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Promoting Global Wildlife Conservation
Tentative U.S. Negotiating Positions Announced for International Wildlife Trade Meeting
February 28, 2013
 The Service today published a Federal Register Notice announcing tentative U.S. negotiating positions on species proposals, draft resolutions and decisions, and agenda items submitted by other countries and the CITES Secretariat for consideration at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP16) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), March 3-14, 2013. CITES is vital to the conservation of thousands of species across the planet, helping nations work together to fight illegal wildlife trade and ensure sustainable levels of legal trade. Photo Caption: Polar bear pair.
Credit: Gary Kramer / USFWS
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National Wildlife Refuge System: Conserving Our Lands and Resources
Hang in there...Spring's a Coming!
February 27, 2013
 Get ready for spring’s magic act – and look for some of the most ooh- and ahh-inducing spring wildflower displays on national wildlife refuges across the country. In many cases - their abundance is no accident. Many refuges encourage these beauties by harvesting their seeds and replanting for wildlife’s benefit. Once you learn how local blooms help native bees and butterflies as well as withstand stresses that can kill other plants, you may want to plant some in your own garden. Some refuges offer help, through wildflower walks, demonstration gardens and web pages that showcase easy-to-grow varieties and where to find them. Here's a listing of some of the refuges offering some spectacular wildflower sights you can visit when spring finally arrives. Photo Caption: Indian Blanket, gaillardia pulchella.
Credit: USFWS
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Protecting the Nation's Wildlife Resources
State/Federal Investigative Partnership Documents Hundreds of Wildlife Violations in North Carolina, Georgia
February 26, 2013
 A four- year undercover investigation that infiltrated poaching circles in North Carolina and Georgia has documented more than 900 violations involving black bear and other game species. State, Service, and other Federal officers began making arrests earlier this month in connection with this case; the number of possible defendants could exceed 80. Photo Caption: States regulate the hunting of black bear and other wildlife to prevent over-exploitation and preserve both species and sporting opportunities for the future.
Credit: W. Traylor/ USFWS
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Threatened and Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
Survey Shows Whooping Crane Numbers Up in Texas
February 26, 2013
 The Service's Winter Whooping Crane Survey estimates there's a total of 279 whooping cranes, including 257 found within the primary wintering grounds and 22 beyond that area. Service personnel conducted seven surveys of the primary wintering grounds of the Aransas-Wood Buffalo flock, the last remaining wild flock of whooping cranes. With the help of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Texas Whooper Watch and other observers, additional sightings suggest at least 22 additional birds outside the primary wintering grounds. Last year, the count was 267 birds. The birds begin arriving at their Texas wintering areas in mid-October and leave for their summer homes the end of March. Photo Caption: Whooping cranes with chicks at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge, Wisconsin.
Credit: Richard Urbanek / USFWS
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Threatened and Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
Service Reopens Comment Period for 3 Macaw Species
February 21, 2013
 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reopening the comment period on proposals to protect the hyacinth macaw, great green macaw and military macaw as endangered under the Endangered Species Act to allow the public adequate time to provide additional comments on the status of these birds. These species occur in nearly 15 countries throughout Central America, South America and Mexico, and face significant threats, particularly due to habitat loss and degradation and poaching. Photo Caption: Military macaw Credit: © ARKive. All Rights Reserved.
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Protecting the Nation's Wildlife Resources
Man Pleads Guilty in Ivory Smuggling Case
February 20, 2013
 A Texas man faces up to one year in prison and a $100,000 fine after being caught by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents trying to smuggle elephant ivory carvings from the United States. The illegal international trade in ivory is pushing the African elephant closer towards extinction. Photo Caption: The illegal ivory trade is putting elephant populations at risk of extinction. Credit: Gary M. Stolz / USFWS
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Promoting Global Wildlife Conservation
New York Antiques Dealer Sentenced for Rhino Horn Trafficking
February 15, 2013
 A New York antiques dealer, who was arrested in the initial nationwide
“takedown” of Operation Crash last February and who subsequently
pleaded guilty to Federal felony violations, was sentenced to serve
six months in Federal prison and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine to the
Lacey Act Reward Account and $18,000 to the Rhino and Tiger
Conservation Fund. He also forfeited four rhino head mounts, six black
rhino horns, and numerous carved and partially carved real and fake
rhino horns seized by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo Caption: Operation Crash is an ongoing Service Office of Law Enforcement
investigation of the black market rhino trade. Credit: Karl Stromayer / USFWS
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