1997 SOUTHEAST REGION
NEWS RELEASES
The media is invited to direct questions to:
Diana Hawkins
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services
Southeast Region
1875 Century Blvd.
Atlanta, GA 30345
Diana_Hawkins@fws.gov
December 31, 1997
Linda Kelsey Named Service's Southeast Assistant
Regional Director for Ecological Services
December 29, 1997
North Carolinian to Head Carolina Sandhills National
Wildlife Refuge
December 19, 1997
New National Wildlife Refuge Established in South
Carolina's Lowcountry
December 16, 1997
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Rare Caribbean
Plant as Endangered
December 16, 1997
Flatwoods Salamander Would be Threatened Species
Under Proposal by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
December 10, 1997
Manager Appointed for New Clark's River Refuge
December 9, 1997
Petition to Remove Red Wolf From Federal Endangered
Species List Found Unwarranted
December 3, 1997
New Project Leader Appointed to Chassahowitzka
National Wildlife Refuge Complex
November 26, 1997
Manatee Sanctuary Proposed for Three Sisters Spring
November 25, 1997
Americans Spending More Dollars and Days Off to
Enjoy Wildlife, Final U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Survey Report Shows
November 25, 1997
U.S. Senate Ratifies Amendments to Migratory Bird
Treaties with Canada and Mexico
November 19, 1997
New Project Leader Appointed to Head Caribbean
Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex
November 17, 1997
New Tennessee Endangered Guide Available
November 12, 1997
Zebra Mussels Threat to Western Waters? --Kansas
Conference Will Assess Risk
November 10, 1997
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Forges Agreement
to Promote Nature Photography; Presents Awards to National Wildlife Refuge
System Supporters
November 7, 1997
Steiner Takes Top Honors 1997 Federal Duck Stamp
Art Competition
November 5, 1997
Make Way for (Live) Ducks at the Federal Duck Stamp
Art Contest
November 5, 1997
Adams Named Service's Law Enforcement Chief
November 5, 1997
Bog Turtles Protected by Endangered Species Act
October 31, 1997
Citrus Grower Pleads Guilty, Sentenced in Florida
Scrub Jay Case
October 29, 1997
Community Coalitions Care for National Wildlife
Refuge System
October 29, 1997
More Information Needed to Determine if Atlantic
Sturgeon Eligible for Endangered Species Act Protection
October 17, 1997
Six Freshwater Snails are Proposed
October 17, 1997
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to List
the St. Andrew Beach Mouse as Endangered
October 8, 1997
Public Comment Invited on Plan to Restore Threatened
Puerto Rican Plant
October 8, 1997
Sam D. Hamilton Named Service's Southeast Regional
Director
September 30, 1997
Cossatot National Wildlife Refuge Gets New Name
September 29, 1997
Celebrate Wildlife During National Wildlife Refuge
Week
September 15, 1997
Wildlife Biologist Brian T. Kelly Appointed Lead
Biologist and Coordintor of Red Wolf Field Projects
September 12, 1997
Wetlands Loss Slows, Fish and Wildlife Service Study
Shows
September 5, 1997
Service's Manatee Task Force Nets Protection Zone
Violators
August29, 1997
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Approves Geotechnical
Testing on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
August 6, 1997
Consumer Alert! Ivory Imports into U.S. Still Banned
August 6, 1997
Jamie Clark Confirmed Director of U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service
July 21, 1997
Service to Patrol Brevard County Manatee Protection
Zones
July 8, 1997
Habitat Restoration Funds Earmarked for Projects
in Arkansas, Florida, and Georgia
July 8, 1997
Fish and Wildlife Service Moves to Establish Black
Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge
July 7, 1997
Marvin Moriarty Named U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Acting Southeast regional Director
July 1, 1997
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Approval
of New National Wildlife Refuge in Western Kentucky
June 25, 1997
Senator Announces Establishment of New National
Wildlife Refuge in Coastal South
June 17, 1997
H. Dale Hall Named Southeast Deputy Regional Director
of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
June 13, 1997
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to Expand
Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge
June 13, 1997
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to Expand
Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
June 12, 1997
National Wildlife Refuges in 4 Southeastern States
to Receive Approximately $250,000 to Fund Needed Improvements
June 11, 1997
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Designates the Frog
Guajn as Threatened
June 10, 1997
Okaloosa Darter Draft Revised Recovery Plan Available
for Review
May 14, 1997
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Employees Receive
Awards for Helping to Cut Government Waste and Red Tape
May 14, 1997
Larry E. Mallard Named Refuge Manager at Arkansas'
White River National Wildlife
May 12, 1997
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Names New North Carolina
State Supervisor
May 1, 1997
American Sportfishing Association Names Clough 1997
"Woman of the Year"
April 17, 1997
Media Advisory -- Earth Day 1997
April 17, 1997
"Never a Silent Spring" to be Aired in
Conjunction with 1997 International Migratory Bird Day
April 4, 1997
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Names New Florida
State Supervisor
April 4, 1997
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Project Benefits
Georgia Residents, Visitors, and Recreational Fishing in the Region
March 26, 1997
Braun's Rockcress Draft Recovery Plan Available
for Review
March 19, 1997
Florida Nabs National Awards for Top Wildlife Refuge
Manager and Top Refuge Volunteer
March 13, 1997
New National Wildlife Refuge proposed for Black
Bayou Lake
March 13, 1997
Florida County Receives $500,000 to Protect Nesting
Habitat for Endangered Sea Turtles
March 10, 1997
Public Scoping Meetings Scheduled for Florida panther
and Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuges
March 4, 1997
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Withdraws the Listing
of Ortegon (Coccoloba Rugosa) as Threatened
February 28, 1997
William C. (Chuck) Hunter Receives 1996 Partners
in Flight Leadership Award
February 27, 1997
Captive-reared Florida Panthers Released to the
Wild
February 25, 1997
Public Can Request to Receive Via E:mail U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service News Releases and Endangered Species Information
February 7, 1997
Floridian Convicted for Smuggling Peruvian Boa Constrictors
February 6, 1997
Administration's Proposed Budget Would Increase
Funding for Broad Range of Conservation programs
February 6, 1997
Manatees Rebound Following 1996 Die-off
February 6, 1997
Dealer Pleads Guilty to Illegal Sale of Eagle and
Other Migratory Bird Parts
February 5, 1997
Plans for Improved Water Quality and Safer Wildlife
Habitat Counted Among the Southeast's 1996 Conservation Successes
February 4, 1997
Public Hearing Scheduled on Expanding Red Wolf Program
to Northwest Florida's Little St. George Island
January 24, 1997
Public Meeting Scheduled for Proposed Clarks River
National Wildlife Refuge
January 21, 1997
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Names New Field Supervisor
January 14, 1997
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Designates West Indian
Walnut as Endangered
January 10, 1997
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Adds Rare Puerto
Rican Shrub to Endangered Species List
January 10, 1997
Five Freshwater Mussels in Kentucky, Tennessee,
and Virginia are Added to the Federal List of Endangered Species
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