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Recent News About Us Fish And Wildlife Service
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A draft recovery plan for the freshwater mussel, Yellow Lance (Elliptio lanceolata) is available for public review and comment until December 21, 2022.
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Service Proposes Revised Critical Habitat for the Endangered Florida Bonneted Bat Public comment sought on the proposed rule by Jan. 23, 2023
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At an international meeting focused on wildlife trade regulations across the world, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service special agents and a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) trial attorney were honored for their commitment to helping keep the trade legal.
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Breeding season for federally threatened Western snowy plovers has officially come to an end.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is accepting public comments on a plan to protect key conservation areas in the middle and southern sections of the Willamette Valley.
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Following a rigorous review of the best available scientific and commercial information regarding the past, present and future threats, as well as ongoing conservation efforts, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is listing two Distinct Population Segments (DPS) of the lesser prairie-chicken under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is releasing a draft environmental impact statement for a plan that balances forest research and management activities with the conservation of rare species and their habitat in the Elliott State Forest.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing the availability of $38 million in funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for fish passage projects across the nation that address outdated, unsafe or obsolete dams, culverts, levees and other barriers fragmenting our nation’s rivers and streams.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is publishing a Notice of Intent (NOI) in the Federal Register and opening a 30-day public scoping period to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for an incidental take permit (ITP) application associated with the R-Project transmission line.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced $10 million in fiscal year 2023 funds from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support over 50 projects in western states to restore and conserve strategic areas within the sagebrush ecosystem.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced $10 million in fiscal year 2023 funds from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support over 50 projects in western states to restore and conserve strategic areas within the sagebrush ecosystem.
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In response to a rise in international trade in live African elephants, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing an amendment to the 4(d) rule of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to benefit African elephant conservation in the wild while improving the welfare of captive elephants under U.S. jurisdiction.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced $10 million in fiscal year 2023 funds from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support over 50 projects in western states to restore and conserve strategic areas within the sagebrush ecosystem
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After 44 years of dedicated federal service, Midwest Regional Director Charlie Wooley has announced his retirement. We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would like to thank Wooley for his commitment to the Great Lakes and the wider conservation mission of the agency.
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has documented record numbers of juvenile American eel using the eel-passage structure at the Daniels Dam on the Patapsco River this year — an estimated 36,500.
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One of the midwest’s newest national wildlife refuges is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week. Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge was established to connect and restore a large landscape that includes blocks of grasslands, wet prairies and natural streams interspersed with cities and towns.
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The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are seeking public comment on an environmental assessment of the proposed Two Rivers Wind Energy Project, which would be located near the Towns of Medicine Bow and Rock River in Carbon and Albany counties, Wyoming.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has published a draft recovery plan for 23 endangered or threatened species in the Mariana Islands. A
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is listing the sickle darter as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). With this listing, the Service will also implement a 4(d) rule that will tailor take prohibitions for the conservation of the species.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has published a draft recovery plan for 15 species endemic to the Island of Hawaiʻi.