Celebrate Pollinator Week, June 22-28, with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service!
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| Bee on a flower. Credit: Mike Higgins, USFWS. |
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June 23, 2008
In celebration of Pollinator Week the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is releasing a series of podcasts about pollinators throughout the week. Each day learn more about pollinators, such as native bees and endangered butterflies, and what you can do to help them. Visit the Pollinators Web site to get started.
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Draft Revised Recovery Plan for Northwest Atlantic Loggerhead Turtles Available
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| Loggerhead sea turtle. Credit: Donna Dewhurst / USFWS |
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May 30, 2008
NOAA's Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are seeking public review and comment on the draft revised recovery plan for the northwest Atlantic population of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). This plan is significant in that it identifies five unique recovery units for the northwest population of loggerhead turtles and describes recovery criteria for each unit. Recovery of the northwest Atlantic loggerhead will require the commitment and cooperation of a wide array of partners. The species is listed globally as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The agencies will accept public comments until July 29, 2008.
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Service to Honor Endangered Species Act Bald Eagle Agreements
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| Bald eagle in flight. Credit: USFWS |
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May 20, 2008
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today issued revised regulations under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act that will enable the Service to continue honoring authorizations for "take" of bald eagles previously granted under the Endangered Species Act. The regulations are part of an ongoing effort to ensure that the bald eagle is effectively conserved and managed under the Eagle Act now that the eagle is no longer protected as a threatened species.
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Maguire Daisy Proposed for Delisting
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| Maguire Daisy. Credit: NPS |
May 15, 2008
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to remove the Maguire daisy (Erigeron maguirei), a perennial herb found in southeastern Utah, from the Federal list of Threatened and Endangered Species. The best scientific and commercial information available indicates the Maguire daisy has recovered and no longer meets the definition of threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Cooperative recovery efforts have substantially increased the known number and distribution of Maguire daisy populations range-wide, stabilized populations, addressed threats, and provided adequate protection and management to ensure the plant's long-term persistence.
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Secretary Kempthorne Announces Endangered Species Act Protection for Polar Bear
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| Polar bear whisper in ear.© Jessie Harris |
May 14, 2008
Secretary Kempthorne announced today that the polar bear will be protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as a threatened species due to the threat of decreasing sea ice habitat caused by climate change.
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Desert Bald Eagle Returns to Endangered Species List |
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| Bald eagle in flight.
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May 1, 2008
As a result of a
recent court order, bald eagles in the Sonoran Desert of central
Arizona are again protected as “threatened” under the Endangered
Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published the
special rule announcing the protected status in the May 1, 2008 Federal Register.
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Celebrate Earth Day - Let's Go Outside! |
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| Maryland school children helping to restore a wetland by planting native wetland vegetation. Credit: USFWS
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April 18, 2008
In celebration of Earth Day and National Children & Nature Awareness month, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is encouraging you to get outside and enjoy the beauty and spring-time wonders of the natural world.
The Service recently launched its Let’s Go Outside! initiative to encourage Americans to spend time outdoors. It’s a great way to foster meaningful experiences for the entire family and create a life-long connection to the environment. Recent research has shown it can also improve one’s overall health and well-being.
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Amazing Images Shed Light on Rare Hawaiian Shrimp |
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Metabetaeus lohena Red.
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April 17, 2008
Scientists in
Hawaii have captured some of the first images ever taken of six rare
species of tiny, brilliantly colored shrimp that inhabit the
subterranean world of cracks, crevices and lava tubes of coastal
Hawaii. Called anchialine pool shrimp, these creatures range in size
from a grain of rice to 1.5 inches and are threatened by habitat
loss, nonnative invasive species and over-collection for the
aquarium trade. Three of the shrimp species are candidates for
protection under the Endangered Species Act.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Endangered Species Recovery Champion Awards |
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March 27, 2008
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall announced the sixteen recipients of the Service's 2007 Recovery Champion award. The Recovery Champion award recognizes outstanding contributions of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees and their partners toward efforts aimed at recovering threatened and endangered species in the United States.
"The Recovery Champion award not only recognizes the exceptional conservation accomplishments of the honorees, it also provides the public with a unique opportunity to learn about endangered species conservation," said Hall. "These Recovery Champions are extraordinary conservationists dedicated to protecting and restoring our nation's wildlife and ensuring that future generations of Americans enjoy the national treasures we experience today."
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Secretary Kempthorne Announces $57.9 Million in Grants to Support Land Acquisition and Conservation Planning for Endangered Species |
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Golden-cheeked Warbler. Credit: Steve Maslowski / USFWS
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March 20, 2008
Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced more than $57.9 million in grants to 23 states and one territory to support conservation planning and acquisition of vital habitat for threatened and endangered fish, wildlife and plants. The grants, awarded through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, will benefit numerous species ranging from the red-cockaded woodpecker to the Lake Erie watersnake.
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Update on Bat Die-off in the Northeast |
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Bats with white-nosed fungus. Credit: Al Hicks, New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation
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March 19, 2008
Some 8,000 to 11,000 bats died in several Albany, N.Y.-area caves and mines last winter, more than half the bat population in those hibernacula. Many of the dead bats had a white fungus on their muzzles, dubbed white-nose syndrome. This year, biologists are seeing hibernating bats die by the hundreds - probably thousands - in New York, southwest Vermont and western Massachusetts.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species biologist Susi von Oettingen talks about white-nose syndrome in bats and investigates a hibernaculum in an abandoned mine.
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How You Can Help
New York Department of Conservation
Cornell University
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Lists the Desert Bald Eagle As Threatened Under
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Bald eagle in flight. Credit: USFWS
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March 18, 2008
Due to a recent court order, bald eagles in the Sonoran Desert of central Arizona are again protected as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act.
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Interior Department Removes Northern Rocky Mountain Wolves from
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Gray wolf. Credit: Tracy
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February 21, 2008
The gray
wolf population in the Northern Rocky Mountains is thriving and no
longer requires the protection of the Endangered Species Act, Deputy
Secretary of the Interior Lynn Scarlett announced today. As a
result, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will remove the species
from the federal list of threatened and endangered species.
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Secretary Kempthorne Announces Proposal to Remove the Brown Pelican from the Endangered Species List |
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Brown pelican swimming. Credit: Lee Carney/USFWS.
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February 8, 2008
The brown pelican, a species battered by more than a century of threats including widespread poaching and the pesticide DDT, is back from the brink. During a special event held in Louisiana, also known as "the pelican state" and a major contributer to the bird's recovery, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced the Service is proposing to remove the pelican from the list of threatened and endangered species.
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| Statement for Polar Bear Decision |
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Polar bear resting but alert. Credit: Susanne Miller/USFWS.
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January 7, 2008
The Service expects to provide a final recommendation to the Secretary of the Interior and finalize the decision on whether or not to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act within the next month.
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| Most Endangered Duck Finds Refuge on Midway Atoll |
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January 3, 2008
The Laysan teal, the world's most highly endangered duck species, is thriving at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge three years after 42 of them were reintroduced to what was once part of their historic range. Trapped in the wild in 2004 and 2005 from their only remaining population on Laysan Island, the rare ducks were carefully transported 750 miles by ship to re-establish a second population. This year, there are about 200 ducks on Midway.
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