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42 News Releases found

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10/29/2009: Mark Vaniman New Refuge Manager At Seney National Wildlife Refuge

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Mark Vaniman, 906-586-9851
Chuck Traxler, 612-713-5313

 

Mark Vaniman New Refuge Manager At Seney National Wildlife Refuge


Mark Vaniman, a 26-year veteran of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is the new refuge manager at the Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Michigan. He began his new duti...

10/29/2009: Bruce Freske New Manager at Morris Wetland Management District

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Bruce Freske, 320-589-1001
Chuck Traxler, 612-713-5313

 

Bruce Freske New Manager at Morris Wetland Management District


Bruce Freske recently began duties as the new manager of the Morris Wetland Management District. Bruce began his career with the Fish and Wildlife Service as a student tr...

10/29/2009: Barry Christenson Selected as District Manager for Windom Wetland Mana...

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Barry Christenson, 507-831-2220
Chuck Traxler, 612-713-5313

 

Barry Christenson Selected as District Manager for Windom Wetland Management District

 


Barry Christenson is returning home to the prairie to become the new District Manager for Windom Wetland Management District. Christens...

10/28/2009: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Continues to Seek Northern Leopard Frog...

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Jeff Humphrey (602) 242-0210 x222
Shaula Hedwall (928) 226-0614 x103

 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has affirmed its desire for public involvement in its decision on whether the western population of the northern leopard frog is warranted for listing under the Endangered Spec...

10/27/2009: Conservation Efforts to Proceed for Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel on ...

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 Kendra Womack, (208) 685-6951

 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has entered into a Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA) for the northern Idaho ground squirrel, a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.
 
In the ten-year Agreement, Hixon Properties, Incorporated committed to working with the Service to provide conservation benefi...

10/27/2009: Young Whooping Cranes Will Learn Migration Route from their Elders

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Joan Garland, 608-381-1262
Dan Peterson, 608-565-4412

Young Whooping Cranes Will Learn Migration Route from their Elders

 
Nine young whooping cranes were released October 24 on central Wisconsin’s Necedah National Wildlife Refuge.  The cranes are part of the Direct Autumn Release (DAR)...

10/26/2009: Fish and Wildlife Service Awards $800,000 in Grants to Explore Cause, ...

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Contacts: Valerie Fellows, USFWS 703/358 2285
Pamela Baker-Masson, National Zoo 202/633 3084
At an event held in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoo in Washington, DC, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced 6 grant awards totaling $800,000 going toward research efforts to explore the cause and control of ...
10/26/2009: Young Whooping Cranes Will Learn Migration Route from their Elders

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Joan Garland, 608-381-1262
Dan Peterson, 608-565-4412
Tom MacKenzie, 404/679-7291, 678/296-6400, Tom_MacKenzie@fws.gov

Nine young whooping cranes were released October 24 on central Wisconsin’s Necedah National Wildlife Refuge. The cranes are part of th...

10/23/2009: Ninth Group of Endangered Whooping Cranes Depart on Ultralight-guided ...

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Joan Garland, 608-381-1262
Dan Peterson, 608-565-4412

 

 

Ninth Group of Endangered Whooping Cranes Depart on Ultralight-guided Flight to Florida
10/23/2009: New Bay-Delta Fish and Wildlife Office Opens in Sacramento

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 Steve Martarano (916) 414-6571

SACRAMENTO - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced the creation of the Bay-Delta Fish and Wildlife Office (BDFWO). The new field office will focus on conservation issues related to the increasingly vital Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta. 

“We face a future of many ...

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Last updated: October 23, 2009
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