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					The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued an interim special rule that will allow trade in products derived from threatened beluga sturgeon as long as that trade is consistent with regulatory requirements already in force under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). The interim rule also provides for the continuation of ongoing international cooperative conservation efforts to ensure the survival of the species in the wild. News Release

					DVD Tour of National Wildlife Refuges Now Available
					From the wilderness of Alaska's Kenai peninsula to the deep tropical forests of the Caribbean, "America's Wildest Places" takes you on an armchair tour of the gems of the National Wildlife Refuge System, where wildlife comes first. Our country's wildlife refuges are now yours with volume one in the series, "America's Wildest Places/A Video Tour of Eight National Wildlife Refuges." Additional Ordering Information

					United States Reauthorizes North American Waterfowl Management Plan
							Interior Secretary Gale Norton reaffirmed the United States' commitment to international waterfowl conservation efforts by signing an update to the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. The plan is a public-private approach to manage waterfowl in Canada, Mexico and the United States. Partners have invested more than $2.2 billion to protect, restore or enhance more than 8 million acres of habitat in the plan's history. News Release
Conserving the Nature of America. pdf (brochure) Latest Fire Information
					Secretary Gale Norton signing updated NAWMP, credit USFWS.

					2004 Duck Stamp Winner Announced
				South Dakota Artist Mark Anderson won the annual Duck Stamp Competition with his acrylic rendering of two hooded mergansers. Jim Hautman took second place with a wood duck acrylic. Don Moore came in third with a hooded merganser acrylic. News Release Learn more

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