2013 News Releases

Jump to month: January | February | March | April | May May 05/17/13 Agencies Announce Funding Agreement for Federal Trout Hatchery Operation, Tennessee Valley Stocking 05/16/13 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Endangered Species Recovery Champion Award Winners: Experts from Arkansas, Florida, and Tennessee Honored 05/14/13 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Delists Magazine Mountain Shagreen – First Invertebrate Recovered under the ESA 05/08/13 Service Estimates Economic Impacts and Releases Draft Environmental Assessment of Critical Habitat Designation for Neosho Mucket and Rabbitsfoot 05/01/13 Secretary Jewell Tours Everglades, Affirms Administration’s Unprecedented Commitment to Restoration Efforts in South Florida. Meets with Stakeholders and Employees; Briefed on Projects to Restore Quality, Quantity, Timing and Distribution of Water and Efforts to Combat Invasive Species April 04/29/13 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Invites Public to Provide Input to Environmental Assessment to Review Use of Genetically Modified Crops 04/26/13 Fish and Wildlife Service Invites Public Comment on Spring Pygmy Sunfish Status, Critical Habitat Designation, and Draft Economic Analysis 04/26/13 Service Estimates Economic Impact of Critical Habitat Designation for Fluted Kidneyshell and Slabside Pearlymussel 04/18/13 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Partners Starting Captive Breeding Program In Race Against Time to Prevent Extinction of Florida Grasshopper Sparrows 04/04/13 2013 Georgia Junior Duck Stamp Student Art Competition Winners 04/02/13 Paint Rock River Refuge Proposal Available for Review and Comment Public Meeting in Franklin County   March 03/22/13 Federally Endangered Bat Found in North Georgia: First Indiana Bat in Almost 50 Years 03/22/13 Service Identifies Coastal Beach Habitat Important for the Recovery of Northwest Atlantic Population of Loggerhead Sea Turtles 03/11/13 Red tide bloom affecting manatees along southwest Florida coast 03/05/13 Another Bald Eagle Dead – $7,500 Reward Offered for Information on Shooter February 02/27/13 Marksville Man Arrested for Killing Black Bear in Avoyelles Parish 02/26/13 $5,000 Reward for Information on Bald Eagle Shooting 02/20/13 Undercover Wildlife Operation Cracks Down on Poaching in North Carolina, Georgia: Multi-Agency Operation Something Bruin Charging More Than 80 Violators 02/11/13 Injured Whooping Crane to be Released Back into the Wild at Hiwassee State Wildlife Refuge in Meigs County, Tennessee 02/06/13 $2,500 Reward for Information on Bald Eagle Shooting 02/04/13 New Deputy Regional Director Named for the Southeast Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service     January 01/29/13 Reward Offered for Investigation Assistance Relating to Red Wolf Death 01/28/13 Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex Issues Pest Management Plan 01/09/13 AMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS: White River and its Watershed in Arkansas and Missouri Recognized as Second “National Blueway”   Go to 2012 news releases...

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