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Recent News About U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the San Francisco Bay-Delta distinct population segment of longfin smelt as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The decision is based on scientific evidence indicating a significant decline in longfin smelt populations throughout the San Francisco Bay estuary over recent decades.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved a revised recovery plan for the Mexican long-nosed bat, an endangered migratory species from Mexico that is also found seasonally in West Texas and New Mexico. The revised plan establishes criteria for downlisting and delisting the Mexican long-nosed bat, which was listed as endangered on September 30, 1988.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the implementation of a pilot program at seven National Wildlife Refuges during the Fall 2024 hunting season. The initiative aims to test voluntary, incentive-based efforts to increase the use of lead-free ammunition by hunters on Service-administered lands. According to available scientific data, lead ammunition and fishing tackle can negatively impact wildlife.
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The Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (YDNWR) Manager, under the authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, has announced a gillnet fishing opportunity for Federally qualified subsistence users. This opportunity is available downstream of the Kalskag Bluffs and Uknavik Slough (Kalskag Line) to the mouth of the Kuskokwim River at the Refuge boundary.
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A female Mexican wolf was captured north of Interstate 40 on U.S. Forest Service lands near Flagstaff, Arizona, last week. The wolf, identified as F2979, was collared and released back into the wild to aid in locating and capturing another wolf known to be in the area.