2012 News Releases

Jump to month: January | February | March| April | May | June | July | August September 09/19/12 Reward Offered for Investigation Assistance Relating to Red Wolf Death 09/17/12 Visit Your Southeastern National Wildlife Refuges: October 13-27, 2012 09/14/12 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Appoints New Whooping Crane Recovery Coordinator 09/13/12 Two Montgomery County North Carolina Dams Removed from the Little River Basin 09/04/12 Nearly $3 Million in Funding for the Southeast's Vanishing Longleaf Pine Forests Announced (on NFWF.org) August 08/27/12 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Completes Status Review of the Bay Skipper Butterfly 08/24/12 Snake Smuggler Busted in Orlando 08/23/12 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces $5.7 Million in State Wildlife Grants to Help Imperiled Species (National release) 08/14/12 Review will find if rare songbird needs Endangered Species Act protection Bird winters in PR and migrates down Atlantic Coast through NC, SC, GA, FL (National release) 08/14/12 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces More Than $33 Million in Grants to Support Land Acquisition and Conservation Planning for Endangered Species AL, FL, TN receive grants (National release)   July 07/25/12 West Virginia fish may become protected under Endangered Species Act (National release affecting KY) 07/25/12 Harpeth River Stream Restoration and Lowhead Dam Removal Project Starts Dam Demolition 07/18/12 New Project Leader for Three Eastern North Carolina Refuges 07/13/12 Restoring Wildlife Habitat on Desecheo Island 07/09/12 A Dozen Partners Restore One Ancient Ecosystem 07/03/12 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Says Listing Caribbean Mayten 'Not Warranted'   June 06/22/12 Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge Renamed Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge in Honor of Starkville Native 06/19/12 Fox & Friends story about steps to protect endangered Dusky Gopher Frog misses the mark 06/18/12 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Delisting of Magazine Mountain Shagreen – Another ESA Success Story Nears Completion 06/18/12 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Re-opens Comment Period on Proposal to Designate Critical Habitat for Puerto Rican Frog (on Caribbean ES website) 06/13/12 Emergency Action Underway to Protect Endangered Schaus Swallowtail Butterfly 06/11/12 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Critical Habitat Designation for Dusky Gopher Frog 06/06/12 New National Wildlife Refuge Proposed to Protect Some of Appalachia’s Rarest Places   May 05/31/12 New Deputy Refuge Supervisor for KY, TN, AR, LA 05/30/12 Home Values Higher near National Wildlife Refuges, New Study Finds 05/22/12 USFWS reviews interim plan for Woodruff Dam operations 05/22/12 Critical Wildlife Corridor Protected 05/17/12 U.S. Agencies Join Forces with First Lady and Dr. Biden to Honor and Support Military Families 05/09/12 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Initiates Status Review of the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake   April 04/27/12 New Project Leader for Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee and Choctaw National Wildlife Refuges 04/20/12 Ohio Youth Wins the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Competition 04/20/12 Conservation Effort in Northern Louisiana is Something to 'Quack' About 04/12/12 Draft Recovery Plan for the Alabama Sturgeon Available for Review 04/10/12 Southeast Region Brings in a Longleaf Champion 04/05/12 Miami Blue Butterfly Receives Federal Endangered Species Status 04/04/12 2012 Georgia Junior Duck Stamp Student Art Competition Winners Chosen Tuesday!   March 03/26/12 Final Recovery Plan Available for the Endangered Gentian Pinkroot 03/26/12 Service Estimates Economic Impacts of Critical Habitat Designation for Eight Southeastern Mussels 03/20/12 Meet the Southeast Region's 2011 Recovery Champions 03/15/12 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Improves Manatee Protection in King's Bay; Keeps Recreational Sport-zone Open 10 Weeks with Speed Limits 03/14/12 Interior Seeks Ideas to Further Strengthen Incentives and Voluntary Partnerships for Landowner Conservation of Wildlife 03/14/12 White-Nose Syndrome in Bats Confirmed in Alabama (links to news release on partner site, Whitenosesyndrome.org) 03/07/12 Reward Offered for Information on Killing of a Bald Eagle in Lucedale, Mississippi - $2,500 to Help Identify the Shooter 03/06/12 Restoring Raccoon Creek (third party release)   February 02/24/12 Reward Doubled for Information in the Wounding of a Bald Eagle in Alabama - $5,000 to Help Find the Culprit 02/24/12 Jeff Weller to Lead U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Lafayette Office 02/22/12 Owner of Hill Ranch Hunting Sentenced for Baiting Mourning Doves for Hunters 02/16/12 Details Announced for Proposed Expansion of Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge and Comprehensive Conservation Plan 02/15/12 Salazar Applauds Passage of Legislation Naming Mississippi Refuge After Sam Hamilton 02/10/12 Ultralight-led Whooping Cranes Released at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge 02/10/12 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Hold Public Information Meeting on Proposed Critical Habitat for the Yellowcheek Darter   January 01/18/12 America's Great Outdoors: Salazar Announces Establishment of Everglades Headwaters NWR and Conservation Area 01/17/12 Salazar Announces Ban on Importation and Interstate Transportation of Four Giant Snakes that Threaten Everglades 01/13/12 Service to Hold Public Hearing and Reopen Comment Period on the Revised Proposed Critical Habitat Designation and Associated Draft Economic Analysis for the Mississippi Gopher Frog 01/11/12 Red River National Wildlife Refuge Opens Visitor and Education Center 01/06/12 Ultra-light-led Migration of Whooping Cranes on Hold in Alabama   Go to 2011 news releases...

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