1998 SOUTHEAST REGION
NEWS RELEASES
The media is invited to direct questions to:
Tom MacKenzie
Chief, Media Relations,
External Affairs
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services
Southeast Region
1875 Century Blvd. ste 410
Atlanta, GA 30345
404-679-7287
tom_mackenzie@fws.gov
December 18, 1998
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Lists St. Andrew Beach Mouse as Endangered
December 8, 1998
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
finds Petition to Delist the Squirrel Chimney Cave Shrimp Unwarranted
December 8, 1998
Florida Black Bear Removed from
Endangered Species Candidate List
November 24, 1998
Floridians Invited to Open Forum
on Panther Refuge Use Plan
November 17, 1998
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Determines Two Virgin Island Plants May Warrant Listing Under Endangered
Species Act
November 13, 1998
Department of Justice (DOJ) Announces
Indictments in Sea Smuggling Scam
November 9, 1998
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Waives Review of Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority Authorizations
October 16, 1998
Manatee Sanctuary Established at
Florida's Three Sisters Spring
October 14, 1998
Georgia-Pacific Unit, U.S. Fish
& Wildlife Service Renew Landmark Agreement to Protect Endangered
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
October 9, 1998
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
to Present Conservation Award to Champion International
October 8, 1998
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
National Park Service end effort to establish endangered red wolves in
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Photos Available to
Download
September 30, 1998
Chinese Fishery Experts
Meet with Southest Region Counterparts
September 9, 1998
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Determines Listing of Florida's Big Cypress Fox Squirrel May be Warranted
August 25, 1998
The Peregrine Falcon
Is Back! Babbitt Announces Proposal To Remove World's Fastest Bird From
Endangered Species List
Photos of Peregrine Falcons
August 19, 1998
Rare Fish, Once Thought to be Extinct,
Now Staging a Comeback
August 14, 1998
Fish and Wildlife Service to Hold
Public Meeting on Proposed Swayze Lake National Wildlife Refuge
August 10, 1998
Habitat Protection Project Proposed
for Threatened Louisiana Black Bears.
August 5, 1998
Student Trainee Returns After 24
Years to Manage Florda's A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
August 5, 1998
Mississippi Father and Son Awarded
1998 National Wetlands Conservation Award.
July 29, 1998
Public Input Sought on Technical/Agency
Draft Multi-Species Recovery Plan for South Florida.
July 24, 1998
Japanese-Owned Tennessee Shell
Company Pays $1 Million in Restitution for Illegally Buying and Transporting
Overseas Thousands of Pounds of Freshwater Mussels, One of the United
States' Most Valuable and Least Understood Resources.
July 17, 1998
Duck Hunters Bag Fines and No-Hunting
Sentences
July 15, 1998
Swayze Lake National Wildlife Refuge:
New Refuge Proposed in South-Central Louisiana
July 15, 1998
Fish and Wildlife Service Moves
to Expand Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
July 7, 1998
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Proposes Development of Flyway-Based Harvest Management Strategy for Wood
Ducks
July 8, 1998
Revised Multi-species recovery
plan for the Mobile River Basin available for public review
July 8, 1998
Revised Multi-species
Recovery Plan for the Mobile River Basin Available for Public Review
July 7, 1998
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Proposes Development of Flyway-based Harvest Management Strategy
for Wood Ducks
June 17, 1998
Fish and Wildlife Service
and National Marine Fisheries Service Say Listing of Spruce Creek Snail
is Unwarranted
June 15, 1998
Low-altitude
Flights Over Caribbean National Forest Critically Endangers Rare Puerto
Rican Parrot
June 5, 1998
Miami Federal Court Orders
Installation of Culverts to Protect Tiny Sparrow from Extinction
May 28, 1998
Stone Mountain Fairy Shrimp
Not Warranted for Listing U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Concludes
May 22, 1998
Ten Young Southeast Artists Compete
in National Junior Duck Stamp Finals
May 22, 1998
Louisiana Power Company Retrofits
Power Lines to Protect Bald Eagles
May 20, 1998
Ralph Costa
Named 1998 Recipient of Chuck Yeager Award for Natural Resource Conservation
May 14, 1998
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt
to go Wading in Search of Endangered Mussels
MEDIA ADVISORY
May 14, 1998
DuPont's Okefenokee Mining Proposal
Meets Continued Opposition
May 14, 1998
The United States Joins National
Audubon Society to Take Legal Action to Protect Tiny Sparrow from Extinction
May 12, 1998
Dedication Planned for Newest National
Wildlife Refuge
May 5, 1998
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
to Acquire Additional Lands for Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
May 5, 1998
Federal Agencies Unveil New Web
Page to Help Visitors Discover Recreational Opportunities on America's
Public Land
April 20, 1998
Statement Regarding Guilty Plea
of Fish and Wildlife Service Employee
April 17, 1998
Fish and Wildlife Service Moves
to Acquire Additional Lands for Cache River National Wildlife Refuge
April 6, 1998
Illegal Waterfowl Hunting Nets
Arkansas Man $6,500 Fine and Probation
March 31, 1998
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Announces Public Hearings on Proposal to List Flatwoods Salamander as
Threatened
March 25, 1998
Secretary Babbitt Signs Statewide
Agreement to Protect Endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker
March 16, 1998
Seven Southeast Freshwater Mussels
Added to the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
March 13, 1998
Public Input Sought to Assist in
Recovery of South Florida's Threatened and Endangered Species
March 4, 1998
Service Allows Aquacultrualists
to Take Cormorants Preying on Commercial Fish Stock
February 27, 1998
Critical Habitat for Gulf Sturgeon
Not Necessary, Would Not Upgrade Protection of Species
February 26, 1998
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
agrees to DuPont request to renew Hydrologic studies on Okefenokee National
Wildlife Refuge
February 26, 1998
Six Southeast River Restoration
Projects Awarded $330,000
January 30, 1998
Florida Panther Recovery Plan to
be Revised-- Public Input Sought
January 28, 1998
Spruce-Fir Moss Spider Technical/Agency
Draft Recovery Plan Available for Review
January 16, 1998
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Names Project Leader for Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge
January 16, 1998
Sentence of Convicted Taxidermist
has Strings Attached
January 7, 1998
Steve Thompson Named Service's Southeast
Assistant Regional Director for Refuges and Wildlife
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