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News Releases Published After: 9/15/2004 58 News Releases found
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10/13/2004: Congressman Denny Rehberg, USFWS, and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Announce Reopening of Public Comment Period For National Bison Range Complex Draft Annual Funding Agreement
Congressman Denny Rehberg of Montana, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) today announced that public comment for the draft Annual Funding Agreement (AFA) for the National Bison Range Complex will be reopened to allow the public additional time to review and provide comment on the AFA and associated information. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes have negotiated a draft Annual ...
10/12/2004: Service Reproposes Critical Habitat for Endangered Southwestern Bird
In compliance with a court order, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reproposed 1,556 miles within the100-year floodplain of waters in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico as critical habitat for an endangered migratory bird, the southwestern willow flycatcher, which was listed as endangered in 1995. The Service designated 599 river miles of flycatcher critical habitat in
10/12/2004: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Initiate Status Review of the Ute Ladies'-Tresses Orchid
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that a petition to remove the Ute ladies'-tresses orchid from Federal protection under the Endangered Species Act provides substantial biological information to indicate that removal may be warranted. Consequently, the Service will initiate a status review to assess the Ute ladies'-tresses orchid population abundance and distribution, recovery progress, and existing threats. Information is available for public review, by appointment, during ...
10/12/2004: Laysan Ducks Make New Home on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
The residents of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge are always happy to have newcomers to their island, but now they have some very special guests. Twenty endangered Laysan ducks will now be calling Midway their home. The endangered Laysan duck (Anas laysanesis) had the smallest geographical range of any duck species in the world and until now consisted of a single population of approximately 500 birds.
10/12/2004: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Estimated Costs of Implementing Draft Annual Funding Agreement at National Bison Range Complex Significantly Lower Than Previously Reported
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10/8/2004: America’s National Wildlife Refuges Are Often Your Next Door Neighbors
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge - Just 20 miles from Faneuil Hall, the 3,600-acre national wildlife refuge offers visitors the chance to paddle a canoe along the
10/7/2004: CRITICAL HABITAT PROPOSED FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VERNAL POOL PLANT
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed a critical habitat designation on 4,301 acres of vernal pool habitat in Los Angeles and San Diego counties for the federally threatened Navarretia fossalis (spreading navarretia). "The Service has identified about 31,000 acres of land in Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Diego counties as essential habitat for spreading navarretia," said Steve Thompson, Manager of the Service? The Service has identified five discrete critical habitat units, four...
10/7/2004: National Wildlife Refuge Week, October 10-16, Celebrates Important Role of Conservation
Whether its hunting, fishing or wildlife watching, thousands of Americans will flock to national wildlife refuges during National Wildlife Refuge Week October 10-16. Visitors will celebrate the National Wildlife Refuge System? Here in the Southeast, Refuges are offering festivals, exhibits, boat tours, and nature walks. The National Wildlife Refuge System, established in 1903, has 544 national wildlife refuges nationwide.
10/7/2004: MARK ANDERSON GETS THE VOTE IN THE 2004 FEDERAL DUCK STAMP CONTEST
The sale of Federal Duck Stamps raises approximately $25 million each year to fund waterfowl habitat acquisition for the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Federal Duck Stamp Contest is sponsored each year by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Ninety-eight percent of the proceeds from the $15 Duck Stamp goes into the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund, which purchases wetlands for the National Wildlife Refuge System.
10/7/2004: Critical Habitat Proposed for the Arkansas River Shiner
The areas determined to be essential to the conservation of the Arkansas River Shiner include portions of the
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