By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
On December 8, The Conservation Fund purchased 964 acres of Fones Cliffs, along the Rappahannock River, with intentions of returning it to the Rappahannock Tribe. Once re-acquired, this land, originally the Tribal village of Wecuppom, will more than double the Tribe’s holdings.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Once in awhile a snow bunting (plectrophenax nivalis) shows up on Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge and recently was one of those times.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Guinea citizen Amara Cherif was sentenced to serve 57 months in U.S. federal prison for conspiring to traffic in millions of dollars in rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory, both parts of endangered wildlife species.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
When the weather outside is frightful, and the garage seems so delightful, fish hatchery trucks have nowhere to go, so let it snow.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
In the forested hills of the Pennsylvania Highlands, undeveloped land is becoming more expensive and harder to find. For Pennsylvania state agencies tasked with conserving outdoor spaces for public recreation and wildlife protection, finding creative ways to acquire new lands is a priority.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Our lives are brighter because of national wildlife refuges.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is announcing a final action to list the whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Everyone should have the opportunity to fish.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The North American Wetlands Conservation Council is excited to announce several significant and profound changes to the U.S. North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant programs that will go into effect with the 2024 proposal cycles.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service launched the Center for Pollinator Conservation to address the decline of pollinator populations across North America.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Join in on a guided tour of the Pungo Unit to watch the magnificent migratory waterfowl.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Center for Pollinator Conservation FAQs
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel recently completed the fifth year of banding migratory birds on the Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge as part of a project to assess the overall status of birds that migrate to southern Nevada to breed and their use of habitat on and adjacent to the refuge.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
This fall, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and National Park Service teamed up to connect to the next generation of wildland firefighters.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Picture yourself like any free-swimming squid, thousands of feet underwater in the ethereal silence of the freezing-cold deep sea. In the crushing pressure and near-absolute black void, something is moving towards you slowly, but steadily.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The Refuge is seeking public review and comment on our draft Compatibility Determination (CD) for commercial timber harvest. Commercial timber harvest to achieve the Refuge’s habitat management goals were described in the Refuge’s CCP and Habitat Management Plan
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Fish passage restoration projects have historically had a laser-like focus on restoring passage for endangered salmonids such as the threatened coho and sockeye salmon and steelhead.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined the Dolphin and Union caribou, a distinct population segment of the barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) and endemic to Victoria Island and the Canadian mainland, warrants federal protection as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Mammoth Spring National Fish Hatchery held its annual Holiday Open House Event on December 3rd, 2022. The event took place in the Aquatic Conservation Center and Aquarium.
By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The holidays are coming. I don’t want to hear about how you’re going to buy a pre-cooked ham, put some shrimp in a cup and call it a cocktail, or drink enough eggnog so you fall asleep on the couch and miss lighting the Hanukkah candles or whatever else you do
