December 16, 2009: The Service Finds 67 Species May Warrant Endangered Species Act Protection, Further Study Planned Finding includes one insect found in Illinois
Dec. 16, 2009: Donations Triple Reward for Information on Shooting of Whooping Crane Near Cayuga, Indiana
Dec. 10, 2009: Endangered Whooping Crane, Prominent in Species Recovery Success Story, Found Shot Near Cayuga, Indiana

Dec. 9, 2009: White Cat's Paw Pearly Mussel 5-Year Review (14-page PDF)
Dec. 4, 2009: Cave closures likely key to slowing deadly white-nose syndrome spread
Dec. 3, 2009: Fish and Wildlife Service to Conduct Status Review of the Sprague’s pipit - - Songbird’s range includes northwestern Minnesota
Sprague's Pipit page on the Cornell Ornithology Lab website
Federal Register Notice: 90-Day Finding on a Petition to List Sprague’s Pipit as Threatened or Endangered (PDF)

Dec. 2, 2009: Climate Change Adds Challenges to Freshwater Mussel Conservation
Bridge replacement helps Niangua darter recovery.
November 6, 2009: Service Releases Annual List of Candidates for Endangered Species Act: a Freshwater Mussel found in Midwest is added
November 5, 2009: Ultralight Migration Leads 20 Endangered Whooping Cranes Over the Skies of Illinois

October 26, 2009: Fish and Wildlife Service Awards $800,000 in Grants to Explore Cause, Control of White-Nose Syndrome in Bats
October 23, 2009: Ninth Group of Endangered Whooping Cranes Depart on Ultralight-guided Flight to Florida

September 30, 2009: Indiana Bat Five-Year Review (45-page PDF)

September 22, 2009: Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Endangered Species Act Protection for the Shovelnose Sturgeon
September 8, 2009: Quad Cities Nuclear Station Draft HCP available for public review and comment
September 3, 2009: Secretary Salazar Announces Guidelines to Protect Indiana Bat from Surface Coal Mining Impacts
News Release
View the Guidelines (PDF)
August 11, 2009: Endangered Piping Plover Chicks Make History. Three chicks are from first Illinois nest in 30 years.

July 27, 2009: Revised Disinfection Protocol for Bat Field Studies. To minimize the potential for transmission of white-nose syndrome

June 29, 2009: Withdrawal of Gray Wolf April 2009 Delisting Decision to Provide Opportunity for Public Comment

June 19, 2009 News Release: Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Proposals from States for 2009 Endangered Species Grants
From the Minneapolis Star Tribune (June 11, 2009): Scientists hopeful mussels will come back. A story about reintroducing the endangered winged mapleleaf.

June 9, 2009: American Burying Beetle Reintroduction: Endangered Species Returned to Wayne National Forest
June 2, 2009: Color-banded Kirtland's Warbler Returns to Wisconsin

June thru July 2009: Wisconsin Kirtland's Warbler Updates
Kirtland's Warblers
Updates on Wisconsin's Kirtland's Warblers
Chip-Chip-che-way-o: a guest blog for Detroit Free-Press by USFWS biologist Christie Deloria
Kirtland's Warblers Tours in Michigan
FWS, Partners Implement Two Kirtlands Warbler Habitat Projects In Michigan's Upper Peninsula (WLUC TV Marquette)
About Kirtland's Warblers
May 19, 2009: Coaster Brook Trout - Listing Not Warranted
May 15, 2009: Celebrate Endangered Species Day!
April 28, 2009: Salazar and Locke Restore Scientific Consultations under the Endangered Species Act to Protect Species and their Habitats
April 2, 2009: Final Rule Published Removing Gray Wolves in Western Great Lakes From Endangered Species List
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