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JANUARY 15, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the death of two Whooping Cranes in Hopkins County, Kentucky. The mated pair was passing through the area last fall as part of Operation Migration , an effort to restore a migrating population of the birds to the eastern United States. News endangered species Shooting Whooping Cranes'

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FEBRUARY 8, 2014

Image above by AP Photo/Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.). The pair shot last year in Kentucky belonged to Operation Migration’s project establishing a migratory flock in the eastern United States; there is also the last true wild flock , which winters in Texas and summers in Canada.) Seriously, hunters. (Or,

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JUNE 17, 2015

Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. National wildlife refuges provide premier outdoor recreational opportunities across the Nation.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Both territories are part of the United States and the residents are American citizens, which appears to be the key criteria for inclusion. To the extent there is one, the primary animating principle appears to be that the ABA Area includes all of the United States and Canada. because it is birding in the United States.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

And no sensible person can deny the role of the federal government in preserving the environment in the United States – a role that has been slowly built into a bulwark against the catastrophic extinctions that plagued American avifauna in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation (NAMWC) is often held up as the best system of wildlife management and conservation in the world. But the tenets of the North American Model were developed in the 19th century, when wildlife ethics and science were a mere glimmer of what we understand today.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered ” under the Endangered Species Act. FWS did not designate “ critical habitat ” for the warbler, stating it was indeterminable. United States Fish & Wildlife Serv. On December 27, 1990 , the U.S. Sparks, J.).

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Before the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), there was the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966. endangered species was issued on March 11, 1967, under the earlier law, and those listings were ultimately grandfathered into the ESA. The first list of U.S. The links are to the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

As a result, the bird has a long history with the Endangered Species Act. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that the coastal subspecies was actually a subspecies. If it was not, there would be no listing, as the overall species was not in peril. United States DOI , 2019 U.S. Case citation: Ctr.

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MARCH 29, 2017

Then, in one of my freshmen science classes, there was a discussion about extinct species, which then lead to the topic of threatened, or endangered species, and what we could do to help out. org [link] The American Bird Conservancy [link] and Defenders of Wildlife [link]. Not for lack of trying, mind you.

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JUNE 12, 2018

The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are home to some of the largest assemblages of breeding seabirds in the United States. Many of these islands are part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge and one of the most important areas is Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. They are also disease vectors.

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

Ferruginous Hawks were petitioned for listing under the federal Endangered Species Act in 1991 but rejected; currently they are listed as a Category 2 Species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and as a Sensitive Species by the Bureau of Land Management 1. They are listed as vulnerable in Canada.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

TRAVERSE CITY - State officials say they're not pleased with a federal court's ruling overturning the government's decision to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list for the Great Lakes region. It's in response to a lawsuit filed by several environmental groups, including The Humane Society of the United States.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

From National Wildlife Federation. The majestic gray wolf once roamed the United States from coast to coast and from Mexico to Canada. Thanks to the Endangered Species Act and a successful reintroduction program in which NWF played a major role, the wolf is thriving again in the Yellowstone and Great Lakes areas.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

As you probably know, birding can be the domain of the wealthy, at least here in the United States. Sure there are some notable billionaire philanthropists out there who have given a lot to conservation and helped a lot of wildlife…Ted Turner, Doug and Kris Tompkins, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to name a few.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It’s probably on your mind too, especially if you live in the United States. Fernandina’s Flicker, a tongue-twisting alliterative name for one of the most endangered woodpeckers in the world! Cuba is on my mind. 26 endemics! Bee Hummingbird, the smallest hummingbird in the world! and Cuba.).

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MAY 8, 2018

More than 50 years ago, the Hawaiian Goose (Nene) was one of the first birds listed under the Endangered Species Act, part of the inaugural “ Class of 1967 ”. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed downlisting it from “endangered” to “threatened.”. Photos: Hawaiian Goose; Hanalei NWR by Jason Crotty.

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MAY 30, 2019

Along the way he discovered German falconer and wildlife artist, Renz Waller, who successfully bred a pair of Peregrines twice during some of the worst conditions of WW II and two American falconers, Larry Schram and Heinz Meng who were successful in breeding Peregrines from 1968 to 1971. And grow they did.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The Hawaii vote made it clear that that the ABA Area is about political borders, not geographical or ecological ones, and the two Caribbean territories have long been part of the United States. The absence of the Caribbean means that ABA Area—and the ABA—excludes important aspects of the avian diversity of the United States.

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JULY 26, 2011

Republicans in the United States House of Representatives have proposed a bill that would completely eliminate the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act. If you love birds and the environment stop sending crazy right-wing nutters to Congress. Hat-tip to Mike McDowell.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

When the news broke about a possible border wall through Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge in Texas, I decided to make plans to visit before it got bisected by a concrete barrier. I have been to refuges across the United States, but I never thought that I would have a deadline to visit any particular refuge. Indeed, The U.S.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

Birders have been apprehensively watching developments regarding the construction of a border wall through the renowned birding location of Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. A cause of action or claim may only be brought alleging a violation of the Constitution of the United States. But how is that possible? # # #.

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AUGUST 10, 2017

Recently the Republican lead House of Representatives has released their proposed 2108 budget which would allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). What affect would that have on wildlife? Home to over 400 species of birds, 450 types of native plants, half of the U.S.

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