Midwest Region
Conserving the Nature of America

Conserving The Nature of America
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The Midwest Region is committed to expanding partnerships, offering innovative opportunities to enhance the Region, promoting healthy fish and wildlife trust species populations and habitats to support them and providing the public with quality hunting, fishing, wildlife watching, and other wildlife-dependent recreational opportunities on Service lands.

 

Regional Programs and Offices:

  • 54 National Wildlife Refuges
  • 12 Wetland Management Districts
  • More than 300,000 acres in waterfowl
    production areas
  • 6 National Fish Hatcheries
  • 6 Fishery Resources Offices
  • 2 Sea Lamprey Control Stations
  • 8 Private Lands Offices
  • 9 Ecological Services offices
  • 18 Law Enforcement offices

Midwest Highlights

Deputy Regional Director Charlie Wooley acknowledges Colette Charbonneau for her efforts over the past 8 years.

Deputy Regional Director Charlie Wooley acknowledges Colette Charbonneau for her efforts over the past 8 years on contaminants clean-up and restoration as coordinator of the Fox River/Green Bay NRDA Trustee Council. Colette is moving to the Interior Department's NRDA Restoration Program in Colorado.


Charles Wooley, Darin Simpkins (GBFO - Coastal Program), Gary VanVreede (GBFO - Partners for Fish and Wildlife), Craig Czarnecki, Louise Clemency

Service leaders unveil Wisconsin coastal program recovery project, August 12, 2009. From left: Charles Wooley (Deputy Midwest Regional Director), Darin Simpkins (GBFO - Coastal Program), Gary VanVreede (GBFO - Partners for Fish and Wildlife), Craig Czarnecki (East Lansing, MI Project Leader), Louise Clemency (Green Bay Project Leader)

Secretary Salazar Announces $454,000 for Lake Michigan Coastal Habitat Restoration in Wisconsin; Partners Break Ground for Ozaukee County Project

Today Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Ozaukee-Washington Land Trust has received $454,000 in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The funding supports the restoration and enhancement of coastal wetlands, forests, shrublands, and grasslands on a 116-acre tract in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, which will provide critically needed stopover habitat for birds that migrate over Lake Michigan.

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Recent News Releases

August 13, 2009 - Secretary Salazar Announces $454,000 for Lake Michigan Coastal Habitat Restoration in Wisconsin

August 13, 2009 - Illinois Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting Bald Eagle

August 12, 2009 - Corps of Engineers increasing electric barrier operating parameters

August 11, 2009 - Endangered Piping Plover Chicks Make History

August 09, 2009 - Secretary Salazar Tours Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Spotlights Recovery Act Projects, Youth Recreation

August 07, 2009 - Secretary Salazar Announces $3.75 Million for Construction of Neosho National Fish Hatchery Visitor Facility

More News Releases

 

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar presents a partnership award for Steve Sutter, president of Minnesota Valley Refuge Friends, Inc. Midwest Regional Director Tom Melius (right) joined the Secretary and others for a tour of Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar presents a partnership award for Steve Sutter, president of Minnesota Valley Refuge Friends, Inc. Midwest Regional Director Tom Melius (right) joined the Secretary and others for a tour of Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge on Sunday morning. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo)

Secretary Salazar Tours Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Spotlights Recovery Act Projects, Youth Recreation


BLOOMINGTON, Mn - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today highlighted more than $286,000 in projects at Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge funded under President Obama's economic recovery package that will create jobs and economic growth in Minnesota. Overall, the Department of the Interior is investing more than $11 million across Minnesota in projects in wildlife refuges, national park units, and on tribal lands.

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Last updated: August 19, 2009