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39 News Releases found

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1/14/2009: $290,000 in grants will support New England cottontail restoration in ...

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Terri Edwards, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 413/253-8324

Timothy Male, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 202/595-2474

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has awarded more than a quarter million in funding for conservation projects to bring back the New England cottontail, a rabbit native to the north...

1/14/2009: Service Removes Western Great Lakes, Portion of Northern Rocky Mountai...

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(Northern Rocky Mtns) Ed Bangs 406-449-5225, x204
Sharon Rose 303-236-4580
(Western Great Lakes)  Laura Ragan 612- 713-5157
Georgia Parham 812-334-4261, x203

Wolves in Wyoming to Remain Protected by Endangered Species Act

Deputy Secretary of the Interior Lynn Scarlett announ...

1/14/2009: Service Removes Western Great Lakes, Portion of Northern Rocky Mountai...

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(Northern Rocky Mtns) Ed Bangs 406-449-5225, x204

Sharon Rose 303-236-4580 (Western Great Lakes)

Laura Ragan 612- 713-5157 Georgia Parham 812-334-4261, x203

 

 

Deputy Secretary of the Interior Lynn Scarlett announced...

1/14/2009: Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge Announces Crop Share Opportunitie...

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Patrick Gonzales, (620) 392-5553, ext. 109

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1/14/2009: Comment Period Extended and Hearings Scheduled for Proposed 2009 Subsi...

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Bruce Woods (907) 786-3695 

1/13/2009: Federal Wildlife Investigation Leads to Felony Conviction of Two Minne...

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Chuck Traxler, 612-713-5313

 

 

On January 13, 2009, Pa Lor and Tia Yang, both of Minnesota, were sentenced for conspiracy to import wildlife into the United States. U.S. District Court Judge Joan Ericksen sentenced both women to two years of probation. In addition, Yang was sentenced to five months home confinement, 40 ho...

1/13/2009: Calling all Young Artists for Wisconsin Junior Duck Stamp Contest

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Daniel Peterson, 608-565-2551
Necedah National Wildlife Refuge

Ashley Spratt, 612-713-5314
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now accepting entries for the 2009 Wisconsin Junior Duck Stamp Contest, which will be held at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge ...

1/13/2009: Proposed Rule Clarifies Hunting Rule Changes at National Wildlife Refu...

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Scott Flaherty, 916-978-6156 (California/Nevada Region)

David Eisenhauer 703-358-2284 (Washington, DC Office) 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that modifies language regarding existing hunting programs at 76 national wildlife refuges, including three refuges in the California and Nevada Region. The pr...

1/13/2009: Alaska to Receive Grants to Protect Coastal Wetlands

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Joshua Winchell 1/9/2009: Assessment of the Mexican Wolf Program Available for Review

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Last updated: November 19, 2008
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