Service Works To Address Impacts of Gulf Coast Oil Spill on Wildlife
May 3, 2010 by USFWS
The Fish and Wildlife Service continues to support the joint agency response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico with experienced specialists, land managers, and support personnel. Booms to capture and deflect anticipated oil are being deployed at Breton National Wildlife Refuge, where thousands of brown pelicans and shorebirds are currently nesting.
FWS Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response
Service Launches Earth Day 40th Anniversary Web Portal!
April 16, 2010 by USFWS
This year marks the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day on April 22 and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would like you to consider doing something to make a better planet for fish, wildlife and their habitat. Take action by checking out our new Web pages featuring eco-tips, live podcasts and numerous activities taking place around the country.
Restoring Forests, Reducing CO2
April 14, 2010 by USFWS
Missouri’s Mingo National Wildlife Refuge is getting a big boost toward its habitat restoration goals with the donation of more than 100,000 native trees. The event marks a milestone for The Conservation Fund’s voluntary carbon offset program, Go Zero® – the planting of its one millionth tree. Partners will restore 367 acres of walnut, hickory, oak and cypress trees. As the forest matures, it is expected to trap an estimated 100,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent from the atmosphere.
Federal Agencies Sign Agreement to Protect Sage-Grouse Habitat
April 12, 2010 by USFWS
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today announced a far-reaching agreement to support the conservation of greater sage-grouse and sagebrush ecosystems in parts of 11 Western states. “Today’s agreement enables us to help this rare species in a comprehensive, integrated way,” said Vilsack. “By working cooperatively toward the same goal, we can build on the progress states have made protecting the sage-grouse and the sagebrush ecosystem it depends on.”
Service Announces Comprehensive Conservation Planning Process for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
April 8, 2010 by USFWS
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it is beginning an update of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s 22 year-old Comprehensive Conservation Plan that will establish goals and objectives and include wilderness and wild and scenic river reviews.
Water Trails Take Paddlers Deep Inside National Wildlife Refuges
April 8, 2010 by USFWS
On many National Wildlife Refuges, spring means the return of visitors to water trails. Whether you navigate on your own or take a guided trip, with some 1,000 miles of marked water trails, many refuges make wonderful paddling destinations.
A Moving Wilderness Landscape for Kids and Adults Alike
April 8, 2010 by USFWS
In the latest issue of Refuge Update from the National Wildlife Refuge System, read about a mobile visitor center with swirling nature murals on the sides and a watershed map on the back that is traveling throughout the Connecticut River Valley for the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge in New England.
Assistant Secretary Strickland Press Conference as CITES Neared Conclusion
April 2, 2010 by USFWS
Tom Strickland, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks for the Department of the Interior and head of the U.S. delegation to the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Conference of Parties held an audio press conference on March 24 to provide information to media representatives concerning the topics and issues addressed during the session.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces $1 Million to States For Wolf Livestock Compensation Project
April 1, 2010 by USFWS
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced $1 million in grants that will be distributed to 10 states under a new demonstration program designed to help livestock producers undertake proactive, non-lethal activities to reduce the risk of livestock loss from predation by wolves, or to compensate livestock producers for livestock losses caused by wolves.
United States Disappointed Protections for Sharks
March 25, 2010 by USFWS
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Tom Strickland today said he was disappointed that the parties to the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) did not vote to protect shark species that have been depleted by overharvest but expressed hope that a foundation has been laid to protect the species in the future.
New General CRP Signup Good for Ducks, Duck hunters
March 1, 2010 by Delta Waterfowl
Bismarck, N.D.–The announcement that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will offer a general Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) signup later in 2010 is good news for ducks and duck hunters, according to Delta Waterfowl Senior Vice President John Devne…
Service Enforcement Officers Foil Artifact Trafficker
January 22, 2010 by USFWS
An Illinois man was sentenced to pay $150,326 in restitution to the Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge in southern Illinois after admitting that he excavated more than 13,000 artifacts from a Native American archaeological site on the refuge so he could sell them and live off his profits.
