United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Type: Organization

Name: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Scientists: Don't drop federal wolf protections

In letters to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week, carnivore specialists say the wolf population has only begun to recover and is absent from most of its historical territory after being driven to near-extinction in the past century.They say ... [Published Chambersburg Public Opinion - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Carnivore, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

$22,000 reward offered in two bald eagle shootings

Knoxville News SentinelState wildlife officials are offering $22,000 in rewards in the recent cases of two bald eagle shootings in East Tennessee.In March, a wounded bald eagle was discovered on the northern end of Chickamauga Lake, near Thatch Road Gravel ... [Published Knox News Sentinel - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Bald Eagle, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Golden Eagle Intl Inc, American Eagle Group Inc

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Franklin County farmers fighting for their land (Video)

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Wash. - It's all to save the White Bluffs Bladderpod and endangered plant.The feds want to protect the flower at the farmer's expense.Farmer David Phipps didn't think something like this could happen.He said, "For people to want to come ... [Published KEPR-TV - 1 hour ago]

Entities: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Doc Hastings, Habitat, Deadline

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Facebook Inc

Mom and baby foxes make Facebook campus their home

A mother and three baby foxes like living on Facebook's Menlo Park campus, and they're neither sly nor shy about it."Oh yeah, I've seen them, they play right outside my office," company spokesman Slater Tow said Monday. "They're adorable."And very popular ... [Published Marin Independent Journal - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Facebook Inc, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Don Edwards, Bay National Corp

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Johnson City Press: TVA deal to keep fish hatching in Erwin

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander capped off what he described as “a week of good news for Tennessee fishermen” with the Friday announcement that the Tennessee Valley Authority is participating in an agreement with state and federal wildlife agencies that will ... [Published U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Lamar Alexander, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Georgia Department of Natural Resources

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Ducks Unlimited

Duck population soaring, census data shows

Annual waterfowl survey suggests numbers remain strong The survey, which is about two-thirds finished, tallies up birds in Alberta as well as the other Prairie provinces, the western Arctic, parts of Ontario and some northern states.Last year the duck ... [Published CBC - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Census, Ducks Unlimited, Canadian Wildlife Service, Waterfowl, United States Fish and Wildlife Service

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 10 hours ago - 4 reports

US Customs and Border Protection

LAX seizes elephant meat, dead monkey, illegal handbags

LOS ANGELES, May 21 (UPI) --Airport officials said it had an unusual week this month after several illegal items were found at the airport."We intercept and seize a multitude of remarkable items," U.S. Customs and Border Protection field operations director ... [Published UPI - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Handbags, Illegal, Macaque, US Customs and Border Protection, United States Fish and Wildlife Service

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Reward offered in killing of whooping crane in La.

NEW ORLEANS - State and federal authorities are offering a $3,000 reward for information about whoever shot and killed a whooping crane along the Red River in northwest Louisiana.The 5-foot-tall cranes are among the world's most endangered birds, with ... [Published Houma Today - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Fisheries, Louisiana Department of Wildlife, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Polymer

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 20 hours ago - 2 reports

WWP Litigates to Protect Grizzly Bear Populations in Idaho and Desert Ecosystems in the Sonoran Desert

Western Watersheds Challenges the BLM’s Management of the Sonoran Desert National MonumentOn Monday May 20, 2013, Western Watersheds Project and the Grand Canyon Chapter of the Sierra Club filed litigation in federal court in Phoenix, Ariziona challenging ... [Published Western Watersheds Project - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Grizzly Bear, Livestock, DOMESTIC SHEEP, Litigation

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Federal agency proposes adding two Missouri mussels to endangered species list

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will host a public meeting in Joplin Tuesday and another meeting later in the week in Southeast Missouri to provide details and answer questions about adding two freshwater mussels to the endangered species list.(Read ... [Published Joplin - May 20 2013]

Entities: Mussel, Endangered Species, United States Fish and Wildlife Service

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Up to $3,000 in Reward Money Offered for Information in Whooping Crane Shooting

BATON ROUGE, La., May 17 -- The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries issued the following press release:Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) officials are ... [Published HighBeam Research - May 20 2013]

Entities: Whooping Crane, Shooting, Louisiana Department of Wildlife

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Two California Men Sentenced...

Washington The sentencing May 15 of two California businessmen in Los Angeles for trafficking in rhino horn will send both to prison and ensure that $800,000 of their illegally acquired "profits" end up helping protect rhinos in Africa.Vinh Chung "Jimmy" ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Species, poaching

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Franklin County farmers fighting for their land (Video) [Published KEPR-TV - 1 hour ago]

"The Bald Eagle holds a special place in the heart of every American. It is our national emblem and a great symbol of pride and freedom. This crime is inexcusable and we intend to prosecute the responsible party to the fullest extent of the law." said Bo Stone, Special Agent in the Service's Knoxville, Tennessee, Office of Law Enforcement

Officials offer reward for information on bald eagle shootings [Published 3 WRCB-TV - 3 hours ago]

"If people there don't respect the land and the water, then it's going to be an issue," said Acropolis. "Ninety-nine percent of the boaters respect the environment. We've got to get that other 1 percent to come onon board with us."

F-Cove to Reopen to Boaters Memorial Day Weekend [Published Brick Patch - 3 hours ago]

"We're probably done with the helicopter for the year, but we've always felt the helicopter was one of the more expeditious, efficient ways to move bison back into the park" Merritt said

Appeals court won't block Yellowstone bison hazing [Published Idaho Statesman - 6 hours ago]

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Forfeiture Procedures Under the Endangered Spec... [Published Zecco - 9 hours ago]
Duck population soaring, census data shows [Published CBC - 10 hours ago]
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Johnson City Press: TVA deal to keep fish hatch... [Published U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander - 20 hours ago]
Mom and baby foxes make Facebook campus their home [Published Marin Independent Journal - 22 hours ago]
Man Seen Diving onto Manatees in Video, A Serio... [Published Opposing Views - 22 hours ago]
Explore Horicon Marsh by canoe [Published Wisconsin Trails - 22 hours ago]
Reward offered in killing of whooping crane in La. [Published Houma Today - 22 hours ago]
Elephant meat, other protected wildlife seized ... [Published KABC Los Angeles - 23 hours ago]
Elephant meat for Fresno, protected reptile han... [Published SCPR - May 21 2013]
Chamber: Greens using ‘sue and settle’ to coerc... [Published The Hill - May 20 2013]

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Leading wolf researchers oppose plan to remove ... [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - 7 hours ago] Sylvia Fallon, Senior Scientist, Washington, DC Yesterday a group of leading wolf researchers and prominent conservation biologists sent a letter to the Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewel, urging her to reconsider plans to remove Endangered Species ...
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Obama administration gives wind industry a pass... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - May 15 2013] Shutterstock / George LamsonA California condor — is it expendable? Is it OK to slaughter hundreds of thousands of birds every year in the name of clean energy? Is it OK for a luxury home developer to kill California condors in its quest for profits? ...
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Rep. Fleming on Overreach by the U.S. Fish and ... [Published Rep. John Fleming - YouTube Channel - May 07 2013]
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