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9/22/2008: Draft Recovery Plan for Five Prairie Species Available for Public Revi...

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Phil Carroll, (503) 231-6179

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released a draft recovery plan for four rare plant species and one butterfly species, natives of Oregon?s Willamette and Umpqua river valleys and southwestern Washington. The species are Fender?s blue butterfly, Kincaid?s lupine, Willamette daisy, Bradshaw?s lomatium and Nelson?s checker-mallow....

9/22/2008: Grand Opening Celebration for Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refug...

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Refuge Office: 952-858-0712

Chuck Traxler 612-713-5313

 

 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust will celebrate the completion of the Rapids Lake Unit of Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge on Sunday, October 19, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fe...

9/19/2008: Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge Seeks to Maintain Feral Horse and Bur...

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Paul Steblein, Project Leader, (541) 947-3315
Amy Gaskill, Exterrnal Affairs, (503) 231-6874

Upcoming roundup will provide about 200 horses for adoption

On September 23, the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge will conduct a round-up of feral horses in an effort to maintain the population at 2007 levels until the refuge finishes work o...

9/18/2008: Grants Totaling $ 1.509 Million to Fund Improvements to Wildlife Habit...

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Kim Forrest, San Luis NWR 209-826-3508 

Two grants totaling more than $1.5 million will help fund two wildlife habitat restoration and conservation projects in California, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced Monday (Sept. 15). Funded under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA), these two projects will help protect, restore and enhanc...

9/16/2008: Fish Passage Program Provides Access to Native Fish Habitat

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Amy Gaskill, APR, (503) 231-6874

This year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service?s National Fish Passage Program provided nearly $8.3 million to remove or bypass more than 168 barriers to fish passage. Along with nearly $18 million in partnership funds, the Fish Passage Program will help reopen 1,716 miles of streams and rivers and 9,471 acres nationwide to improve ...

9/16/2008: Service Proposes 300% Increase In California Red-legged Frog Critical ...

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Al Donner, 916-414-6566, al_donner@fws.gov or cell 916-712-2004 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today opened a 60-day comment period on a new plan to designate 1.8 million acres as critical habitat for the threatened California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii), an area that is 300 per cent larger than a 2006 designation for the species.

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9/15/2008: Steve Moran Receives The National Blue Heron Award

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Steve Moran 308-382-8112
Barb Perkins 303-236-4588

 

9/15/2008: Ron Reynolds Receives The National Blue Heron Award

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Ron Reynolds 701-250-4413
Barb Perkins 303-236-4588

9/15/2008: Whooper Enthusiasts Flock to Necedah this weekend for 8th Annual Whoop...

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Ashley Spratt,
612-713-5314

Daniel Peterson
608-565-4412

 

 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Necedah National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) will provide public opportunities to see endangered whooping cranes on the refuge as part of the 8th Annual Whooping Crane and Wildlife...

9/15/2008: Fewer Barriers to Fish Passage, Less Erosion in Missouri Streams

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Tim Patronski
612-713-5168

Joanne Grady
573-445-5001 ext. 21

Ashley Spratt, USFWS,
612-713-5314

 

 

This year the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program provided Missouri nearly $100,000 to reconnec...

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Last updated: August 19, 2008
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