US Fish and Wildlife Service

Taking Our Message to Capitol Hill

Caitlin Balch-Burnett | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Colorado Conservation, Colorado's Wildlife, U.S. Forest Service, National Wildlife Refuges, Colorado Tourism, Colorado Environmentalists, Wildlife Refugees, Defenders-of-Wildlife, Colorado Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Defenders of Wildlife, National Wildlife Refuge System, Denver News
Caitlin Balch-Burnett

Without sufficient funding, national wildlife refuges in Colorado may not be able to continue protecting wildlife, which would, in turn, hurt local economies.

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Feds Crack Down On Rhino Horn Smuggling Ring

AP | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Rhino, Mai Nguyen, Jimmy Kha, Rhinoceros, Rhino Horns, Rhino Horn Smuggling, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Dan Ashe, Animals, Green News

LOS ANGELES -- Federal wildlife investigators say they've broken up an international smuggling ring that trafficked in sawed-off rhinoceros horns for ...

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Views Collide At Meeting On Louisiana's Coastal Plan

Susan Buchanan | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Bp, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, Morgan City, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Jefferson Parish, Levees, Natural Resource Damage Assessment, Clean Water Act, Gulf Restoration Network, U.S. Army Corps, Dredging, Wetlands, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fisheries, Sierra Club, Mississippi River, Seafood, Green News
Susan Buchanan

A New Orleans open house held by Louisiana's coastal restoration authority last week on a draft of the state's 2012 Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast drew mixed, earnest and sometimes vehement comments.

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Washington Post Misses Link Between Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change

Elliott Negin | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Virginia, Rising Sea Level, Beaches, Bob Mcdonnell, Ken Cuccinelli, Washington Post, Climate Change, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sea Level Rise, Global Warming, Green News
Elliott Negin

The Post story included the what, who, where and how of basic journalism. What was missing was the why. Why is sea level rising and eroding the beach in Chincoteague?

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Great Dismal Swamp Fire Finally Extinguished

AP | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Virginia, Great Dismal Swamp, Video, Natural Disasters, Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Great Dismal Swamp Fire, Wildfires, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Great Dismal Swamp Fire Virginia, Animals, Extreme Weather, Green News

SUFFOLK, Va. -- A wildfire that burned thousands of acres in southeastern Virginia's Great Dismal Swamp over more than three months has been extinguis...

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Over 150 Wolves Shot Since August In Northern Rockies

AP | NOAKI SCHWARTZ and MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Video, Wolf Hunts, Wolf Northern Rockies, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, U.S. Gray Wolf Hunt, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Animals, Gray Wolf Hunts, Idaho Montana Wolf Hunts, Gray Wolf, Green News

PASADENA, Calif. — Wildlife advocates appeared in federal court Tuesday seeking to stop gray wolf hunts that are already well under way in the N...

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Save Our Sundays

Laura Donahue | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Humane Society of the United States, Wildlife Watching, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Hunting, Bird Watching, Sunday Hunting, Wildlife, DC News
Laura Donahue

In Virginia, hunting has been declining while wildlife watching is on the rise. These changes only underscore the importance of Virginia's tradition against hunting on Sundays, which balances the interests of all outdoor recreationists.

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Lucia Graves

Groups Sue To Block Construction Of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Keystone Oil Pipeline, Transcanada, Alberta Tar Sands, Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, Keystone Pipeline, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Keystone XL, Ogallala Aquifer, Lawsuit, State Department, Keystone XL Pipeline, Keystone, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Environmental groups filed suit against the Obama administration on Wednesday, alleging that U.S. federal officials illegally allowed wo...

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New Hope for Some of America's Most Fascinating (and Imperiled) Species

Kieran Suckling | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Act, Extinction, Mass Extinction, Green News
Kieran Suckling

A perfect natural laboratory, the Southeast is the world's center of aquatic biodiversity, with more species of freshwater mussels, snails and crayfish than anywhere else on Earth. Unfortunately, it's also been an epicenter of extinction.

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The Gulf's Ocean and Inland Fish Face Multiple Threats

Susan Buchanan | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Topminnows, u.s. Endangered Species Act, Mussels, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Louisiana State University, Pearl River, Wildearth Guardians, Louisiana Dept. Of Wildlife and Fisheries, Japan, Sturgeon, Bluefin Tuna, Green News
Susan Buchanan

Decades of commercial overfishing, along with oil and gas exploration and refining, hurricanes and last year's BP spill are among the misfortunes facing fish in the Gulf.

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The Arctic Refuge: A Place Worth Fighting For

Jamie Rappaport Clark | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Wilderness, Defenders of Wildlife, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Jamie Rappaport Clark, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Green News
Jamie Rappaport Clark

The evidence is clear: oil companies cannot be trusted with our treasured places -- and that includes the Arctic refuge.

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6 Golden Eagle Deaths Prompt Federal Investigation

AP | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Tehachapi Mountains Wind Farm, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Eagle Death Wind Farm, Pine Tree Wind Project, Golden Eagle Deaths, Wind Turbines, Eagle Conservation, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities are investigating the deaths of at least six golden eagles at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's ...

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Searching For Missing New Hampshire Girl

AP | By JOHN CURRAN | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Video, Abduction, Canada Border, New Hampshire, Fbi, Amber Alert, Celina Cass, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Missing Persons, Stewartstown, Crime News

STEWARTSTOWN, N.H. (AP) -- Shy and sweet, with a gap-toothed smile and a reputation as reliable, 11-year-old Celina Cass is the last person anyone in ...

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Extinction Rider Puts Us All in Danger

Jamie Rappaport Clark | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Appropriations, Wolverine, Extinction, Wildlife, Endangered Species, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Ornithology, Green News
Jamie Rappaport Clark

Next week, the U.S. House of Representatives plans to pass an ill-conceived budget bill for the Interior Department that would paralyze our nation's programs for protecting imperiled plants and animals.

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Open Season on the Endangered Species Act?

Michael Brune | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Gray Wolves, Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wyoming, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Michael Brune

Apparently, it's open season on the Endangered Species Act -- a law that for nearly 40 years has successfully prevented the extinction of plants and animals and helped threatened populations recover.

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In Alaska, a Dirty Fight Over Clean Water

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Alaska, Landfills, Fecal Matter, Disease, Washington DC, Green Living, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Justice Department, Bacteria, Unalaska, Green News
AlaskaDispatch.com

A small island fishing community 800 air miles southwest of Anchorage has found itself in a monster of a fight with federal enforcers based more than 4,100 miles away in Washington, D.C.

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Smuggler Strapped 15 Live Lizards To Chest, Sentenced To 15 Months In Prison

AP | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Michael Plant, Monitor Lizard, Lizard Smuggler, Lax Smuggling, Smuggling Lizard, Lizard Smuggling, Animal Smuggler, Geckos, Animals, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Green News

LOS ANGELES — A California man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest and tried to walk through customs at Los Angeles International Airport ...

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No Species Is an Island

Michael Brune | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Habitat, Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Aldo Leopold, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Michael Brune

We need a strong Endangered Species Act now more than ever. Unfortunately, that's not the way things have been headed lately, and the reasons are political.

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The Proposal to Poison a Wildlife Refuge

Maggie Sergio | Posted 07.14.2011

Read More: Poison, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mouse, Brodifacoum, Green News
Maggie Sergio

About a week and half ago it came to my attention that US Fish & Wildlife Service is considering the aerial spraying of one of the most deadly poisons...

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Shifting Sands

Edward Flattau | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Fws, Green News, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Wildlife Refuge, Green News
Edward Flattau

The federal government is placing the ecological integrity of a coastal national wildlife refuge at risk in an attempt to benefit a few politically in...

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Alaskan Polar Bear Cub Rescued At Oil Field

AP | By RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 06.30.2011

Read More: Polar Bear Rescue, Animal Rescue, Polar Bear, Alaska, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Polar Bear Cub Rescued, Alpine Oil Fied, Alaska Zoo, Anchorage, Green News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Wanted: A zoo for an orphaned polar bear cub that was rescued at an Alaska oil field. Officials from the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage...

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U.S. Approves First Deepwater Drilling Permit In Gulf Since BP Spill

AP | CHRIS KAHN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Deepwater Drilling Moratorium, Tony Hayward, Helix Well Containment Group, Exxon Mobil, Michael Bromwich, British Petroleum, Gulf Oil Spill, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Offshore Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling, Noble Energy, Tony Hayward BP, Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Deepwater Drilling, Doc Hastings, Deepwater Horizon, Ken Salazar, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, David Vitter, Deepwater Horizon Explosion, Green News

NEW YORK — The U.S. has approved the first deepwater drilling permit in the Gulf of Mexico since BP's massive oil spill. The Bureau of Ocean Ener...

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How Politics Can Endanger Every Species

Michael Brune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gray Wolves, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sierra Club, Endangered Species Act, Conservation, Wolves, Endangered Species, Wildlife, Green News
Michael Brune

Endangered species don't vote, don't make campaign contributions, and don't stand a chance if their fate is subject to the whims of politicians rather than sound science.

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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Lake Titicaca

Jim Noles | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Cocktails, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Budget Deficit, Frogs, Budget, Lake Titicaca, Lake Titicaca Frogs, Green News
Jim Noles

The thought of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service spending $25,000 to help convince a Peruvian fisherman not to turn Kermit la Rana into Kermit the Viagra Cocktail leaves me needing a stiff drink.

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Wolverines In The West Need Protection, But Have To Wait:

AP | MATT VOLZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The West, Wolverines, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Global Climate Change, Wolverines Protection, Snowpack, Denver News

HELENA, Mont. — The threat of climate change warrants classifying wolverines as threatened or endangered, but other species are in more imminent...

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