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Service Designates New Ports For Wildlife Trade |
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USFWS Customer Service Center 1-800-344-WILD  FWS Director S. Williams Hunting in ND, FWS Photo by Ryan Hagerty. How the Fish and Wildlife Service is Working with Hunters and Anglers Service Publishes Regulations Governing Revocation of Incidental take Permits News Release Interior Secretary Announces Coastal Wetland Grants to Protect Wildlife and Habitat in 10 States News Release Come See the Fall Migration of Snow Geese at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Learn More Video Feature United States Reauthorizes North American Waterfowl Management Plan News Release FWS Cooperative Conservation News Landowners Receive Over $7 Million Under Private Stewardship Grant Program News Release(pdf) |
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Importers and exporters dealing in wildlife and wildlife products will soon be able to use three new ports of entry for their shipments, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today. Memphis, Tennessee; Louisville,
Kentucky; and Houston, Texas, will officially become "designated ports"
for wildlife trade on January 5, 2005. Service wildlife inspectors will process
wildlife imports and exports at these locations, bringing the number of ports
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on an extensive review of scientific data and analysis, senior regional
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists have recommended that the Service
not list the greater sage-grouse as a threatened or endangered species under
the Endangered Species Act across its range, Service Director Steve Williams
announced today. News Release Learn More Funding Opportunities for Sage-grouse Conservation (pdf) Sage-grouse Q&A's (pdf) |
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Whooping Crane Population Reaches Record High |
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A record number of endangered whooping cranes have migrated for the winter to
the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge and the surrounding mid-coast region in
Texas. The latest census flight on November 24 tallied 213 whooping cranes;
181 adults and 32 young who completed their first migration. News Release Whooper Facts Video Footage |
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Whooping Crane, credit Ryan Hagerty/USFWS |
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First DVD Tour of America's National Wildlife Refuges Now Available |
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wildlife refuges are now yours with volume one in the series, "America's
Wildest Places/A Video Tour of Eight National Wildlife Refuges." |
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