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Side angle of a painted bunting, showing its blue head, orange/red underside, and various green colors on its back, courtesy of Dan Pancamo, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0).
April 2024, Bird of the Month: Painted Bunting
Majestic and vibrantly muti-colored, this migratory songbird will win any beauty pageant. The French named it “nonpareil,” which means “without equal.”
Monarch butterflies fly in a wildflower field.
Southeast Monarch Migration
Is monarch butterfly migration changing in the Southeast? Researchers are now noticing migratory changes in the eastern monarch population. We need the help of citizen scientists to understand the changes.
Rolling mountains with conifer trees and a partly cloudy sky
2024 - Weekly Highlights from the Asheville Field Office, Asheville, North Carolina
2024 highlights from the Asheville Ecological Services Office
Three people standing on a tractor-pulled seed planter, with a large tractor tire in the foreground.
Land Management
Snapshot: Planting the Seeds of Pollinator Conservation. Literally.
A fifteen-acre pollinator meadow is planted in Mills River, N.C. thanks to a partnership between the Service, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, and, most importantly, the town of Mills River.
Tundra swan in flight on a clear day.
Bird of the Month – Tundra Swan
Introducing our February bird of the month: the tundra swan.
A threatened Louisiana pinesnake (Pituophis ruthveni) basks atop bed of pine needles. This snake occurs in West Louisiana and East Texas in longleaf pine savannah, a habitat that was mostly reduced by the 1930s.
Endangered Species Act
Draft Recovery Plan for Louisiana Pinesnake Now Available
A key part of the strategy to help the Louisiana pinesnake recover is to continue the partner-led captive breeding and reintroduction efforts in the Kisatchie National Forest Catahoula District. In areas where partners have reintroduced the snake, there has been success.
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Bald Eagle Monitoring Guidelines-Southeastern US
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Bald Eagle Monitoring Guidelines-Southeastern US

This step-by-step guidance will help you determine if your new or intermittent activity near an eagle nest, including alternate nests, is likely to take or disturb bald eagles (a potential violation of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act) and measures that you can adopt to avoid that...

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Wildlife, Habitats and Our Changing Climate
In the southeastern United States, changes to the climate are having profound impacts on our nation’s wildlife and habitats. In aquatic environments, evidence is growing that higher water temperatures resulting from climate change are negatively impacting cold- and cool-water fish populations...
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A half dozen large silver fish jumping out of the water to a height of six feet.
Invasive carp in Southeastern waters
The spread of four species of large carp—bighead, black, grass, and silver— threatens the Southeast’s renowned aquatic biodiversity and local outdoor economies. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its federal and state partners are on the front line fighting Invasive carp in southeastern waters.
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