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ERO Miami arrests fake violinist

Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Miami, in partnership with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, arrested Giovanni Radu, a 22-year-old citizen of Italy who entered the United States as a nonimmigrant and violated the terms of his admission. ERO Miami detained Radu in Royal Palm Beach.


Asylum Applicants Can Now File Form I-765 Online

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that certain asylum applicants can now file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, online.


USCIS Extends Green Card Validity for Conditional Permanent Residents with a Pending Form I-751 or Form I-829

USCIS is extending the validity of Permanent Resident Cards (also known as Green Cards) for petitioners who properly file Form I-751,


Service Extends Effective Date for Lesser Prairie-Chicken Listing

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is delaying the effective date of the final rule to list two Distinct Population Segments (DPS) of the lesser prairie-chicken under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).


Five species on San Clemente Island declared fully recovered

Decades of collaborative conservation efforts on U.S. Navy-owned San Clemente Island resulted in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s announcement today that five species – San Clemente Island paintbrush, lotus, larkspur and bush-mallow plants and San Clemente Bell’s sparrow have fully recovered and no longer require Endangered Species Act protection.


Service Seeks Comment on Proposed Critical Habitat for Sickle Darter

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to designate critical habitat in parts of Tennessee and Virginia for the sickle darter, a species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in December 2022.


Mexican Wolf Captured North of Interstate 40 in New Mexico

In accordance with current policy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) authorized the capture and transfer of f2754, a Mexican wolf who had left the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Recovery Area (MWEPA) earlier this month.


Expanded grant opportunities fund conservation for imperiled bumble bees

We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service know that America’s native bees and other pollinators continue to need everyone’s help.


USFWS Completes Final Recovery Plan for Meltwater Lednian and Western Glacier Stoneflies

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is announcing the completion and publication of the final recovery plan for the Meltwater Lednian stonefly (Lednia tumana) and Western Glacier stonefly (Zapada glacier).


Partnership-Driven Conservation Gives Oregon Butterfly Wings

The Fender’s blue butterfly, once thought to be extinct, is fluttering toward recovery under the Endangered Species Act. Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reclassified Fender’s blue butterfly from endangered to threatened and finalized a special rule


Record of Decision signed for West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Mitigation Alternative

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, announced today that a Record of Decision was signed by Maj. Gen. Diana Holland, Mississippi Valley Division Commanding General, on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) mitigation feature.


Federal government puts limits on vessel calls, crude oil volume handled at BP Cherry Point Marine Terminal

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will modify the Department of the Army permit for the BP Cherry Point Marine Terminal’s North Wing dock. Modification will ensure the permit complies with the Magnuson Amendment’s restrictions regarding the handling of crude oil at Puget Sound facilities, and Endangered Species Act and other applicable legal requirements through additional permit conditions.


USACE Begins Increased Lake Okeechobee Releases

Due to the continued high water level in Lake Okeechobee, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District will begin to increase releases from the lake.


NR 23-01: Public workshop set for Center Hill Lake Shoreline Management Plan update

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Center Hill Lake Resource Management Office is holding a public workshop for its shoreline management plan update 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2003, at the DeKalb County Community Complex in Smithville, Tennessee.


Corps seeks input on Lake Traverse, Mud Lake water management plan update

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is updating its Lake Traverse and Mud Lake water control plan and is seeking public input by hosting two public meetings. The two lakes are located near Wheaton, Minnesota.


USACE Vicksburg District’s Dredge Jadwin completes 2022 dredging season

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District’s Dredge Jadwin and its crew returned to the Vicksburg Harbor this morning completing the 2022 dredging season.


Corps of Engineers conducts second FUSRAP Five-Year Review for Iowa Army Ammunition Plant

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is conducting the second Five-Year Review of its environmental remedial actions that have been implemented at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (located in Middletown, Iowa).


Corps of Engineers to increase outflow from Baldhill Dam

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will begin increasing outflow next week from Baldhill Dam located near Valley City, North Dakota, to lower Lake Ashtabula before spring runoff.


USACE seeks public input on the revised McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Master Plan

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public input on the draft MKARNS Master Plan and Environmental Assessment. Public comment for the draft MP and EA will be held between Jan. 16 and March 2.


North and South Re-Reg Parks Closed

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Carter’s Lake North and South re-regulation parks are currently closed until further notice due to damages caused by yesterday’s high-water levels after a spillage gate malfunction.