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Partnership Stories Archived: 2014
The Ecological Services Program works formally and informally with a large variety of groups and individuals to further species conservation. Partnerships for protecting and recovering endangered and threatened species have been established between the Ecological Services Program and other U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service programs, other federal agencies, state governments, private landowners, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and American Indian tribes.
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- 10/23/14
Leveraging Resources to Recover Tidewater Goby (2:13)
Partners: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, University of California at Santa Barbara, and California State Parks
Scientific Name: Eucyclogobius newberryi
Overview: Collaboration and sound science are key to effective landscape-level conservation along the California coastline. That's why biologists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Ventura and Arcata field offices joined forces with the University of California at Santa Barbara and California State Parks to restore important habitat along the southern and central California coast to benefit the endangered tidewater goby and other species.
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- 10/06/14
The Suleiman Markhor of the Torghar Hills (12:43)
Produced by: The Osprey Filming Company
Scientific Name: Capra falconeri jerdoni
Description: Local tribes in Torghar, Pakistan have implemented a wildlife management plan allowing for limited trophy hunting to conserve straight-horned markhor populations, improve habitat for both markhor and domestic livestock, and improve the economic conditions.
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- 10/02/14
Texas Wild Rice (1:32)
Partners: Texas Parks and Wildlife
Scientific Name: Zizania texana
Description: Texas wild rice is unique to Texas, found only on the upper San Marcos River in Hays County. This plant is threatened by the loss and degradation of its habitat as well as competition from non-native species.
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- 08/14/14
Endangered Razorback Sucker Spawning (3:34)
Partners: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, States, Tribes, and others
Scientific Name: Xyrauchen texanus
Description: One of the largest suckers in North America, the razorback sucker can grow to three feet in length and can live for more than 40 years. To help bolster wild populations, partners spawn and breed the endangered fish in captivity.
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- 08/11/14
Endangered Wildlife: Ocelots (1:31)
Partner: Texas Parks and Wildlife
Scientific Name: Leopardus (=felis) pardalis
Description: Ocelots once roamed throughout Texas, Mexico, and into Arkansas and Louisiana. Today, only a few survive in the thick brush and shelters of the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
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- 07/28/14
Clackamas Complete A Return of Bull Trout (4:26)
Partners: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, U.S. Forest Service, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs, and Portland General Electric
Scientific Name: Salvelinus confluentus
Description: This stunning video tells the story of the diligent efforts of fish biologists to once again see bull trout flourish in waters where they were eliminated over 50 years ago.
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- 06/13/14
A Day in the Life of a Polar Bear (2:18)
Partner: U.S. Geological Survey
Scientific Name: Ursus maritimus
Description: This video was editied and compiled from raw footage recorded by a camera equipped radio collar that was put on a female polar bear in the Beaufort Sea during April 2014 by the U.S. Geological Survey.
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- 06/03/14
How Wolves Change Rivers (4:33)
Partners: National Park Service, state agencies, non-governmental organizations, private landowners, and others
Scientific Name: Canis lupus
Description: When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the U.S. after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable "trophic cascade" occurred. What is a trophic cascade and how exactly do wolves change rivers? George Monbiot explains in this movie remix.
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- 05/19/14
Preventing Plant Extinction in Hawaii (6:43)
Partner: Plant Extinction Prevention Program
Description: A short documentary about preventing native hawaiian plants from going extinct featuring the work of botanist Hank Oppenheimer. The Plant Extinction Prevention Program's mission is to protect Hawaii's rarest native plants from extinction. It is committed to reversing the trend toward extinction by managing wild plants, collecting seeds, and establishing new populations.
Photo credit: Forest and Kim Starr.
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- 05/14/14
The Oregon Chub Makes History (2:22)
Partners: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, private landowners, and others
Scientific Name: Oregonichthys crameri
Description: When the Oregon Chub was first listed back in 1993, there were under 1,000 fish in eight locations in the Willamette Valley. After more than two decades of recovery efforts this species has been proposed for delisting.
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- 04/21/14
Saving Tennessee's Fish (4:58)
Partner: Conservation Fisheries Incorporated
Description: Reflecting the urgent need to preserve aquatic life, Conservation Fisheries Incorporated's (CFI) work has steadily increased over the 20 years it's been around. CFI monitors rare fish in at least six southeast states, working to rescue and restore non-game fish while checking water quality standards in rivers and streams.
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- 04/10/14
Restoring the Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly (5:11)
Partners: Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy and Moorpark College, with support from Toyota TogetherGreen, Urban Wildlands Group, U.S. Navy, Defense Logistics Agency, and others
Scientific Name: Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis
Description: The Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy works in partnership with Moorpark College's captive rearing program and other agencies to support the recovery of the endangered Palos Verdes blue butterfly and connect volunteers with the land through habitat restoration. This video highlights the recovery efforts and the volunteers that make it all happen.
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- 04/04/14
Saving Rare Plants in Florida (1:22)
Partners: Bok Tower Gardens, Center for Plant Conservation
Description: Bok Tower Gardens is a member institution of the Center for Plant Conservation and works to conserve both live endangered and threatened plants and seeds for the future.
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- 03/28/14
Whooping Crane Tracking Study Underway (1:36)
Partners: Texas Parks & Wildlife, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Canadian Wildlife Service, Platte River Recovery Implementation Program, Crane Trust, Parks Canada, Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, and International Crane Foundation
Scientific Name: Grus americana
Description: Biologists put tracking devices on adult whooping cranes captured on Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, where the birds winter on the Texas coast, and on chicks at Wood Buffalo National Park, the birds' nesting grounds in Canada.
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- 03/26/14
Endangered Freshwater Mussels in Kentucky (11:50)
Partner: Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife
Description: Fresh water mussels are vital to the ecosystem of our streams. Often times they are the first indicator that a stream is becoming unhealthy. Join Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists as they raise mussels in a fish lab to be released into Kentucky's streams.
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- 03/21/14
Magazine Mountain shagreen snail (1:35)
Partners: U.S. Forest Service, Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Scientific Name: Mesodon magazinensis
Description: In the highest parts of Arkansas' Ozarks, the slow-moving Magazine Mountain shagreen snail won the race to become the first invertebrate to be delisted under the Endangered Species Act.
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- 03/13/14
Pollinators: Oregon Zoo Butterfly Restoraiton Project (8:52)
Partner: Oregon Zoo
Scientific Name: Speyeria zerene hippolyta
Status (Taylor's checkerspot butterfly): Endangered/ Listed November 4, 2013
Scientific Name: Euphydryas editha taylori
Description: The Oregon Zoo Butterfly restoration program is the topic. Habitat is the issue. The zoo is raising and releasing endangered Oregon Silverspot and Taylors Checkerspot butterflies for release back into the wild.
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- 02/18/14
Mountain Yellow Legged Frog Tracking Update (2:06)
Partners: San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo
Scientific Name: Rana muscosa
Description: Research coordinator from the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, Frank Santana, updates us on our ongoing mountain yellow-legged frog project.
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- 02/12/14
Black-Footed Ferret Release at Walker Ranch (1:56)
Partners: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and ranch owners Gary and Georgia Walker
Scientific Name: Mustella nigripes
Description: The black-footed ferret has returned to Colorado and other areas within its historic range thanks to a successful captive breeding and release program started in the 1980s.
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- 02/11/14
Panther Face Off (8:45)
Scientific Name: Puma concolor coryi
Description: Florida panthers are notoriously elusive animals known to avoid human interaction. Jay Groesser, a hog hunter in Florida, had a rare encounter with a panther family group. Dressed in full camo, Groesser was able to capture his experience on video. To enhance your safety and that of friends and family, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service asks that wildlife never be approached.
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- 01/24/14
TN Wild Side: Conasauga Logperch (1:56)
Partners: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Tennessee Wildside and Conservation Fisheries Inc.
Scientific Name: Percina jenkinsi
Description: The Conasauga logperch is one of the rarest darters in North America. The 6-inch logperch lives where the pristine Conasauga water flows out of the Cherokee National Forest into Polk County, Tennessee, then ripples southward into North Georgia..
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