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2012 News Releases
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09/19/12
Reward Offered for Investigation Assistance Relating to Red Wolf Death
09/17/12
Visit
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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
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Media Contacts
Tom MacKenzie
, Media Relations Specialist -- 404-679-7291, cell 678-296-6400 --
tom_mackenzie@fws.gov
Stacy Shelton
, Media Relations Specialist -- 404-679-7290, cell 678-575-7796 --
stacy_shelton@fws.gov
Elsie Davis
, Media Relations Specialist -- 404-679-7107 --
elsie_davis@fws.gov
Jennifer Strickland
, New Media Specialist -- 404-679-7299, cell 678-575-7778 --
jennifer_strickland@fws.gov
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Last updated: September 19, 2012
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