Captive Breeding used to Boost Declining Population of Lange's
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| Lange's Metalmark
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September 11, 2008
In August
biologists from Moorpark College, The Urban Wildlands Group, and the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released adults and caterpillars of
the Lange's metalmark butterfly to increase their numbers at Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge. Antioch
Dunes NWR is the only place on earth where the Lange's Metalmark
Butterfly exists. The release was the culmination of a successful
captive breeding program that began last year when monitoring found
dangerously low numbers of the Lange's metalmark butterfly two years
in a row. The breeding program is part of a two-pronged effort to
save the species.
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Service Supports 2008 Year of the Frog |
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| Click image for slide
show. Frog presentation courtesy of Joe Milmoe /
USFWS. |
September 5, 2008
Amphibian
populations are in decline in many areas of the world. Areas which
previously hosted a range of healthy frogs and other amphibian
populations now have fewer, or even no frogs, toads, and
salamanders. 2008 has been declared the "Year of the Frog" to
highlight this crisis and emphasize the importance of amphibian
conservation.
Learn More
Slide Show
Endangered Species Bulletin, Spring 2008, "Year of the
Frog" [PDF]
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West Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel has Recovered, Glides Off Endangered Species List |
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| West Virgina Northern flying squirrel. Credit: US Army Corps of Enginers |
August 25, 2008
Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced today that the West Virginia northern flying squirrel has recovered from the brink of extinction and will be removed from Endangered Species Act protection. The species' rebound can be attributed to a combination of conservation efforts and regeneration of the flying squirrel's forest habitat.
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Endangered Species Chief and Oregon Rancher Walk a Mile in Each Other’s Boots |
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| Ranch Manager Stacy Davies (L) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Assistant Director of Endangered Species, Bryan Arroyo on Roaring Springs Ranch in Frenchglen, Oregon. Credit: (c) Roberta Guarino |
August 21, 2008
U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service Assistant Director for Endangered Species, Bryan
Arroyo and Stacy Davies, manager of the Roaring Springs Ranch in
Frenchglen, Oregon, recently traded jobs for a week as part of the
“Walk a Mile in My Boots” exchange program. This innovative program
was established in 2003 between the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service,
the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the National
Cattlemen’s Foundation to give Service employees and ranchers a
better understanding of and mutual appreciation for each other's
roles and responsibilities.
News Release [pdf]
Walk A Mile In My Boots -
Podcast
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Service Announces New Tool for Endangered Species Conservation |
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| The golden-cheeked warbler in Texas has benefitted from the new endangered species recovery crediting system. Photo
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July 31, 2008
The Service has developed the final guidance for an innovative new tool designed to help federal agencies conserve imperiled species on non-federal lands. The Recovery Crediting System will give federal agencies greater flexibility to offset impacts to threatened and endangered species caused by their actions by undertaking conservation efforts on non-federal lands, with the requirement that there is a net benefit to recovery of the species impacted.
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Wisconsin Nest Produces First - Ever Endangered Kirtland's
Warbler for that State |
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| This young Kirtland's warbler is among the first ever to fledge in the State of Wisconsin. Credit: Jennifer Goyette (under contract by Wisconsin DNR as a nest monitor) |
July 30, 2008
A partnership
of private, state and federal agencies has sparked a flicker of hope
in Wisconsin for an endangered wood warbler. Efforts by Plum Creek
Timber Company, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service have led to the first successful nesting of Kirtland’s
warblers in the state.
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Endangered Species Act Protections Reinstated for Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Population
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| Gray wolf. Credit: John
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July 24, 2008
The U.S.
Federal District Court in Missoula, Montana, issued a preliminary
injunction on Friday, July 18, 2008, that immediately reinstated the
Endangered Species Act protections for wolves in the northern Rocky
Mountains. That area includes all of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming and
the eastern one-third of Washington and Oregon and parts of
north-central Utah.
News Release
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