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Announcements from the US Fish & Wildlife Service - September 9, 2014 - UPDATE

With $35 Million in Grants, Service Promotes Cooperative Efforts to Conserve Imperiled Species

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will purchase 1,533 acres of land in the Glacial Lake Wisconsin Recovery Unit for the Karner blue butterfly. Photo Credit: Melanie Cota / USFWS.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will purchase 1,533 acres of land in the Glacial Lake Wisconsin Recovery Unit for the Karner blue butterfly.
Photo Credit: Melanie Cota / USFWS
September 9, 2014
Nearly $35 million in grants from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will enable 20 states to work with interested parties to make conservation happen for threatened and endangered fish, wildlife and plants.
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From Many, to Few, to None

Martha, the last passenger pigeon, lived her entire 29-year life in the Cincinnati Zoo. Photo Credit: Cincinnati Zoo, circa 1914.
Martha, the last passenger pigeon, lived her entire 29-year life in the Cincinnati Zoo.
Photo Credit: Cincinnati Zoo, circa 1914
August 28, 2014
Once the most abundant bird in North America, the passenger pigeon was hunted to extinction in the early 1900s. The last of its kind, named Martha, died in captivity on September 1, 1914. A century later, her story serves as a somber remembrance of what our nation has lost. The passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius), once numbering in the billions, was thought by some to account for one quarter of all land birds in North America. Such astonishing numbers are hard to imagine today.
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Service Determines Wolverine Does Not Warrant Endangered Species Act Protection

There is no solid information about the specific effects of climate change on wolverine denning habitat and how potential changes would likely affect this wolverine population. Photo credit: Roy Anderson
There is no solid information about the specific effects of climate change on wolverine denning habitat and how potential changes would likely affect this wolverine population.
Photo credit: Roy Anderson
August 12, 2014
Using the best-available science, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined the North American wolverine should not be listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Climate change is real, but its effect on the wolverine is unclear. To that end, the Service will continue working on wolverine conservation with state partners and monitor the species for any change that might indicate a need for ESA protection.

New Policy Proposed to Benefit At-Risk Wildlife, Provide Credits to Landowners Taking Voluntary Conservation Actions

Southern Idaho ground squirrel. Credit: Dennis Mackey/USFWS
Southern Idaho ground squirrel.
Dennis Mackey/USFWS
July 17, 2014
As part of an on-going effort to provide more flexibility under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed a new policy that would give landowners credit for voluntary conservation actions for at-risk species. "The proposed policy is a win-win for people and for wildlife species that are in decline but not yet listed as threatened or endangered," said Service Director Dan Ashe.

Agencies Extend Public Comment Period on Proposed ESA Critical Habitat Regulations

Karner blue butterfly. Credit: Joel Trick / USFWS
Karner blue butterfly.
Joel Trick / USFWS
June 20, 2014
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service – the two federal agencies responsible for administering the Endangered Species Act – are extending the public comment periods on two rules and a policy to improve the process of designating areas of "critical habitat" and consulting on the effects of federal actions on critical habitat.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Proposals from States and Tribes for Wolf Livestock Demonstration Project Grant

Gray wolf. Credit: Gary Kramer, USFWS
Gray wolf.
Gary Kramer, USFWS

April 24, 2014
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking proposals from eligible states and Native American tribes for demonstration projects intended to reduce and address the impact of wolves on livestock operations...


Wolf Proposal Comment Period Reopened

Gray wolf. Credit: Gary Kramer, USFWS
Gray wolf.
Gary Kramer / USFWS
February 7, 2014
Following receipt of an independent scientific peer review, the Service is reopening the comment period on its proposal to list the Mexican wolf as an endangered subspecies and to remove the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List. The peer review report is now available for public review (see below). Beginning Feb. 10, interested stakeholders have 45 days to provide information that may help the Service make a final determination on the proposal.

Latest Endangered Species Bulletin Reflects on the "Class of 1967"

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February 6, 2014
December 2013 marked the ruby anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, which has achieved remarkable successes over the last four decades. While we celebrate 40 years of endangered species protections this year, we are really celebrating 47. Congress passed the Endangered Species Preservation Act in 1966 – the first piece of comprehensive endangered species legislation – and the following March, 14 mammals, 36 birds, six reptiles and amphibians, and 22 fish debuted as the "Class of 1967." This edition of the Endangered Species Bulletin reflects on the conservation stories for some of these "first chosens" for federal protection.


THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES: ACHIEVING RECOVERY AND PREVENTING EXTINCTION

Working with Tribes to Recover Black-Footed Ferrets

Black Footed Ferret

Ryan Hagerty / USFWS
December 17, 2013
As part of the Service’s commemoration of the Endangered Species Act’s 40th Anniversary, each week we feature a different state and its unique story to highlight our continued success in recovering threatened and endangered species. This week, we learn about working with our Tribal partners in South Dakota to recover the black-footed ferret in its historic range.




Hibernating Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis).
Credit: Ann Froschauer / USFWS

Wyandotte Cave Shares Colorful History with Indiana Bat

November 12, 2013
To recognize the Endangered Species Act's 40th anniversary, each week we feature a different state and its unique story. This week we learn about one of the first species ever listed as endangered -- the Indiana bat -- and its unique history in the Wyandotte Cave, Indiana. These bats and this cave have gone through dramatic changes throughout the years—mining, onions, torch-bearing tourists and possibly even a ghost. Now biologists are working to ensure Indiana bats continue on their path to recovery.
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Canada lynx kittens. Credit: USFWS

Canada Lynx Returning to Vermont

November 5, 2013
As part of the Service’s commemoration of the Endangered Species Act’s 40th Anniversary, each week we feature a different state and its unique story to highlight our continued success in recovering threatened and endangered species. This week we learn about efforts to research the abundance of Canada lynx in Vermont. Recent evidence shows a breeding population of lynx in the Nulhegan Basin Division of the Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge, encouraging signs for this threatened species.
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Service Extends Wolf Comment Period, Reschedules Public Hearings, Adds Hearing in AZ

October 24, 2013
The Service today announced rescheduled dates for the remaining public hearings on its two proposed wolf rules and added another hearing and informational meeting in Arizona. To enable these hearings to take place within the public comment periods on the proposed rules, the comment period deadlines also are extended until December 17.
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Service Extends Comment Period for Gray Wolf Proposals, Announces Public Hearings

September 4, 2013
To maximize opportunities for public comment, the Service has extended the public comment period until October 28 for two proposed rules to delist the gray wolf throughout its range while continuing to protect the Mexican wolf. The Service has also announced public hearings in Washington, DC; Sacramento, CA; and Albuquerque, NM.

Birds Flock Back with Rats Gone: Puffins Reclaim Hawadax Island

October 25, 2013
Tufted puffin nests were found for the first time this summer on the former "Rat Island" in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge just five years after Norway rats were eradicated by the refuge, aided by the Nature Conservancy and Island Conservation. Other birds are also flourishing. A 1780 shipwreck brought the predatory rats leading to the decimation of the island's birds. Native Alaska groups championed the name change to "Hawadax.".
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 Service Endorses Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Conservation Plan
October 23, 2013
The Service announced its endorsement of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies' Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Conservation Plan. The range-wide plan represents a dedicated effort by the five range states of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado to conserve the lesser prairie-chicken, a species proposed for listing under the Endangered Species Act.
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 Sea Turtle Nest Numbers Up Dramatically in Southeast
August 30, 2013
Along the southeast coast, endangered sea turtles are nesting in record numbers – the result of 30 years of federal protection efforts. National wildlife refuges provide critical habitat, protected beaches and extensive data on nesting sea turtles. Green sea turtles are the undisputed 2013 champs with record nesting numbers at Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge and Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge.

A Watchful Eye Protects the Piping Plover 

 August 27, 2013
As part of the Service's commemoration of the Endangered Species Act's 40th Anniversary, each week we feature a different state and its unique story to highlight our continued success in recovering threatened and endangered species. This week we learn about how a volunteer plover warden protects piping plovers and their nests on the beaches of Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts.

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