Endangered Species Day: Congratulations to the 2017 Recovery Champions for the Southeast Region
May 18, 2018 Read the full story...
Miami blue butterflies. Photo by Mark Yokoyama, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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Upcoming events at Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery
May 18, 2018 | 4 minute readJamestown, Kentucky – Lots of exciting things are happening at Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery! Ranger the Skunk’s First Birthday Party - Saturday, May 19 Our little stinker is turning one! Come on out at 12:00 p.m. CDT on Saturday, May 19 to help us celebrate. Grab a complimentary cupcake; create an animal track work-of-art; and watch Ranger play. Gifts and donations welcome, but certainly not required. Wish list items: gently used towels, World’s Best Kitty Litter, cat toys (no catnip please). Read the full story...
Hundreds turned out for the 2017 Catch a Rainbow kids fishing derby. Photo by USFWS.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conducts five-year status reviews of 35 Southeastern species
May 7, 2018 Read the full story...
Endangered Pyne’s ground-plum. Photo by NPS.
Status review shows the red wolf remains endangered
April 24, 2018 Read the full story...
Captive red wolf at Species Survival Plan facility, Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. Photo by B. Bartel, USFWS.
Summer employment opportunity with the Youth Conservation Corps
April 12, 2018 | 1 minute readThe Youth Conservation Corps of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service offers a summer youth employment program that engages young people in meaningful work experiences in national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and fish hatcheries while developing an ethic of environmental stewardship and civic responsibility. Read the full story...
Jennifer Owen-White shares her love of wildlife with members of the Youth Conservation Corps. Photo by USFWS.
2018 Georgia Junior Duck Stamp student art competition winners chosen
April 11, 2018 | 4 minute readFor the third year in a row, Rayen Kang, an 18-year-old student at the First Fine Art & Design Studio in Johns Creek has been announced as the winner of the annual 2018 Georgia Junior Duck Stamp Art Competition held Tuesday, April 10, at the Southeast Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office (Service) in Atlanta. Five judges selected Kang’s acrylic rendition of an emperor goose as the Georgia Best of Show. Read the full story...
Rayen Kang’s acrylic rendition of an emperor goose took home the Georgia Junior Duck Stamp Best of Show. Painting by Rayen Kang.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service protects rare constrictor snake of Louisiana, Texas; proposes additional conservation measures
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Louisiana pinesnake. Photo by Michael Sealy, USFWS.