By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists found something unusual while examining a shipment containing fresh celery, the interception of a rare pest, a first-in-port discovery.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
U.S. Border Patrol's (BP) Swanton Sector recorded 367 apprehensions and encounters during January of fiscal year 2023 (FY23.) Despite area temperatures reaching -4 degrees Fahrenheit, January's total surpassed the preceding January apprehensions for the past 12 years combined (Total: 344.) Prior to January, Swanton Sector experienced an uninterrupted 7-month streak of sustained encounter increases—part of an upward trend dating back to the beginning of FY22.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) Laredo Field Office will reopen the Amistad Dam International Bridge after an extended closure due to a maintenance issue.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested two convicted child sex offenders, shortly after they illegally entered the United States.Feb. 6, while conducting line watch operations, Eagle Pass Station agents encountered nine subjects attempting to avoid detection.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, Area Port of Douglas officers arrested a 34-year-old male attempting to smuggle 45 pounds of blue fentanyl pills into the United States.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
The Ice Bridge on Drummond Island is set to open today and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Field Operations encourages snowmobilers in the Eastern Upper Peninsula region of Michigan to use the CBP Reporting Offsite Arrival – Mobile (ROAM) application to report their arrival into the United States when entering from Canada.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
On Monday, February 6, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) seized more than $26,000 from a passenger traveling to Vietnam.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published today a Federal Register Notice soliciting additional participants for the Section 321 Data Pilot, which allows the agency to partner with private sector supply chain actors to identify and target high-risk shipments for inspection while expediting clearance of legitimate trade flows.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
“The January monthly operational update clearly illustrates that new border enforcement measures are working, with the lowest level of Border Patrol encounters between Ports of Entry since February of 2021,” said CBP Acting Commissioner Troy Miller
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
Adraft recovery plan is now available for the trispot darter, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2019.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the final recovery plan for the white fringeless orchid, a perennial plant listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
As the result of a statewide voter-led initiative passed in November 2020, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing a rule to establish an experimental population of gray wolves in Colorado under section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in support of the state of Colorado’s voter-mandated gray wolf reintroduction program.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
Achieving a major conservation milestone following decades of conservation and large-scale restoration work, the Department of the Interior today announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to remove the wood stork from the federal list of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
Proposed Delisting of the U.S. Breeding Population of the Wood Stork
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
Few people have laid eyes on the northern bog lemming, an elusive rodent that makes its home in remote bogs in northern spruce-fir forests.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
In order to better protect shipwrecks and other cultural resources on the seabed from harm due to offshore energy activities, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is proposing regulatory changes to its marine archaeology reporting requirements for activities proposed on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
In support of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, today the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced the availability of its draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed SouthCoast Wind (formerly Mayflower Wind) energy project offshore Massachusetts.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Biden-Harris administration’s Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission released a report outlining a strategy to meet aerial firefighting equipment needs through 2030
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Large, severe wildfires have become the norm in much of the country, including in seasonally dry forests across the interior of the western United States. Most of the tree stands are adapted only to low-intensity fires.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
All types of vegetation can act as fuel for a wildland fire. By understanding what vegetation is present and how easily it will burn, fire personnel can better predict and respond to the movement of a fire.
