| July |
| 1 |
Southwest
Florida Maritime Task Force Cooperative
Manatee Enforcement Effort Slated for July 4th – July 6th,
2008 |
| June |
| 27 |
Harvest Strategy for Scaup Set |
| 18 |
SAFE
for Bears and Landowners |
| 17 |
Draft Revised Recovery Plan for the Puerto Rican Parrot Available for Review |
| 11 |
Fire Sends Wildlife 'House' Hunting |
| 11 |
Service Proposes to Expand Hunting and Fishing
Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges |
| 4 |
Arrest Made in Illegal Killing of a Black Bear in Mississippi |
| 2 |
Fish and Wildlife Service Completes Biological Opinion
on Corps’ Revised Interim Operations Plan
at Woodruff Dam |
| May |
| 30 |
Draft Revised Recovery Plan for the Northwest Atlantic Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Available for Review |
| 28 |
Secretary Kempthorne Presents Presidential and Departmental Awards to Interior Executives |
| 27 |
U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Critical Habitat Designation
for the Alabama Sturgeon |
| 22 |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces New Project Leader at Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge |
| 20 |
Service
Issues Rule to Grandfather Pre-existing Endangered Species
Act |
| 15 |
FWS Announces Revised Critical Habitat Proposal for
Wintering Piping Plover |
| 12 |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Presents 2007 Southeastern
Regional Director’s Conservation Awards |
| 7 |
Interior Department Awards Grants to States to Conserve Imperiled Wildlife |
| 6 |
U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes
Critical Habitat for the Louisiana Black Bear |
| April |
| 28 |
Illegal Import of Skull & Leopard Skin Leads to $20,000 Fine for Violating Endangered Species Act |
| 25 |
Fort Lauderdale Caviar Dealer Charged in International Smuggling Operation |
| 23 |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Grants to 27 States for Sewage Pumpout Facilities for Boaters |
| 23 |
Philadelphia, MS Pawn Shop Owner Sentenced for Selling Eagle Feathers |
| 16 |
Fish
and Wildlife Service Conducts Five-year Status
Reviews of 18 Florida Species |
| 9 |
Flooding
Closes
Turkey
Season
at
White
River
National
Wildlife
Refuge,
Pond
Creek
National
Wildlife
Refuge,
and
units
1 and
3 of
Cache
River
National
Wildlife
Refuge |
| 4 |
U.S.
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
Announces
2008
Georgia
Junior
Duck
Stamp
Student
Art
Competition
Winners |
| March |
| 28 |
U.S.
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
Announces
2007
Recovery
Champion
Awards --
Two
recipients
Awarded in
Florida for
Sea Turtle
Work |
| 25 |
Major
Agreement for Vieques Cleanup Finalized |
| 21 |
$6.2
Million
Will
Go to
38 Native
American
Projects
in 18
States
for Wide
Range
of Conservation
Work |
| 20 |
Secretary
Kempthorne
Announces
$57.9
Million
in
Grants
to
Support
Land
Acquisition
and
Conservation
Planning
for
Endangered
Species |
| 17 |
Ed
Winddancer
Sentenced
to
$5,000
Ffine
and
Year's
Probation
for
Possessing
and
Trading
American
Bald
Eagle
Feathers |
| 17 |
Medicine
Disposal Partnership will Encourage Public to Flush Less, Crush
More |
| 6 |
Public
Invited
to
Celebrate
Re-Opening
of
the
Wetland
Walkway
on
Sabine
National
Wildlife
Refuge
and
the
Creole
Nature
Trail |
| 3 |
U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service Launches Let’s Go Outside! |
| February |
| 28 |
The
United
States
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
Means
Business |
| 20 |
U.S.
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
Teams
with
Cornell
Laboratory
of
Ornithology
to
Support
Bird
Watching |
| 20 |
Inspection
Fee
Increases,
New
Requirements
Proposed
for
Wildlife
Trade |
| 20 |
Public
Comment
Period
Opens
on
U.S.
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
Proposal
to
Delist
Brown
Pelican
Throughout
its
Range |
| 20 |
Student wildlife art contest entries for the
Junior Duck Stamp Competition due March 15, 2008 |
| 13 |
Interior
Secretary Dirk Kempthorne Announces Grants to 15 States to
Improve Recreational Boating Infrastructure |
| 11 |
Stan
Garner New National Wildlife Refuge System Law Enforcement
Chief for the Southeast Region |
| 11 |
Something
is killing our bats:
The
white–nose syndrome mystery |
| 8 |
Secretary
Kempthorne
Announces
Proposal
to
Remove
the
Brown
Pelican
from
the
Endangered
Species
List |
| 4 |
President’s
$2.2 Billion Budget Request for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
in 2009 Supports Bird Conservation, Other Key Conservation Priorities |
| January |
| 30 |
Tuscaloosa
Man
Sentenced
for
Baiting
Mourning
Doves
for Hunters |
| 30 |
Bald
eagle shot in Palm Beach County |
| 28 |
Ultralight-led
Whooping Cranes Arrive at Florida Wintering Grounds |
| 18 |
Broward
Men
Sentenced
to
Prison
for
Illegal
Attempt
to
Harass,
Capture
and
Kill
Protected
Manatee |
| 15 |
Whooping
Crane Migration Enters Florida |
| 7 |
Whooping
Cranes and Ultralights Heading Through Georgia |
