The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) joins the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA), and other partners at the 2012 SHOT-SHOW to announce the start of a yearlong celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (WSFR), one of the most significant and successful partnership approaches to fish and wildlife conservation in U.S. history. The "WSFR 75 - It's Your Nature" celebration brings together federal and state fish and wildlife agencies; the hunting, shooting, angling, and boating industries; and conservation groups to mark a milestone of partnership success that has led to 75 years of quality hunting, fishing, shooting, boating and wildlife-related recreation. The occasion also marks the beginning of a new era in wildlife conservation, during which the partners will establish new goals for fostering and maintaining partnerships to continue conservation and outdoor recreation into the next 75 years and beyond.

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The Endangered Species Act provides a safety net for America's native fish, wildlife and plants. Looking back on 2011, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proud of the remarkable successes of this landmark conservation law. The latest edition of the Endangered Species Bulletin looks at some of the exciting events and incredible achievements from 2011, and the many groups and individuals that helped make them happen.

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Students at nine schools in Bend, Oregon, recently received three guitars each from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Pacific Region Office of Law Enforcement, following an agreement with Two Old Hippies, a Bend guitar company. The company paid $10,769 in import fees and forfeited 30 guitars as a penalty for violations by Breedlove Guitars, a Bend company acquired by Two Old Hippies in 2010. Prior to the acquisition, Breedlove failed to comply with import/export requirements for trade in wildlife by importing 348 Korean guitars containing abalone and mother-of-pearl inlays -- without filing the necessary declarations or paying required commercial import fees to the Service. Two Old Hippies representatives selected the schools that received 27 of the forfeited guitars; three of the forfeited guitars remain with the Fish and Wildlife Service. All 348 guitars were initially seized by FWS officers but 318 of the guitars were returned to Two Old Hippies per the agreement. The company claims the 30 forfeited guitars have a retail value of $27,650.

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