Press releases referenced on this page are from the Mountain-Prairie Region press release archives. These press releases have not been modified since their original publication date. Therefore, links, email addresses and phone numbers contained within these press releases may no longer be valid.
For information concerning these press releases contact the Mountain-Prairie Region Office of External Affairs at (303) 236-7905.
2008 Archived Press Releases
January 15, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service To Hold A Public Open House For Comprehensive Conservation Plan For Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge
January 7, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Makes a Finding of No Significant Impact for an Amendment to State Parks Section 6 Grant and Associated Ivins City Detention Basin Construction Project in Washington County, Utah
December 18, 2008
Fish and Wildlife Service to Conduct Status Review of the New Mexico Population of Canada Lynx
December 10, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Annual List of Canidates for Endangered Species Act
December 3, 2008
Bald Eagle Shot Near Tulare, South Dakota - Reward Offered -
December 2, 2008
Fish and Wildlife Service to Conduct Status Review of the Black-tailed Prairie Dog
December 1,2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Provedes Analysis Concerning Gunnison's Prairie Dog on the Baca National Wildlife Refuge in Southern Colorado
Novermber 18, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Hold Open House at Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge to Solicit Public Comments on Proposed Addition of the Chandler Ranch
October 24, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reopens Public Comment Period on 2007 Proposal to Delist Northern Rocky Mountain Population of Gray Wolves Under the Endangered Species Act
October 22, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Protection Measures for Exploratory Wells on the Baca National Wildlife Refuge in Southern Colorado
October 22, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Extends Public Cmment Period on Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Reufge
October 21, 2008
Draft Economic Analysis of Conservation Actions to Protect Canada Lynx Released
October 20, 2008
South Dakotan Wins 2008 Federal Duck Stamp Contest
October 15, 2008
Least Chub May Warrant Protection Under the Endangered Species Act
October 6, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces the Initiation of 5-Year Reviews for 11 Species in Colorado, Nebraska, Utah, and Wyoming
September 29, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Hold Two Open Houses for the Public To Comment on the Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
September 24, 2008
Public Meetings Set for Wind-Energy Environmental Study
September 15, 2008
Ron Reynolds Receives the National Blue Heron Award
September 15, 2008
Steve Moran Receives the National Blue Heron Award
September 9, 2008
Service Determines the Bonneville Cutthroat Trout Does Not Warrant Protection Under the Endangered Species Act
September 4, 2008
Fish and Wildlife Service Expends One Billionth Dollar From Migratory Bird Conservation Fund, Marking Major Milestone for Habitat Protection
August 28, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Host Public Meetings About Future Management of National Wildlife Refuge System Lands in South Dakota
August 28, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Comment on Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for 12 National Wildlife Refuges
August 26, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Hold Public Meetings for Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for Nine North Dakota Wetland Management Districts
August 18, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service To Hold A Public Open House For Comprehensive Conservation Plan For Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge
August 14, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Comment on Eagle Permit Assessment
July 9, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Revises the Endangered Species Act Status of the Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse
July 7, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Hold Public Open House on Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for Sullys Hill National Game Preserve
July 1, 2008
A Great Day for Endangered Fish in the Grand Valley as Community Celebrates Completion of Capital Projects
June 19, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Sign Annual Funding Agreement for National Bison Range Complex
June 17, 2008
Public Hearing Scheduled on Proposed Critical Habitat For Salt Creek Tiger Beetle
June 13, 2008
Service Proposes to Expand Hunting and Fishing Opportunitites on National Wildlife Refuges
June 11, 2008
IGBC Celebrates 25 Years of Grizzly Bear Recovery
May 28, 2008
National Trail's Day
May 27, 2008
Actions Underway in Response to the Plague Outbreak in Conata Basin, South Dakota
May 21, 2008
Price-Stubb Fish Passage Construction is Complete
May 21, 2008
Service Issues Rule to Grandfather Pre-existing Endangered Species Act Authorizations for Take of Bald Eagles
May 15, 2008
Maguire Daisy Proposed for Delisting
May 9, 2008
Biologists Resume Research Studies In Colorado and Utah in Effort To Recover Endangered Fish
May 9, 2008
Biologists Resume Research Studies In Utah and Colorado In Effort To Recover Endangered Fish
May 7, 2008
Interior Department Awards Grants to States to Conserve Imperiled Wildlife
May 6, 2008
Fish and Wildlife Service to Conduct Status Review of the White-tailed Prairie Dog
April 30, 2008
Fish and Wildlife Service to Provide Additional Opportunity to Comment on Proposal to Revise Critical Habitat for the Canada Lynx in July 2009
April 29, 2008
Status Review of Bull Trout Completed
April 28, 2008
Fish and Wildlife Service Extending Request for Information for Greater Sage-Grouse
April 23, 2008
Department of Interior Recognizes Endangered Fish REcovery Programs With Cooperative Conservation Award
April 22, 2008
Celebrate Earth Day - Let's Go Outside
April 11, 2009
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Winners of the 2008 Colorado Junior Duck Stamp Contest
April 8, 2008
Water Levels at Lake Darling Expected to Drop
April 3, 2008
Project Leader Selected for D.C. Booth National Historic Fish Hatchery
March 28, 2008
U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's Missouri River Recovery Program Receives U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2007 Recovery Champion Award
March 28, 2008
Nebraska Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program Receives U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2007 Recovery Champion Award
March 28, 2008
Northern Rocky Mountain Wolves Removed From Endangered Species List As Of March 28, 2008
March 24, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Approves Proposal for Disposal of the Roosevelt Upland Bird Management Unit in Duchesne County, Utah
March 21, 2008
Secretary Kempthorne Announces $57.9 Million in Grants to Support Land Acquisition and Conservation Planning for Endanger Species - Utah
March 21, 2008
Secretary Kempthorne Announces $57.9 Million in Grants to Support Land Acquisition and Conservation Planning for Endanger Species - Nebraska
March 21, 2008
Secretary Kempthorne Announces $57.9 Million in Grants to Support Land Acquisition and Conservation Planning for Endanger Species - Montana
March 17, 2008
Medicine Disposal Partnership will encourage Public to Flush Less, Crush More
March 14, 2008
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will dispose of a 7-acre parcel in the Blackfoot Clearwater Game Range in Montana
March 10, 2008
Endangered Species Act Protection for Wolverine Not Warranted
March 7, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Special Rule (10j) For Wolf Managment In The Northern Rocky Mountains Is Now In Effect
March 3, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces ADraft Plan To Restore Natural Resources At Lakepoint Wetlands, Tooele County
February 29, 2008
National Fish Habitat Board awards "Fish Habitat Partnership" status to the Western Native Trout Initiative and endorses $600,000 to fund native trout habitat projects
February 29, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeks Public Comment for Roosevelt Upland Bird Management Unit Land Disposal near Roosevelt, Duchesne County, Utah
February 28, 2008
Revised Critical Habitat Proposed for Canada Lynx
February 26, 2008
Peregrine Falcon Shot on Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
February 26, 2008
Fish and Wildlife Service to Conduct Status Review of Greater Sage-Grouse
February 22, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildife Service Seeks Public Comments on Disposal of Property in the Blackfoot Clearwater Game Range in Montana
February 21, 2008
Interior Department Removes Northern Rocky Mountain Wolves From Endangered Species List
February 20, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Makes a Finding of No Significant Impact for Mapleton Bench Land Disposal near Mapleton, Utah County, Utah
February 19, 2008
Stephen Guertin Named Regional Director for the Mountain-Prairie Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
February 7, 2008
Fish and Wildlife Service to Conduct Status Review of the Bonneville Cutthroat Trout
February 6, 2008
Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Directors Endorse the Western Native Trout Initiative
February 1, 2008
Gunnison's Prairie Dog Populations in Portions of Colorado and New Mexico Warranted for Listing Under the Endangered Species Act
January 24, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Revises Special Rule For Wolf Management In The Northern Rocky Mountains
January 22, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeks Public Comment for Mapleton Bench Land Disposal near Mapleton, Utah
January 18, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Draft Environmental Assessment for Activites Related To Oil and Gas Exploration on Baca National Wildlife Refuge
