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Interior Secretary Announces Coastal Wetland Grants to Protect Wildlife and Habitat in 10 States |
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Secretary
of the Interior Gale Norton announced today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service will award more than $13 million in grants to 10 states to conserve,
restore and protect coastal wetlands. States awarded grants for fiscal year
2005 under the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program are Alaska,
Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington
and Wisconsin. News Release |
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Service Issues Interim Rule for Threatened Beluga Sturgeon |
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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. |
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DVD Tour of National Wildlife Refuges Now Available |
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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." |
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United States Reauthorizes North American Waterfowl Management Plan |
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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 |
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Secretary Gale Norton signing updated NAWMP, credit USFWS. | ||||||||||||