Fall in Love with Nature this Valentine's Day

Show your love for nature this Valentine's Day by sending an electronic valentine from the Service's Let's Go Outside website, or take your kids outside and watch a red cardinal perch on a snow filled branch. Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to fall in love with nature, whether in your own backyard or at a National Wildlife Refuge near you.

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Nantucket scrimshaw artist guilty of smuggling

A Nantucket, Mass., man was convicted Jan. 28 of smuggling sperm whale teeth and elephant ivory. Charles Manghis used eBay to illegally purchase ivory from outside the country. Manghis then used the ivory to create scrimshaw items he sold in a Nantucket shop and on his Web site. Service Law Enforcement special agents worked on the investigation leading to Manghis' conviction.

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Green Island hydro agreement opens Hudson River to fish passage

The Service, NOAA-Fisheries and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation have developed an agreement with the Green Island Power Authority calling for a fish passageway opening upstream habitat to fish, including American shad and blueback herring. To prevent fish from entering turbines, an innovative screening device will be tested. Fish movements will be tracked to check fish passage effectiveness. The authority plans to increase hydropower capacity at the Corps of Engineers dam near Troy, N.Y.

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Law Enforcement seizes 1,000 pounds of Asian carp in Boston

Service Law Enforcement special agents and Massachusetts Environmental Police seized some 1,000 pounds of live Asian bighead carp Jan. 26 in Boston’s Chinatown, effectively stopping the import of this invasive species throughout New England. The seizure was part of an investigation into wildlife trafficking.

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