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2024 - Weekly Highlights from the Asheville Field Office, Asheville, North Carolina

Shrub-like plants with showy bright orange flowers grow in a brown field with other shrubs.

Endangered Species Act

Final Recovery Plan for the Gierisch Mallow Plant Now Available

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Land Management

Agencies renew Nevada's commitment to shared stewardship

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Land Management

Snapshot: Biologists Assess Hurricane's Impacts to Wetlands

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Snapshot: Biologists Descend on North Carolina Wetland to Counter Invasive Tree

A photo collage of seven species found in the Edwards Aquifer on a black background. The species are the orange Comal Springs dryopid beetle, the pink to clear Texas blind salamander, the tan to orange San Marcos salamander, the orange to burnt red Comal Springs riffle beetle. The second row of species features the clear Peck’s cave amphipod, the green and yellow Texas wild-rice and tan and blue fountain darter.

Endangered Species Act

Service Extends Public Comment Period on Draft Recovery Plan for Edwards Aquifer Listed Species

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Habitat Restoration

BLM, FWS issue final analysis, preferred approach for proposed highway

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Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Biologists Begin Assessing Area Streams Post-Hurricane Helene

Clouds surround the major peaks of the Teton Range over Jackson Lake and Willow Flats.

Wildlife Management

Grizzly #399’s Remains Returned to Grand Teton National Park

Wildlife Wonders

Endangered Species Act

Recovery plan for four imperiled freshwater mussels

Habitat Restoration

Freshwater Mussels and Fish Moved to a New Home in the Donner und Blitzen River

Two yellow and white speckled fish with slight frowns.

Endangered Species Act

The Service will Evaluate Sonora Chub's Critical Habitat

Seeking public comment on Cardinal Point Wind Project Habitat Conservation Plan

Endangered Species Act

Draft Habitat Conservation Plan and Categorical Exclusion Available for Public Comment

Endangered Species Act

Habitat Conservation Plan for Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle Available for Public Comment

Endangered Species Act

Service Finalizes Listing for the Pearl River Map Turtle

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Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Comment on Proposed Critical Habitat for the Barrens Topminnow

A Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan in summer plumage standing on light colored boulders

Endangered Species Act

Mount Rainier White-tailed Ptarmigan Federally Listed as Threatened Due to Climate Change Threat

Endangered Species Act

$48.4M for Collaborative Efforts to Conserve America’s Most Imperiled Species

Endangered Species Act

Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle

Green sea turtle trapped in jetty rocks in Texas

Green Sea Turtle Strandings Increase Along Jetties on the Texas Coast

Endangered Species Act

Rio Grande Chub and Sucker Not in Danger of Extinction

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Endangered Species Act

Draft Environmental Assessment for the Swan River Valley Bull Trout Recovery Project Available for Public Comment

Land Management

For Peat's Sake

Proactive conservation supports species at risk

National Guard protects last eastern population of rare butterfly

a white plastic tray with nine partitions holds one light brown fairy shrimp in each partition. In the center is the text "the Branchi Bunch" in a font like the title of the sitcom, the Brady Bunch, to parody the opening title screen of the show.

Wildlife Wonders

Tune In to California's Vernal Pools

Endangered Species Act

FAQs – Withdrawal of the pyramid pigtoe from listing consideration

Migratory Species

Where do birds go offshore? The answers may be blowing in the wind

Habitat Restoration

Saving the Salt Marsh

Flowering bush with yellow flowers in the Florida scrub

Endangered Species Act

Recovering the Florida Golden Aster

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.

Two Florida Manatees in Three Sisters Springs surrounded by small fish

Endangered Species Act

Manatee Conservation in Georgia

Prescribed burn on island

Land Management

Burning for Biodiversity

a brown owl with white spots sits on a snag with brown foliage in the background

Endangered Species Act

3 Efforts Underway that Support the California Spotted Owl and Reduce Wildfire Risk