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	Changes at Walden Pond Walden Pond has changed from the days when Henry David Thoreau documented the wildlife around him. Is climate change to blame? Read more>>

	Cerulean Warbler: The Coal Connection While cerulean warblers are losing habitat in their wintering grounds, the threats in their breeding grounds are significant as well. The areas with the highest densities and largest proportion of the breeding population of cerulean warblers are also the areas where mountaintop removal mining is used as the primary method for coal extraction. Read more >>

	Canada Lynx and Climate Change Rising temperatures and declining snow fall spell trouble for Canada lynx. Read more >>

	Shrinking Islands and Red Squirrel Population Explosion: Impact to Bicknell’s Thrush Climate change is likely to alter population size and distribution patterns of migratory birds and other wildlife species, as they respond to environmental and related changes to their habitats. Read more >>

	Biological Toolbox for Climate Change The Service is developing tools to plan for and mitigate the effects of climate change. Read more >>

	Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Climate change invites invasive insect north. Read more >>

	Chincoteague Alternative Transportation Study Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge studies the impacts of climate change on beach parking at the refuge. Read more >>

	Chesapeake Bay Restoration As part of our renewed commitment to the Chesapeake Bay, the Service has embarked on several restoration projects designed to mitigate the effects of climate change on the largest estuary in North America. Read more >>

	Cerulean Warbler The coffee we drink is intrinsically connected to the survival of a little blue songbird. The Cerulean Warbler winters in the forests of the northern Andes Mountains, many of which have been cleared for sun-grown coffee crops. The deforestation also contributes to global warming. Read more >>

	Sea level rise at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge Rising sea levels threaten to reshape coastal habitats – swallowing coastlines, submerging marshlands, and radically altering habitats further inland. For coastal refuges like Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge and its robust shorebird populations, sea level rise will produce dramatic changes to both the refuge’s landscape and management efforts to protect wildlife within its bounds. Read more >>

	The Power of planting trees Nearly 5,000 tree seedlings have been planted at national wildlife refuges in New Jersey and Virginia as part of The Conservation Fund’s national Go Zero® carbon offset program. Read more >>

	“Green” buildings, a natural choice As an environmental agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service strives to model the way for green government in our energy-efficient, environmentally sustainable buildings. Read more >>

	Adapting to Climate Change in the Mid-Atlantic Representatives from government agencies, academic institutions and conservation organizations participated in a conference in March to come to a common understanding about climate change issues in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Read more >>

	Working with Tribes to address climate change The board of directors of the United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. recently passed a resolution in support of landscape conservation cooperatives. Read more >>

	The State of the Birds: 2010 Report on Climate Change Already under stress from habitat loss, invasive species and other threats, a new report shows that hundreds of kinds of migratory birds face further peril from a changing climate. Read more>>

	Invasive Plants Move North If warming trends continue, invasive species like kudzu, known as "the vine that ate the South," will creep further north, harming native plants and animals. Read more >>

	Atlantic Salmon Climate change may prove to be another obstacle in recovering the endangered Atlantic salmon in Maine. Read more >>

	Red Knot Along the shores of Delaware Bay, the red knot, a bird the size of a coffee cup, stakes its future on the ready supply of horseshoe crab eggs. Without enough eggs, the fliers may not have enough fuel for their 10,000-mile migration each spring. Climate change is one factor that may be affecting the abundance of the crabs' eggs. Read more >>

	Bicknell's Thrush The Bicknell’s thrush is among the rarest of eastern North America’s songbirds. With a total population estimated at fewer than 100,000 birds, the species is considered “globally vulnerable.” Climate change threatens the viability of both its wintering and breeding areas. Read more >>

	Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge During the last century, more than 5,000 acres of marshes and other wetlands have been lost within the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge due to sea level rise, saltwater intrusion, and the devastating effects of invasive species. It is imperative that the Fish and Wildlife Service restore wetlands further inland to provide essential habitat for the migratory bird species in its trust. Read more >>

	North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative Development and Operations Plan Landscape conservation cooperatives are envisioned as broad-based partnerships providing the science necessary to undertake strategic conservation efforts across large geographic areas, e.g., at landscape and regional scales. Read more >>

	NALCC Scoping Meeting In November 2009, in Hadley, Massachusetts, the USFWS held it's first scoping meeting with regional landscape conservation cooperative partners. Follow this link to watch several of our partners talk about the benefits of landscape conservation cooperatives. Read more >>

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