Category Archives: Species Management

Southern Wings: 15 Years and Still Soaring

Southern Wings is celebrating its 15-year anniversary in 2024. In those fifteen years, forty-one states have contributed over $4.2 million to the conservation of shared migratory birds through strategic investment on the stopover and nonbreeding grounds, leveraging over $9M in … Continue reading

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Deal reached on Great Lakes invasive carp project

E&E NEWS PM By Miranda Willson 07/01/2024 04:28 PM EDT Silver carp, an invasive species that officials are trying to keep out of the Great Lakes, jumping in the Fox River in Illinois. | Ryan Hagerty/Fish and Wildlife Service Illinois … Continue reading

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Service launches National Gray Wolf Recovery Plan

Feb 2, 2024 USFWS Public Affairs HQ WASHINGTON — Recognizing that the national discussion around gray wolf management must look more comprehensively at conservation tools available to federal, state and Tribal governments, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced a … Continue reading

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Minnesota DNR Regains Authority to Manage Captive White-Tailed Deer Facilities

August 2023  WMI Outdoor News Bulletin Vo. 77, No. 8 The Minnesota legislative process this year produced significant changes to the management of captive Cervidae facilities. In addition to transference of management authority from the Minnesota Board of Animal Health … Continue reading

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First zoo-raised hellbender successfully reproducing in the wild April 13, 2023 by MDC News Missouri hits significant milestone in endangered hellbender population recovery. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announces a significant milestone in population recovery … Continue reading

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