Pacific Region 2012 Federal Wildlife Officer of the Year: Richard Bare

Richard Bare received the Pacific Region 2012 Federal Wildlife Officer of the Year. This award recognizes an officer for outstanding achievement in the field of conservation law enforcement.

According to Officer Bare’s supervisors, “His passion and abilities in making cases for the protection of our nation’s wildlife resources has earned him the respect and admiration of the Federal Wildlife Officers of the National Wildlife Refuge System and with our accompanying state and local partners. He has taken the wildlife enforcement cases to new levels of investigation by tracking potential violators on land and through cyberspace.”

 The NWRS's Division of Law Enforcement investigates wildlife crimes, regulates wildlife trade, helps Americans understand and obey wildlife protections laws, and works in partnership with international, state, and tribal counterparts to conserve wildlife resources.

Celebrating Endangered Species Day

Today marks the 8th anniversary of national Endangered Species Day.  Special events and other programs will be offered throughout the country to recognize conservation efforts across the nation aimed at helping America’s imperiled species. For 40 years, the Endangered Species Act has helped our nation protect the wild things and wild places, ensuring that our children’s children and future generations can see species such as the bull trout, the Hawaiian nene, and the western snowy plover.


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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Endangered Species Recovery Champion Award Winners

A team that developed state-of-the-art modeling tools for designing and evaluating habitat conservation networks and a team that preserved and restored more than 9,000 acres of coastal and forested habitat in Puget Sound are among the conservation heroes honored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday as Recovery Champions. The Northern Spotted Owl Modeling Team is comprised of 12 federal, university and private sector individuals from Washington, Oregon and California who developed tools for identifying critical habitat for the northern spotted owl. The Coastal Program team includes two U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists in Lacey, Washington, who have been instrumental in protecting key Puget Sound habitats in perpetuity to benefit bull trout, marbled murrelets and Chinook salmon. 

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