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November 2007

• Updated Whoopers Page: Latest Whooping Crane Flock Status and Headlines: Health Checks and Anatomy 101
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for November 19, 2007
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for November 5, 2007

October 2007

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for October 29, 2007
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for October 22, 2007
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for October 15, 2007
• Addition to Rachel Carson Centennial Event (May 17-18, 2007) Page: Some Presentations Now Available from Scientific Sessions!
• Updated: Listing of Available Products/Reprints
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for October 1, 2007
• Annual Patuxent Wildlife Festival to be held on Saturday, October 13, 2007 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at National Wildlife Visitor Center
• Updated Whoopers Page: Latest Whooping Crane Flock Status and Headlines--Another Season Come and Gone

September 2007

• See our new Windpower Fact Sheet on our Fact Sheets page

July 2007

• Patuxent 5-Year Strategic Review, July 17 - 19, 2007

June 2007

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for June 25, 2007
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for June 18, 2007
• Recently Updated: Patuxent Bibliography
• Recently Updated and relocated: Patuxent Library Catalog
• Recently Updated and relocated: DUCKDATA database and FTP files
• Recently Updated: Contaminant Exposure and Effects--Terrestrial Vertebrates (CEE-TV) Database

May 2007

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for May 21, 2007
• New Website: Wildlife Disease, Ecology and Human Health Projects at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

April 2007

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for April 30, 2007
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for April 16, 2007
• Updated Event Information: Rachel Carson Centennial Birthday Celebration -- May 14 - 24, 2007
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for April 2, 2007
• Workshop: Living with Coyotes: An Information Session -- Saturday, April 21, 2007 at the National Wildlife Visitor Center

March 2007

• USGS Product Release: Population Model for Florida Manatees
• Updated Whoopers Page: Latest Whooping Crane Flock Status and Headlines: Breeding Season Preparations - 2007
• Addition to Fact Sheet Page: Prairie Wetlands and Climate Change - Droughts and Ducks on the Prairies (PDF)
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for March 12, 2007
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for March 5, 2007

February 2007

• In Memoriam: Lucille Farrier Stickel 1915-2007
• Updated Whoopers Page: Latest Whooping Crane Flock Status and Headlines: Mortality of 17 Juvenile Whooping Cranes in Florida Storm
• Announcement of Upcoming Event: Rachel Carson Centennial Birthday Celebration -- May 14 - 24, 2007
• Bee Survey: Surveys of Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge discover many new and rare native bee species. (PDF - see page 5)
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for February 5, 2007

January 2007

• Special Award: Patuxent Intern Receives National Award from Secretary Kempthorne. Joshua Stone served as an intern to mentor Dr. Michael
  Erwin, on the Paul S. Sarbanes Environmental Restoration Project at Poplar Island during summer 2006. This award is for Joshua's contributions to conservation. See Press Release and Photos.
• New Website: See Wind Power-Related Research Projects at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

November 2006

• Two New Science Briefs Added: See Toxicity and Hazard of Vanadium to Ducks and Geese and Environmental Contaminant Hazards to Terrestrial Vertebrates Residing in Mid-Atlantic National Parks on our Science Briefs page.
• Updated Whoopers Page: Latest Whooping Crane Flock Status and Headlines: Patuxent Star Shines in Florida
• Posters and Presentations from October, 2006 Patuxent Wildife Research Center Biennial Science Meeting

October 2006

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for October 30, 2006
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for October 23, 2006
• Updated: Listing of Available Products/Reprints
• Patuxent Wildlife Festival -- October 14, 2006 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the National Wildlife Visitor Center
• Patuxent Biennial Science Meeting -- October 11-13, 2006
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for October 2, 2006

September 2006

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for September 11, 2006

August 2006

• Updated: Three Final Reports covering studies from 2000-2004 on vegetation, avi-fauna and benthic macroinvertebrates at the reconstructed freshwater tidal wetlands and reference study sites in the Anacostia River are now available

July 2006

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for July 17, 2006
• Updated Whoopers Page: Latest Whooping Crane Flock Status and Headlines: Learn about Whoopers in Training

June 2006

• Recently Updated: The Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) is the most recent addition to the 49 sentinel species for which summaries have been prepared in our Biological and Ecotoxicological Characteristics of Terrestrial Vertebrates, which contains summaries of biological and contaminant exposure and effects data for species residing in coastal and estuarine habitats.
• Updated Whoopers Page: Latest Whooping Crane Flock Status and Headlines
• Recently Updated: Contaminant Exposure and Effects--Terrestrial Vertebrates (CEE-TV) Database

May 2006

• Powerpoint Presentations from: Offshore and Nearshore Wind Development, and Impacts to Sea Ducks and Other Waterbirds--A Special Panel and Workshop Presentations at the 2nd Annual North Sea Duck Conference, Annapolis, Maryland, USA, November 9, 2005

April 2006

• Updated: Listing of Available Products/Reprints
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for March 27, 2006
• New Page: Wildlife and habitat damage assessment from Hurricane Charley: recommendations for recovery of the J. N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge Complex (PDF)

March 2006

• New Page: Employment Opportunities at Patuxent
• Wildlife Art Show sponsored by Friends of Patuxent: 17th Annual Patuxent Wildlife Art Show and Sale, March 31 - April 2, 2006
• Updated: Patuxent Library Catalog
• New Historical Directory of Patuxent Staff: Listing of Patuxent Employees and Alumni
• Updated Whoopers Page: Latest Whooping Crane Flock Status and Headlines

January 2006

• Updated Whoopers Page: Latest Whooping Crane Flock Status and Headlines
• New Page: Pilot Inventory of Mammals, Reptiles, and Amphibians, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California, 1990--1997 (PDF). USGS OFR 2005-1381 (Excel files in Zip Format )

December 2005

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for December 12, 2005
• New Website Dedicated to Chandler S. Robbins for his 60 years of service

October 2005

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for October 31, 2005
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for October 17, 2005

August 2005

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for August 29, 2005
• Updated with new improved search software: Three topical bibliographies: PWRC publications, Petroleum and Herons
• Updated Whoopers Page: See the latest Whooping Crane Headlines Page from Patuxent
• Addition to Fact Sheets: Negative Effects of Commercial Mussel Dragging on Eelgrass Beds in Maine

July 2005

• Addition to Photo Gallery: Insect Photos added to our Photo Gallery

June 2005

• New Page: Anacostia Freshwater Tidal Reconstructed Wetlands

May 2005

• Updated: Listing of Available Products/Reprints
• Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Sighting in Arkansas Confirmed. More information...
• Workshop: USGS Chesapeake Bay Science Workshop, May 12-13
  

April 2005

• Recently Updated: Contaminant Exposure and Effects--Terrestrial Vertebrates (CEE-TV) Database
• New Home Page: Our Home Page is has a new look beginning April 14, 2005! See our new features such as a Glossary, Did You Know?, Ask-a-Biologist, Atlantic Seaduck Videos, and Educational Information, among other additional features. We also have added a new navigation bar to navigate our site more easily. Our major research topics can still be found by going to Our Research on the navigation bar.
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for April 4, 2005

March 2005

• Just Released: Manager's Monitoring Manual: How to Design a Wildlife Monitoring Program
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for March 7, 2005

February 2005

• Recently Updated: Seven New Species Reports added to our Biological and Ecotoxicological Characteristics of Terrestrial Vertebrates

January 2005

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for January 24, 2005

December 2004

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for December 23, 2004
• Updated: The Evolution of Patuxent as a Research Refuge and a Wildlife Research Center

November 2004

• USGS Press Release: Injured Whooping Crane Recovering at USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center -- November 23, 2004
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for November 3, 2004

November 2004

• USGS Press Release: Injured Whooping Crane Recovering at USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center -- November 23, 2004
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for November 3, 2004

October 2004

• Just Released: Frog Call Quiz -- a resource for learning frog call identification skills for species of the eastern United States
• Updated: Listing of Available Products/Reprints
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for October 19, 2004

September 2004

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for September 23, 2004
• Wildlife Festival: Announcement about our Upcoming Wildlife Festival and Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, October 16, 2004 (PDF Format)

August 2004

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for August 2, 2004

June 2004

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for June 28
• Updated: Whooping Crane Report for June 24, 2004
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for June 7
• Updated: Information about our science projects has been updated and search is now available
• Just Released: "Bird without an equal: Georgia's Painted Buntings"
• Updated: Listing of Available Products/Reprints
• Updated: Whooping Crane Report for June 3, 2004

May 2004

• Updated: Whooping Crane Report for May 27, 2004
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for May 24
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for May 17
• Updated: Whooping Crane Report for May 20, 2004
• Updated: Whooping Crane Report for May 13, 2004
• Updated: Whooping Crane Report for May 6, 2004
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for May 3

April 2004

• Updated: Whooping Crane Report for April 29, 2004
• Updated: Whooping Crane Report for April 22, 2004
• Updated: Whooping Crane Report for April 1, 2004

March 2004

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for March 15

February 2004

• Updated: Whooping Crane Report for February 25, 2004

January 2004

• Just Released: Tools for Teachers introduces high school students to biological research methods with an emphasis in ecotoxicology as part of our Wildlife & Contaminants Online gateway page
• Updated: Whooping Crane Report for January 15, 2004

December 2003

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for December 15

November 2003

• Just Released: Wildlife & Contaminants Online gateway page to new and expanded contaminant and exposure and effect databases and ranking programs for ecotoxicological research and monitoring for November 21, 2003
• Updated: Whooping Crane Report for November 20, 2003
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for November 10
• Updated: Listing of Available Products/Reprints

October 2003

• Updated: Whooping Crane Report for October 16

August 2003

• Updated: Contaminant Exposure and Effects--Terrestrial Vertebrates (CEE-TV) Database, August 2003
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for August 11

July 2003

• Updated: Whooping Crane Report for July 31
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for July 7

June 2003

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for June 23
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for June 16
• Updated: Whooping Crane Report for June 12
• Just Released: Strategic Science Plan for USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PDF) and Executive Summary: Strategic Science Plan for USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PDF)
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for June 2

May 2003

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for May 23
• Updated: Our website has a new look starting May 19!
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for May 9
• Updated: Whooping Crane Report for May 8

April 2003

• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for April 25
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for April 18
• New Edition: Patuxent HiLites for April 4
• Updated: Whooping Crane Report for April 3
• Updated: Listing of Available Products/Reprints