Featured Stories, With Still Imagery & Video
Find news about what the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is doing in California, Nevada and the Klamath Basin. Photo above: Biologists counted around 6,000 monarch butterflies at a single roost site at Ellwood Mesa, amidst a grove of eucalyptus trees. (Jan. 13, 2013) Photo credit: Ashley Spratt/USFWS.
Here are the stories of our employees and partners, and the work they do conserving wildlife and natural resources for future generations of Americans. You can use the search feature at the top of this page to look for stories of interest, or scroll down this list of recent stories from the Pacifc Southwest Region.
You can also search for archived stories from the region by going to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Field Notes archive. Field Notes records the activities and accomplishments of Service employees across the Nation.
2016
Dream Fulfilled: A Sacramento Biologist's Love of the Delta Became Her Life's Calling
Saving North America’s Rarest Trout
After Nearly Vanishing, One of California’s Last 'True' Frogs is on the Road to Recovery
Citizen Scientists’ Data Used to Study Size and Migration of Western Monarch Population
Vector, the Scent Detection Dog and the Search for the Elusive Morro Bay Kangaroo Rat
Biologists See Slight Rise in 2016 Juvenile Delta Smelt Numbers, Though Still Below 2012 Estimates
USFWS Biologist Inspires a “Sense of Wonder” in Southern California’s Urban Children
Delta Smelt Markings Study One of Many Highlights at 2016 Bay Delta Science Conference
Precious Cargo: Brighter Future For 100 Juvenile Mountain Yellow Legged Frogs, Tadpoles
After Years of Severe Drought, White-Faced Ibis Colony Returns to Nest at Sacramento Refuge
Nevada’s ‘Shoesole’ Ranchers Grazing Cattle For Sustainable Results, Not For Federal Regulations
Two Decades Ago, Orange County Made Conservation History -- and it’s the Best Kept Secret
Pinole Creek Fish Passage Project May Be Easy To Miss, But Its Importance Isn’t
Artist’s 'Big Foot' Project Highlights Human Impact on California’s Species in Peril
San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge Brush Rabbits Attract Experts From Across the Globe
Against the Odds: Wildlife Refuge Inspired Los Banos Student to Become a Biologist
Learning Secrets of the Bay: Endangered Ridgway's Rails Released Into South San Diego Bay Marshland
New Fish Screen And Water Intake Facility Improves Fish Passage on the Sacramento River
Flight of the Condors: Expanding Their Range
The Refugio Oil Spill: One Year Later, Biologists Reflect on Their Experiences
Orphaned western snowy plover chicks return to the wild at Coal Oil Point Reserve in Santa Barbara
Green Sturgeon Numbers on the Rise? Time Will Tell...
'A Needle in a Thousand Haystacks'
Civil Settlements Advance Eagle Conservation
'If You See a Bud, Count it...'
Young California Artists Shine in State, National Junior Duckstamp, Conservation Art Contests
Finding Common Ground: Western Science Meets Indigenous Knowledge at Sage Grouse Summit
Once Thought Extinct, Pacific Pocket Mouse Reintroduced to SoCal's Coastal Canyons
Mathematician Uses Big Data to Save Tiny Smelt
Reno FWO Botanist: Overcoming ‘Plant Blindness’ Crucial to Saving Sagebrush Sea
Battling the Invasion of Watersnakes
Team that Saved Foxes from Extinction on Northern Channel Islands Honored by Service
After Nearly Six Months Flying Free, Condor AC-4 Completes Health Check With Low Lead Level
Marine Corps and Partners Aid Survival of Endangered Southern California Fish
Marine Corps’ Conservation Program Gives Imperiled Desert Tortoises Head-Start on Survival
Sharing our Shores to Give At-Risk Birds a Fighting Chance
'Monster' Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Swimming One Step Closer to Native Home
Living Coastline Project Will Restore Tidal Salt Marsh at Humboldt Bay
Service, Partners Launch Live Stream Video of California Condor Chick Hatching in the Wild
Teaching The Next Generation of Conservationists
Service Fish Hatcheries Helping Endangered California Salmon in Innovative Ways
The Redwood Condors: Ten Years Later
Amargosa Vole Gets Emergency Help at Tecopa Hot Springs, California
Evading Extinction: The Recovery of Island Foxes on California’s Channel Islands
Monarch Butterflies of Ellwood Mesa
Small Seeds Mean Big Fine for California Trafficker
2015
Home for the Holidays: California Condor AC-4 Returns to the Wild After 30 Years
Levee Breach Celebrates Wetland Restoration on San Francisco Bay
Wildlife Photographer Becomes Citizen Scientist While Getting the Perfect Picture
Service Focused on Balancing Eagle Conservation and Wind Energy Development
Archived Stories
You can search and view past featured stories in our Field Notes archives here.
Pacific Region Round-Up
Region 8 Round-Up: A two-minute video round-up of happenings in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Pacific Southwest Region.
Watch Episode #24 in our continuing effort to keep USFWS staff and members of the public informed of our activities in the Pacific Southwest.
The series is written and produced by Cindy Sandoval.
To view past episopes of Region 8 Round-up and Pieces, viisit our YouTube Channel at:
https://www.youtube.com/user/FWSPacificSouthWest
Contacts
Pacific Southwest Region External Affairs
The primary focus of the Region 8 staff is on strategic public communications issues at the Regional level. We also provide communications and outreach expertise to project leaders in the field, and support outreach and communications efforts of public affairs staff organic to Fish and Wildlife Offices in California and Nevada.
Jody Holzworth, Assistant Regional Director, External Affairs
(916) 414-6619
Scott Flaherty, Deputy Assistant Regional Director, External Affairs
(916) 978-6156
Pamela Bierce, Public Affairs Officer
(916) 414-6542
Byrhonda Lyons, Public Affairs Officer/Social Media
(916) 978-4434
Jon Myatt, Digital Communications Manager, Public Affairs
(916) 414-6474
Angelia Davenport, Executive Assistant
(916) 414-6498
External Affairs Fax: (916) 414-6486
Fish and Wildlife Office Area Contacts
Bay-Delta Fish and Wildlife Office
916-930-5643
Steve Martarano, Public Affairs
Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office
760-431-9440 ext. 205
Jane Hendron, Public Affairs
Joanna Gilkeson, Public Affairs
Coleman National Fish Hatchery
530-365-8622
916-930-5643
Steve Martarano, Public Affairs
Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex
702-515-5480
Daniel Balduini, Public Affairs
Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex
(805) 644-1766, Ext. 369
Ashley Spratt, Public Affairs
Lodi Fish and Wildlife Office
916-930-5643
Steve Martarano, Public Affairs
National Fire Program Outreach
530-934-2801
Public Outreach, Sacramento NWR Complex
Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office
775-861-6300
Vacant, Public Affairs
Dan Hottle, Sage Grouse Public Affairs
Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office
916-414-6671
Veronica Davison, Public Affairs
San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex
619-476-9150, ext. 106
Lisa Cox, Public Affairs and Visitor Services
San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex
510-792-0222, ext. 143
Doug Cordell, Public Affairs
Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office
(805) 644-1766, Ext. 369
Ashley Spratt, Public Affairs
Yreka Fish and Wildlife Office (Includes Arcata and Klamath Falls FWOs)
530-842-5763
Matt Baun, Public Affairs
