 2012

Platte River Caddisfly Not Warranted for Endangered Species Protection

 

August 28, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Review Status of Rocky Mountain Monkeyflower

 

August 23, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Draft Report to Help Guide Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Objectives

 

August 23, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces $5.7 Million in State Wildlife Grants to Help Imperiled Species

 

August 22, 2012

Secretary Salazar, Governor Hickenlooper Applaud Efforts to Advance Rocky Mountain Greenway

 

August 21, 2012

Poacher Sentenced for Illegal Killing of Eagle in Kansas

 

August 21, 2012

Construction Complete on Endangered Fish Grow-out Ponds

 

August 16, 2012

Partners for Fish and Wildlife Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary

 

August 14, 2012

Service Announces $33 Million in Grants to Support Land Acquisition and Conservation Planning for Endangered Species

 

August 10, 2012

Service Recognizes Voluntary Conservation Efforts in Designation of Critical Habitat for Three Rare Colorado Plants

 

August 3, 2012

U.S. Fish and Widlife Service Honors Recovery Champions for Conservation Contribution to Colorado's Rare and Endangered Plants

 

August 1, 2012

Remote Sensing Antenna to be Installed in Utah's White River to Monitor Endangered Fish

 

July 31, 2012

Service Finalizes New Rules Regarding Take Allowances for the Utah Prairie Dog

 

July 26, 2012

Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge to Temporarily Close for Public Visitation

 

July 24, 2012

Draft San Luis Valley Regional Habitat Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment to be Released July 2012

 

July 16, 2012

$9.33 Million in Service and Partnership Funds for Aquatic Habitat Projects


July 12, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Input on Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Critical Habitat Proposal

 

July 9, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Awards Grants to 30 States for White-Nose Syndrome Work

 

June 29, 2012

Newly Released 2012-2013 Federal and Junior Duck Stamps Offer Everyone an Easy Way to Help Protect Wetland Habitat Across the Nation

 

June 28, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Comment on Wall Lake Game Production Area Disposal in Hand County, South Dakota

 

June 15, 2012

AMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS: Salazar, Ashe Announce Historic Conservation Easement in Sangre de Cristo Mountains

 

June 14, 2012

Operation of Endangered Fish Passages Reduced During Low River Flows

 

June 6, 2012

Free Community Event Inspires Kids to Get Outdoors, Get Connected to Nature

 

June 5, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Initiate Status Reviews of Southern, Mt. Rainier White-tailed Ptarmigan

 

June 1, 2012

Northwest Montana Native Youth Conservation Corps Program Ready for Another Successful Year

 

May 10, 2012

2012 Federal Duck Stamp Art Competition to be Held in Ogden, Utah

 

May 9, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Takes Initial Steps Forward in Partnerships for Working Landscapes in the San Luis Valley

 

May 9, 2012

Arapahoe Snowfly to be Designated as a Candidate for Endangered Species Protection

 

May 4, 2012

Secretary Salazar, Governor Hickenlooper Sign Agreement to Establish Rocky Mountain Greenway as America's Next Great Urban Park

 

May 3, 2012

Lessons Learned from Previous Droughts Shape Endangered Fish Recovery Actions

 

April 30, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reopens Comment Period on Proposal to Remove Endangered Species Act Protection for Gray Wolves in the State of Wyoming

 

April 25, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Revises the Utah Prairie Dog Recovery Plan and Issues Proposed Revisions and Draft Environmental Assessment on Rule to Amend Take Allowances for the Utah Prairie Dog

 

April 25, 2012

Reward for Information Leading to Identification of the Person Responsible for Shooting a Whooping Crane Near Miller, South Dakota

 

April 12, 2012

U.S. Fish and WIldlife Service to Initiate Status Review of Eastern Population of Boreal Toad

 

April 6, 2012
Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Winner of the 2012 Colorado Junior Duck Stamp Contest


March 30, 2012
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases the Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan for Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge Complex


March 29, 2012
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Comments on Native Fish Restoration and Enhancement Projects in Northern Utah

 

March 28, 2012
Fish and Wildlife Service To Hold a Public Meeting Regarding the Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge

 

March 26, 2012
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Availability of Draft Economic Analysis and Draft Environmental Assessment for Proposed Critical Habitat for Pagosa skyrocket, Parachute beardtongue, and DeBeque phacelia

 

March 20, 2012
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Honors Colorado Rare Plants Conservation Initiative with Endangered Species Partners-in-Mission Recovery Champion Award

 

March 20, 2012
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Endangered Species Recovery Champion Awards

 

March 7, 2012
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and State Agencies Release 2011 Annual Report for the Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Population


February 28, 2012
North Dakota Habitat and Population Evaluation Team Receives Recognition Award

 

February 22, 2012
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Kansas Department of Health and Environment Acquire Acreage in Cherokee County, Kansas

 

February 16, 2012
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service to Host Two Additional Public Meetings for the Land Protection Plan for Niobrara Confluence and Ponca Bluffs

February 6, 2012
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service to Host Public Meetings Regarding Conservation Efforts with Willing Landowners along the Missouri River in Northeast Nebraska and Southeast South Dakota

 

February 3, 2012
Letter to the Editor re: wolves in the San Luis Valley

 

January, 18, 2012
Kansas Wildlife Refuge Reports Unprecedented Mid-Winter Presence of Endangered Whooping Crane

 

January 17, 2012
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Hold Public Workshops on Draft Alternatives for the San Luis Valley Refuges, Colorado

 

January 12, 2012
US Fish and Wildlife Service Investigates Bald Eagle Shooting

 

January 11, 2012
Conservation Through the Arts

 

January 10, 2012
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Release Draft Environmental Assessment Regarding the Proposed Transmission Facilities on Grassland and Wetland Easements

 

 

 

 

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