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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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- Posted
- 10/31/16
Fun Facts About Bats (7:38)
Partner: Organization for Bat Conservation
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- Posted
- 10/20/16
E-DNA Confirms Feared-Extinct Sturgeon Alive in Alabama River (4:32)
Partners: University of West Florida, Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries
Status: Endangered / Listed May 5, 2000
Scientific Name: Scaphirhynchus suttkusi
Overview: The Alabama sturgeon is a freshwater fish that was historically widespread in the Mobile
River Basin of Alabama and Mississippi. The last capture of an Alabama sturgeon was in April 2007 by the biologists with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The species is one of the rarest and most endangered fish in the nation and may be close to extinction.
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- Posted
- 09/07/16
Rare Animals, Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep - Yosemite Nature (8:35)
Partners: Yosemite National Park
Status: Endangered / Listed April 20, 2999/
Scientific Name: Ovis canadensis ssp. sierrae
Overview: Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep are the rarest mountain sheep in North America. After the population dropped to around 100 animals in 1995, this unique sub-species was listed as an endangered species. In the spring of 2015, these charismatic animals were released into the heart of Yosemite for the first time in over 100 years.
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- Posted
- 08/15/16
Prairie Butterfly Conservation (10:37)
Partners: Minnesota Zoo and Morrie's Automotive Group
Status: Endangered / Listed March 11, 1967
Scientific Name: Grus americana
Overview: Morrie's and the Minnesota Zoo are working together to help endangered and special concern butterflies. Prairie Butterfly Conservation includes watching for special concern species as well as tagging Monarch Butterflies before they migrate to Mexico in the fall. You can participate in the Monarch migration by keeping an eye out for tagged Monarch Butterflies and reporting the tag number @ monarchwatch.org
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- Posted
- 08/04/16
Minnesota Zoo's Prairie Butterfly Conservation Program (1:59)
Partners: Minnesota Zoo
- Posted
- 0719/16
Preserving Kauai's Native Forest Birds (7:25)
Partners: San Diego Zoo Global and State of Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife
- Posted
- 0711/16
Georgia Outdoors / Edge of Survival (26:48)
Partners: Georgia Outdoors
- Posted
- 05/18/16
California Condor Chick Hatches at Kofords Ridge (2:06)
Partners: Santa Barbara Zoo, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, and others
Scientific Name: Gymnogyps californianus
Overview: On April 4, 2016, a California condor egg hatched in the wild, and for the first time in history, anyone with an Internet connection could watch it.
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- 05/17/16
First 'Alalā of 2016 Hatches at Hawaiian Bird Center (2:35)
Partners: San Diego Zoo Global
Scientific Name: Corvus hawaiiensis
Overview: Animal care staff at San Diego Zoo Global's Hawai'i Endangered Bird Conservation Program are celebrating the first Hawaiian crow, or 'alalā, to be hatched in the 2016 breeding season. Later this year, hatched 'alalā chicks will go back to their native forests on the Big Island of Hawai'i.
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- Posted
- 05/09/16
Lahontan Cutthroat Trout: A prehistoric legend returns (2:35)
Partners: Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and the Lahontan National Fish Hatchery Complex
Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi
Overview: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Lahontan National Fish Hatchery Complex and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe are working together to restore the ancient Pilot Peak strain of Lahontan cutthroat trout – once thought extinct – back to its native waters of Pyramid Lake and the Truckee River.
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- Posted
- 04/25/16
Can We Save These Rare Toads From Extinction? (4:48)
Partners: University of Wyoming, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Saratoga National Fish Hatchery, and many others
Scientific Name: Bufo hemiophrys ssp. baxteri
Overview: Habitat loss, climate change, and a fungus are all factors in the decline of the Wyoming toad. The species was listed as endangered in 1984 and declared extinct in the wild not long after. But efforts to raise the animals in captivity have been successful.
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- Posted
- 04/19/16
Seabird Protection Network: Restoration to Recovery Through Partnerships & Collaboration (7:37)
Partners: Sea Bird Protection Network
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