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For information concerning these press releases contact the Mountain-Prairie Region Office of External Affairs at (303) 236-7905.
2001 Archived Press Releases
December 5, 2001
Undercover Case Leads to Eight Months in Prison for Gray Wolf
Poacher
November 20, 2001
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reopens Public Comment Period on Draft
Recovery Goals for Endangered Fish
November 8, 2001
Endangered Black-Footed Ferrets Return to Mexico
November 7, 2001
Wildlife Agencies Work Together to Release Black-Footed
Ferrets in Colorado
October 30, 2001
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Publishes Updated List of Candidates
for Endangered Species Act Listing
October 23, 2001
Regional Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's
Mountain-Prairie Region Recognized by President Bush for Exemplary Service
October 23, 2001
Local Assistance Sought in Review of California Condor Experiment
October 22, 2001
Public Comment Analysis Now Available on Bitterroot Grizzly Bear
Proposal
October 9, 2001
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Concludes No Need To Put Bonneville
Cutthroat Trout on Endangered List
October 5, 2001
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lists Scaleshell Mussel as Endangered
Species
October 2, 2001
Lower Kootenai River Burbot considered for Protection Under Endangered
Species Act
September 28, 2001
Two Southwestern Plants Listed as Endangered Species
September 25, 2001
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Awards More Than $1 Million
in Grants to Utah to Benefit Threatened and Endangered Species
September 25, 2001
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Awards Grants to South Dakota to
Develop Habitat Conservation Plan
September 25, 2001
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Awards $825,000 in Grant money to
Help with Recovery Efforts for Several Species Along the Missouri River
September 25, 2001
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Awards Grant to Colorado for
Endangered Species Conservation
September 25, 2001
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Review Status of Spotted Frog
September 21, 2001
New Database of Wildl Fish Health Information is Unveiled by U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service
September 17, 2001
New Information Reveals Three-Year Countdown to Wolf Recovery Started
in 2000
September 10, 2001
Endangered Wyoming Toad Numbers are Down
September 10, 2001
Grizzly Bear Found Shot - Reward Offered
September 6, 2001
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Invites Public Comments on Draft
Recovery Goals for Endangered Fish
August 30, 2001
Special Rule and Proposed Amendment Announced for Preble's Meadow
Jumping Mouse
August 29, 2001
Service and Conservation Groups Reach Agreement to List New
Species Under Endangered Species Act
August 27, 2001
New Conservation Center to Breed Endangered Ferrets
August 20, 2001
Leadville National Fish Hatchery Hosts Aid Station for Trail
100 Footrace
July 31, 2001
Proposed Monitoring Plan for the Recovered Peregrine Falcon Available
for Public Review
July 25, 2001
Habitat Destruction Puts Songbird at Risk in the West
July 23, 2001
New Assistant Regional Director for External Affairs Exchanges Great
Lakes for Great Plains and Mountains in New Job
July 18, 2001
Norton Praises President Bush's Intention to Nominate Steve Williams as
Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
June 26, 2001
Pioneer Family Donates Key Private Property, Protects Water Supply for
Fish R & D
June 20, 2001
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to Withdraw Plan to
Reintroduce Grizzly Bears into Bitterroot Ecosystem
June 12, 2001
Service Proposes Designation of Critical Habitat for Great Plains
Population of Piping Plover
June 8, 2001
Rare Wyoming Toads Found, Fish Hatchery Reintroduces More
June 7, 2001
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Publishes 12-month Petition Finding for
Rare Fern
May 30, 2001
New Manager at Leadville National Fish Hatchery to Guide Whirling
Disease Clean-Up and Fish Productionfor Colorado
May 30, 2001
National Fish hatcheries in Montana Under New Leadership
May 29, 2001
New Manager Takes Charge at Jones Hole National Fish Hatchery
May 22, 2001
Special Rule Announced for Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse
May 15, 2001
Landowners to Receive Grants for Conservation Actions
April 18, 2001
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Determines Sicklefin and Sturgeon Chub
Do Not Warrant Listing As Threatened or Endangered
April, 2001 - Fish Tale
Fly Shop Helps Stop Spread of Whirling Disease
March 30, 2001
Service Designates Critical Habitat for Arkansas River Shiner
March 22, 2001
Two Ponds Refuge Employee David Jamiel Named National Wildlife Refuge
System Employee of the Year
March 22, 2001
Bear River Refuge Manager Al Trout Named National Wildlife Refuge
System Manager of the Year
February 27, 2001
Mechanical Failure Results in Loss of Endangered Colorado River Fish
February 23, 2001
Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Will Not Be Considered for Listing Under
the Endangered Species Act
February 6, 2001
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces $6 Million Grant to Help
Purchase Wildlife habitat in Utah
February 6, 2001
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces $5 Million Grant to Help
Purchase Wildlife Habitat in Montana
January, 2001
Fish Tales #6: A Pre-Historic Fish Struggles to
Survive in the Modern World
January 23, 2001
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Names Robert Muth, Ph.D. Program
Director for Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program
January 18, 2001
Mexican Spotted Owl Critical Habitat Finalized
January 8, 2001
Swift Fox No Longer Candidate for Endangered Species Listing
