Fee-Free Veterans Day for Veterans and U.S. Armed Forces

Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: USFWS

United States veterans, members of the U.S. armed forces and their families will be admitted free of charge on Veterans Day to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and most other public lands managed by the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture.

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Montana Chapter of The Nature Conservancy Receives USFWS Federal Land Protection Award

Montana's Centennial Valley is the site of a major land protection and stewardship program. Shown here are wetlands on a ranch just purchased by the Conservancy, which will eventually be re-sold to the Service to become part of the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Nathan Korb/TNC

The Montana Chapter of The Nature Conservancy has received the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's annual National Land Protection Award for significant contributions to land-protection partnerships with the Service.

Eric Alvarez, chief of the Service's Division of Realty, recently presented the award for the Montana Chapter's work with the Service on projects in the Centennial and Blackfoot Valleys and in the Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Area.

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Threatened Seabird Benefits from Oil Spill Settlement

Skimmer clears oil after Tenyo Maru spill. Credit: Dick Logan, Washington Department of Ecology

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington Department of Ecology and the Makah Indian Tribe, all Trustees for the Tenyo Maru oil spill restoration, joined in announcing the obligation of $5.2 million for the protection of 900 acres of coastal forest habitat critical to the survival of the Federally protected seabird, the marbled murrelet.

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Texas Landowners and Lesser Prairie Chicken to Benefit from FWS and TPWD Agreement

Robert L. Cook, Executive Director of TPWD, and Deputy Secretary of the Interior, P. Lynn Scarlett, execute signing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken Cooperative Conservation Agreement, Austin, Texas. Credit: Chase Fountain/TPWD

A new agreement between the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to help private landowners conserve the lesser prairie chicken, a rare bird whose fate is tied to the health of grassland ecosystems that sustain many other wildlife species.

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The Legacy of Conservation

Director Hall Speaks at the Wonders of Wildlife Museum © Video Courtesy of BASS PRO SHOPS

National Hunting and Fishing Day was celebrated at the Wonders of Wildlife Museum and Aquarium in Springfield, Missouri. FWS Director Dale Hall thanked hunters and anglers for their contributions to wildlife conservation and spoke of the importance of involving children in nature.

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Wildlife Health Bulletin - West Nile Virus in Sage GrouseTribal Grants
The Service is accepting proposals until January 31,2007 for its two Tribal grant programs.
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Responding to an outbreak of viral hemorrhagic septicemia, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has banned movement of certain species of live fish between eight Great Lakes states and importation from two Canadian provinces into the U.S.
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Symposium Highlights Importance, Plight of Pollinators
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Division of Environmental Quality Pollinators site Conference Tackles Youth Disconnect from Out-of-Doors
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