2013 News Releases

Jump to month: January | February | March | April | May | June June 06/18/13 $3,500 Reward Offered in Suspected Poisoning of Two Bald Eagles in Thibodaux, La. 06/18/13 Draft Recovery Plan for Endangered Golden Sedge Available 06/13/13 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Partners in the Imperiled Butterfly Working Group Conclude Florida Zestos and Rockland Grass Skipper Butterflies are Likely Extinct 06/12/13 Fewer Red Wolf Litters Reported for 2013 Whelping Season 06/05/13 Migratory Bird Conservation Commission Approves Acquisition of 9,000 Acres of Wetlands for National Wildlife Refuge System   May 05/31/13 Great Outdoors Month, 2013 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION 05/29/13 Eagle Shooter Still At Large, Reward Offered 05/23/13 Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to List Kentucky Glade Cress and Designate Critical Habitat 05/22/13 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Investigating Manatee Video 05/21/13 $22,000 Reward for Information Involving Bald Eagle Shootings ($11,000 per eagle/responsible subject) 05/17/13 Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries News: Up to $3,000 in Reward Money Offered for Information in Whooping Crane Shooting 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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