Lands in California and Nevada are among the worlds richest sources of renewable energy in the form of wind, solar and geothermal energy. The Pacific Southwest Region provides environmental review of renewable energy projects in support of the Department of the Interior's initiatives to advance environmentally appropriate renewable energy in California and Nevada and Klamath Basin. Learn more about our role in renewable energy development.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Initiate Status Review of Eastern Population of Boreal Toad
April 12, 2012
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)
announced today that it has completed its evaluation of
a petition requesting the agency list either the Eastern
population or Southern Rocky Mountain population of the
boreal toad as a threatened or endangered distinct population
segment (DPS) under the
Endangered Species
Act (ESA). (PDF external link)Photo
Caption: boreal toad from Colorado. Credit: USFWS Read
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Greater Sage-grouse Maps Available for Public Comment
March 9 , 2012
Reno, Nevada -The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW),
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the United States
Forest Service (USFS) have completed a set of sage-grouse
habitat maps which will be used as planning tools for the
management of greater sage-grouse and its habitat in Nevada.
NDOW’s Greater Sage-grouse Habitat Categorization Map is an analysis tool that
incorporates the best available data (lek observations, telemetry locations,
survey and inventory reports, vegetation cover, soils information,
and aerial photography) into a statewide prioritization
of greater sage-grouse habitat. This tool provides resource
managers with information to guide conservation and land-use
planning efforts in the context of greater sage-grouse
management at the landscape scale. Photo
Caption: Greater Sage-Grouse Map. Credit: Nevada Department
of Fish and Wildlife Read
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Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat Categorization Map (1MB
PDF) Nevada
BLM and USFS Surface Management and Greater Sage-Grouse
PUM Map (1.7MB PDF)
USDA and Interior Announce Wildlife Conservation Efforts
to Support Local Economies and Preserve Farm and Ranch Traditions
March 8 , 2012
Innovative
partnership preserves working lands and supports efforts
of private landowners to conserve habitat for at-risk
species
WASHINGTON - Agriculture Secretary Tom
Vilsack and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today
announced a new $33 million partnership with farmers,
ranchers and forest landowners to use innovative approaches
to restore and protect the habitats for wildlife, including
seven at-risk species and other vulnerable game species.
The announcement of the Working Lands for Wildlife partnership
follows last week’s White House Conference on Conservation
that spotlighted community-driven conservation efforts
as part of President Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors
Initiative. Photo Caption:
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Credit: Bill Maynard,
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Read
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U.S. Fish And Wildlife’s New State Supervisor Arrives
In Nevada
October 11, 2011
RENO,
NEVADA… The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced
today that Edward (Ted) Koch (pronounced "cook") has been
selected as the new State Supervisor for the Nevada Fish
and Wildlife Office. Koch will be supervising all the Service’s
ecological services programs in Nevada which includes offices
located in both Reno and Las Vegas.
Koch has 23 years of experience with the Service, most
recently as the Service’s Bull Trout Coordinator in Boise,
Idaho. Koch has a B.S. in Environmental Biology from Southern
Connecticut State University and an M.S. in Zoology from
Idaho State University.
“Ted brings a wealth of knowledge
and experience in wildlife conservation to the Nevada
Fish and Wildlife Office,” said Pacific Southwest Region
Director Ren Lohoefener. “I had the great pleasure of
working with Ted on Idaho and Pacific Northwest issues
and I know he will help us work with the State, Tribes,
and all other partners to resolve the conservation issues
we face today and tomorrow in Nevada and the Pacific
Southwest.”Photo Caption: Edward (Ted) Koch.
Credit: USFWS News Release
