Northeast Region Highlights
Credit: Coalition for the Delaware River Basin Watershed |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NFWF Announce $4.1 Million in Grants from the New Delaware Watershed Conservation FundMarch 22, 2019- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced $4.1 million in grants for 25 projects that will support the protection, restoration and conservation of fish and wildlife habitat in the Delaware River Watershed. |
Bill Arden (left) and Brett Towler (right) |
Service scientists receive national recognitionMarch 8, 2019 - Two U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region employees have earned prestigious honors from the agency for their efforts to advance conservation through science. Dr. William (Bill) Ardren, a senior fish biologist, has received the Rachel Carson Award for Exemplary Scientific Accomplishment, and Dr. Brett Towler, a hydraulic engineer, has received the Sam D. Hamilton Award for Transformational Conservation Science. |
A view of the Kittatinny Ridge at Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, which Horne has helped to grow by working strategically with partners. Credit: Marilyn Kitchell/USFWS |
Michael Horne receives national Land Legacy AwardFebruary 26, 2019 - The project Leader for the Lenape National Wildlife Refuge Complex — encompassing refuge lands in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania — has received the national Land Legacy Award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Realty for significant contributions to land protection, amounting to 2,422 acres and counting. |
Fostering institutions care for young northern red-bellied cooters until they are larger than the palm of a hand. Credit: Bridget Macdonald/USFWS |
In Massachusetts, some young turtles get a head start in schoolFebruary 21, 2019 - In the 1980s, scientists were concerned about the decline of northern red-bellied cooters in Massachusetts. They estimated that there were only 200 northern red-bellied cooters left in the state?—?and they could all be found in just 12 ponds in Plymouth County. So they sent them to school. Since the initiation of the student-led program to raise turtles, 4,334 head-started cooters have been released into 33 sites in eastern Massachusetts. |
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