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09.23.2009 12:24 pm

Fish and Wildlife Service releases its climate change plan

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fish and Wildlife Service Director Sam Hamilton

Fish and Wildlife Service Director Sam Hamilton

As part of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s push on climate change, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released its plan to guide the agency’s future efforts regarding impacts on wildlife.

The plan, which is available…

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09.21.2009 4:19 pm

Federal judge restores protection for Yellowstone grizzlies

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A federal judge in Montana has sided with environmentalists and restored federal protection for about 600 grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park.

In 2007, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared the Yellowstone bears had recovered from a population decline and…

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08.18.2009 11:52 am

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service targets 29 species for endangered species protection

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Associated Press is reporting that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering protecting 29 species under the Endangered Species Act.

One of those species, the frigid ambersnail, can be found in both Missouri and Illinois.

Many of the others are…

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04.27.2009 12:52 pm

National wildlife refuges in Missouri set to receive more than $4 million

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar

U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar

Over the weekend, the U.S. Department of Interior announced that about $280 million in stimulus funding would be funneled to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Of that amount, about $28 million will be headed…

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