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07/17/2006:
Partners Sign Landmark Agreement to Restore Wildlife Habitat on Private Lands in Mississippi
A partnership of 21 federal and state agencies, conservation organizations and private companies is working to conserve fish and wildlife habitats on privately owned land. This group is called the Mis...
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07/11/2006:
Montana Partners for Fish and Wildlife Receives National Award for Innovative Conservation Efforts
Harvard University has awarded its prestigious "Innovations in American Government Award" to Montana Partners for Fish and Wildlife, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service program, for its community-based c...
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06/19/2006:
Natural Resource Successes at Ft. Stewart Attributed to Partnerships
Longleaf pine forests and red-cockaded woodpeckers (or RCWs as they are affectionately called by biologists) are examples of plants and animals once considered quite common across the southeastern Uni...
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05/08/2006:
Bald Eagle Chick Hatches in Second Nest on Santa Cruz Island
Less than three weeks after welcoming the first bald eagle chick that hatched unaided on the Channel Islands in more than 50 years, restoration biologists have yet another reason to celebrate. Earlier...
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05/03/2006:
Idaho Waterfowl Habitat Project - Landowner, Agencies, Non-Profit, Team Up
Migrating waterfowl winging their way across Idaho's Panhandle will have a safe new place to rest and feed, thanks to a newly forged Conservation Easement agreement in the Coeur d'Alene Basin. The Agr...
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03/09/2006:
Collaborative FERC Relicensing Creates New Partnerships
Spanning the North Carolina/Tennessee state line is the four-dam Tapoco Hydroelectric Project located on the Little Tennessee and Cheoah Rivers. The Project sits between Great Smoky Mountains Nationa...
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03/07/2006:
Upper Mississippi River Navigation Study
With significant input and leadership over 12 years from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Integrated Feasibility Report and Programmatic EIS for the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) Naviga...
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03/07/2006:
Working Together to Restore Habitat in Coastal Maine: The Mill Brook Salt Marsh Restoration Project
Mill Brook salt marsh, a 381-acre section of Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area was restored in 2005 following several years of assessment and coordination by multiple local, state, and federa...
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03/07/2006:
Controlling Invasive Species to Benefit Trust Species in Florida: Working Across the Fenceline
To effectively control invasive plant species on key conservation lands, the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (PFFW) is building partnerships with neighboring landowners. These efforts are bene...
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03/04/2006:
National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska Northwest Area Plan includes Measures to Conserve Habitat
The Northwest Planning Area is approximately 8.8 million acres managed by BLM and located on the North Slope of Alaska. A part of a recent planning process for oil and gas lease sales, the Service as...
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03/04/2006:
A Long History of Collaborative Environmental Initiatives at Fort Carson, CO
Fort Carson, Colorado has a long history of working collaboratively with stakeholders to achieve environmental goals and ensure long-term success in the management of natural resources. Through a coo...
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03/04/2006:
Air Force Partnership to remove invasive species in Niagara Falls, NY
The collaborative working relationship between the Service and the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station (NFARS) helps protect and enhance the natural resources present at NFARS while maintaining mission ...
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03/04/2006:
Army Partnership Establishes Conservation Area in the Marshall Islands - Enewetak Conservation Area
U.S. Public Law 108-88, which approves the Compact of Free Association between the U.S. and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), states that Federal agencies (with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Se...
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03/04/2006:
Reduction of Fish and Wildlife Impacts from Coal Bed Methane Development in Montana
Early involvement in project planning and a programmatic approach that allowed simultaneous review of projects in 16 counties in Montana has reduced negative resource impacts from coal bed methane dev...
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03/04/2006:
Kenai River Fishermen Receive Benefits From Relicensing Hydro Project in Alaska
A Settlement Agreement for relicensing of the Cooper Lake Hydroelectric Project, located near Cooper Landing on the Kenai Peninsula, was reached in August 2005. The Agreement is a win-win because Coo...
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03/04/2006:
Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance Program is an active participant in the Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture (EBTJV), a model regional-scale partnership focused...
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03/04/2006:
Coordination with Corps of Engineers Provides Fishy Results in Michigan
Recently, the Upper Peninsula Ecological Services Office, working closely with the Ashland Fishery Resource Office, provided recommendations on fish friendly stream crossings to the U.S. Army Corps of...
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03/04/2006:
Apache Trout Recovery in the White Mountains of Arizona
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fisheries Program and its partners are working to recover native Apache Trout in rivers and stream of the White Mountains in Arizona. Due to habitat loss and other ...
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03/04/2006:
Great Lakes "Coaster" Brook Trout Restoration in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fisheries Program is working in collaboration with other federal and state governments, tribes, and private organizations to help bring the "Coaster" brook trout bac...
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03/04/2006:
Impacts of Pipeline Crossings on Coastal Marshes Reduced in Texas
For many years in Texas, impacts from pipeline construction through wetlands have been considered temporary by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), and no mitigation was required for habitat loss...
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03/03/2006:
Partnering to Obtain New Drug Approvals for Aquatic Resources
The Service's National Fish Hatchery System (NFHS) plays a vital role in conserving America's fisheries, and is a key partner with States, Tribes, other Federal agencies, and private interests in coll...
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03/03/2006:
Laboratory Study Jump-Starts Endangered Winged Mapleleaf Recovery Efforts
The winged mapleleaf mussel is a Federally listed endangered species that is approaching extinction. Once found throughout many Midwestern rivers, only three known populations exist. One population ...
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03/03/2006:
Minnesota Roads Will Feature Wildlife Crossings
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is considered to be one of the best state transportation agencies in the United States today. Their state of the art engineering and long range and area wide...
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03/03/2006:
Partnerships Power Relicensing Negotiations for Missouri Hydro Project
Lake of the Ozarks is known far and wide as a prime destination for anglers, boaters, and outdoor recreationists across the country. Located in south central Missouri, the lake was formed with the co...
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03/03/2006:
Service is Instrumental in Wildlife-Friendly Roadway
A new highway in southeastern Virginia is proving to be friendly to wildlife and wetlands. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) originally proposed to widen the existing U.S. Route 17, lo...
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03/03/2006:
Oregon Bridges Project Saves Money, Time, and Fish and Wildlife
The 10-year, $1.3 billion Oregon Transportation Investment Act State Bridge Delivery Program will repair or replace several hundred bridges throughout Oregon that are nearing the end of their design l...
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03/03/2006:
Nonesuch River Saltmarsh Restoration, Maine
The Nonesuch River is a 247-acre sub-watershed of the 3,100-acre Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area, owned and managed by Maine Dept. Of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW). The Nonesuch Ri...
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03/03/2006:
Purple Loosestrife Rapid Response in Alaska
This fall shockwaves rippled through the Alaskan community when the first occurrence of purple loosestrife was discovered along Chester Creek in Anchorage, Alaska. Purple loosestrife is an invasive p...
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03/03/2006:
Re-Meandering the River on Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico
Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge (BLNWR) is located in Chaves County of southeastern New Mexico. Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge has numerous water features, including: springs, seeps, creek...
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03/03/2006:
Improving Water Quality for Restoration of Freshwater Mussels
In cooperation with our partners, the Fish and Wildlife Service has provided the science to improve water quality for restoration of freshwater mussels.
Freshwater mussels comprise the largest grou...
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03/02/2006:
Wind Energy Projects Benefit form Service Input
Wind has been a commercial source of energy in North America since the 1970s and has been considered environmentally friendly. The electricity generated by wind energy projects lacks many of the envir...
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03/02/2006:
Freshwater Mussel Restoration in the Clinch River, Virginia
In 2005, in Cedar Bluff, Virginia, the Service, the local community, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) cooperated to release o...
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03/02/2006:
Ensuring Enough Water for People and Wildlife in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida
Three southern states have been involved in Water Compact Negotiations to prepare water allocation formulas concerning water management for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and Alabama-Coosa-Talla...
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03/02/2006:
Patuxent River Oil Spill: Bringing Back Ruddy Ducks
On April 7, 2000, approximately 126,000 gallons of oil was released from a ruptured pipeline near the Chalk Point Generating Station, Aquasco, Maryland. As a result, Swansons Creek and 17 miles of th...
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03/02/2006:
Penobscot River Restoration Project
The Penobscot River, Maine's largest watershed, historically contained large runs of Atlantic salmon, American shad, sturgeon, striped bass, American eels and other migratory species. Construction of...
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