Category Archives: Species Management

Wildlife Service, several states appealing ban on wolf season

Posted on December 1, 2015 by admin

Efforts underway to overturn court decision barring their hunting or trapping  By Doug Smith Special to the Star Tribune November 28, 2015         Gary Kramer • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service For the first time in four … Continue reading →

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A Shifting Approach to Saving Endangered Species

Posted on October 6, 2015 by admin

  By ERICA GOODE OCT. 5, 2015 Science A male greater sage grouse performed mating rituals for a female grouse, not pictured, on a lake outside Walden, Colo. Credit David Zalubowski/Associated Press When the Obama administration announced last month that … Continue reading →

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Judge Throws Out Lesser Prairie Chicken Listing

Posted on September 11, 2015 by admin

  Posted on September 10, 2015 The Washington Post male lesser prairie chicken, New Mexico A U.S. District Court Judge threw out the Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) decision to list the lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) as a threatened … Continue reading →

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Monarch butterfly rescue effort receives $20 million boost

Posted on August 24, 2015 by admin

            Federal initiative follows a previously announced push by the White House. By Tony Kennedy Star Tribune August 20, 2015 — 9:38pm Monarch butterfly rescue efforts will get a $20 million boost from the U.S. … Continue reading →

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Midwest Region Receives President’s Award from the Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

Posted on July 15, 2015 by admin

MAFWA President Ed Boggess along with Service Midwest Regional Director Tom Melius; Deputy Regional Director Charlie Wooley, Assistant Director for Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Hannibal Bolton, Migratory Birds and State Programs Assistant Regional Director Dave Scott, and Midwest Wildlife … Continue reading →

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