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  Fishing: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Fishing in Alaska also involves local subsistence management issues, affected by the unique status of native claims in that state.
Distribution of sport fish restoration funds to the states is based on the land and water area and the number of fishing license holders in each state.
The Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council was formed in January 1993 to advise the Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, about sportfishing and boating issues.
fishing.fws.gov   (1246 words)

  
 Who We Are: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's mission is, working with others, to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people." We are the only agency of the U.S. Government with that primary mission.
The Service's major responsibilities are for migratory birds, endangered species, certain marine mammals, and freshwater and anadromous fish.
The Service's research function briefly became an independent agency and was eventually reorganized as part of the U.S. Geological Survey in 1996.
www.fws.gov /who/index.html   (515 words)

  
 Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Fish and Wildlife Service was formed in the Department of the Interior in 1939 by merging the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Biological Survey and the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Fisheries.
The Fish and Wildlife Service flew (and may still fly) a flag divided from upper hoist to lower fly, white over blue, with the silhouettes of a Canada goose in flight in blue in the upper fly and a jumping fish in white in the lower hoist.
Fish and Wildlife Service boats used a swallowtailed pennant form of this flag at a staff in the bow.
www.flag.de /FOTW/flags/us_fws.html   (187 words)

  
 US CODE: Title 16,742b. United States Fish and Wildlife Service
The functions of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be administered under the supervision of the Director, who shall be subject to the supervision of the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife.
The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service established by subsection (b) of this section shall succeed to and replace the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (as constituted on June 30, 1974) and the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife (as constituted on such date).
www4.law.cornell.edu /uscode/html/uscode16/usc_sec_16_00000742---b000-.html   (310 words)

  
 Fish and Wildlife Service - AskTheBrain.com
Fish and Wildlife Service, an estimated 42% of the nation's endangered and threatened species have declined as a result of encroaching exotic plants and animals.
Fish and Wildlife Service considers the threats to the species and the existence of other programs and regulations to conserve the species.
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) confirm what most duck hunters and waterfowl experts suspected: Breeding duck numbers are down this year.
www.askthebrain.com /fish_service_wildlife-.html   (314 words)

  
 Endangered Species Program, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The U.S. Army and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced a recovery milestone for the North Carolina Sandhills population of the federally-endangered red-cockaded woodpecker.
Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Matt Hogan and John Frampton, Director of The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, tour one of the partnership projects.
Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Matt Hogan announced the award of grants totaling more than $6.9 million to private landowners and groups in 35 states.
endangered.fws.gov   (1115 words)

  
 FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AUTHORIZES ANOTHER WOLF KILL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service authorized the wolf to be euthanized, acting on a promise the agency made to the public in the original 1995 plan to bring wolves back to the state.
Wolves in Idaho are making remarkable progress toward a sustainable population." The Fish and Wildlife Service's wolf recovery effort in the northern Rockies is proving to be successful, as last year's count showed ten breeding pairs in the Yellowstone Recovery Area and six in the Montana Recovery Area.
When there are a minimum of ten breeding pairs in each of the three recovery areas for three consecutive years, the Fish and Wildlife Service may propose that the wolves in the western population be removed from the protection of the Endangered Species Act.
www.fws.gov /pacific/news/1999/9953.htm   (482 words)

  
 Fish and Wildlife Service Sets Planning Process for Rocky Flats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced that it has established the public involvement process for the Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) for the future Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge.
The Service’s process provides for extensive participation of the public and local communities, and was developed in consultation with the Rocky Flats Coalition of Local Governments, the State of Colorado and the Department of Energy.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
www.r6.fws.gov /pressrel/02-15.htm   (444 words)

  
 Fish and Wildlife Species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the NOAA Fisheries Service (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service) Office of Protected Resources work together to protect species listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency charged with protecting and enhacing the populations and habitat of more than 800 species of birds that spend all or part of their lives in the United States.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service invasive species page and Invasivespecies.gov, the gateway to Federal efforts concerning invasive species, describe how invasive species are a threat to our natural landscapes.
species.fws.gov   (464 words)

  
 Fish and Wildlife Service to Close Yellowstone Office   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) will close its Fisheries Assistance Office in Yellowstone National Park at the end of this summer, Ralph O. Morgenweck, the Service's Regional Director announced today.
The Service's Yellowstone office and staff will be consolidated with its Montana Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance Office in Bozeman, Montana.
As fisheries technical advisors to the National Park Service in Yellowstone for more than 30 years, the Fish and Wildlife Service is proud to have been able to play a vital part in rebuilding and maintaining Yellowstone as a premier recreational fishery of international stature.
www.r6.fws.gov /pressrel/96-20.html   (260 words)

  
 Fish And Wildlife Management Merit Badge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Describe the meaning and purposes of fish and wildlife conservation and management.
Design and construct a wildlife blind near a game trail, water hole, salt lick, bird feeder, or birdbath and take good photographs or make sketches from the blind of any combination of 10 wild birds, mammals, reptiles, or amphibians.
Determine the age of five species of fish from scale samples or identify various age classes of one species in a lake and report the results.
www.meritbadge.com /mb/051.htm   (487 words)

  
 Southeast Region -- US Fish and Wildlife Service
Nesting activity for the threatened Loggerhead Sea Turtle on Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in McIntosh County, Georgia, has increased from last year’s totals, as U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) firefighters continue to battle a 117-acre wildfire.
The fire is burning in a federally designated Wilderness area on the south end of the refuge, forcing the temporary closure of both the East and West Wilderness Trails and the south beach.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel were dispatched to the island Sunday morning, and by Sunday evening, they had contained the fire.
southeast.fws.gov   (447 words)

  
 GulfBase - United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is a bureau within the Department of the Interior.
Our mission is working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
Among its key functions, the Service enforces Federal wildlife laws, protects endangered species, manages migratory birds, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their international conservation efforts.
www.gulfbase.org /organization/view.php?oid=usfws   (246 words)

  
 Welcome to the Great Lakes-Big Rivers Region
A petition to the Service signed by 25 Members of Congress outlined impacts of silver carp to humans and native species in waters of the United States.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is hosting an open house to request input from the public in developing a Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) for the St. Croix Wetland Management District in west-central Wisconsin.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is hosting two open houses to request input from the public in developing a Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) for the Leopold Wetland Management District in southeastern Wisconsin.
midwest.fws.gov   (414 words)

  
 Fish and Wildlife News
Fish and Wildlife News is the quarterly (formerly bi-monthly) newsletter of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
It is written by, for and about Fish and Wildlife Service employees in offices around the nation.
However, Fish and Wildlife News does not accept submissions of articles or photographs from freelance writers and photographers.
news.fws.gov /date.html   (93 words)

  
 Partners for Fish and Wildlife
The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program has allowed the Fish and Wildlife Service to establish productive relationships with communities, conservation partners, Tribes, and over 30,000 landowners while providing them with both financial and technical assistance.
Since its creation in 1987, the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program has established over 28,000 agreements with landowners resulting in the restoration of 1,060,000 acres of uplands, 649,300 acres of wetlands, and 4,670 miles of riparian and in-stream habitat.
Through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, the Interior Department works closely with private landowners, recognizing that over 60 percent of our Nation's land is in private ownership and the health of many populations depends on habitat found on private lands.
www.doi.gov /partnerships/partners4fish.html   (197 words)

  
 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Remembers Rich Guadagno
Anne Badgley, Regional Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Pacific Region announced today that Richard J. Guadagno, 38, a Fish and Wildlife Service employee, was on one of the hijacked airplanes that crashed yesterday, September 11, 2001.
His first permanent assignment with the Fish and Wildlife Service was as a Wildlife Inspector in Philadelphia, PA.
Rich Guadagno, a vital member of the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of the Interior, leaves of vast legacy of enhanced wildlife habitat and visitor facilities.
training.fws.gov /history/guadagno/news.htm   (555 words)

  
 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Simplified Falconry Regulation
The Service manages the 95-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System, which encompasses 545 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas.
The agency enforces federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation efforts.
fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies.
www.r6.fws.gov /pressrel/DC%2004.htm   (465 words)

  
 About the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is an agency of the Department of the Interior.
Our mission is working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish and wildlife and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
The Fish and Wildlife Service manages the National Wildlife Refuge System, which encompasses national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas.
www.fws.gov /midwest/EcosystemConservation/about_us.html   (151 words)

  
 Partners for Fish and Wildlife and the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, Mountain-Prairie Region, U.S. Fish and ...
North American Waterfowl Management Plan, built on a foundation of partnerships to restore and enhance waterfowl habitats, is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's primary waterfowl recovery initiative.
Partners for Fish and Wildlife is the way we implement the private land habitat restoration objectives of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan.
Through an alliance of state, federal, and private wildlife managers, Partners for Fish and Wildlife carries out wetland and grassland restoration projects in partnership with farmers and ranchers.
www.r6.fws.gov /pfw/r6pfw2b.htm   (211 words)

  
 SearchBug Web Search for fish and wildlife service
U.S Fish and Wildlife Service training facility for conservation professionals from both public and private sectors...
The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is to conserve, protect, and enhance fish and wildlife, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (Association) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS...
www.searchbug.com /websearch.aspx?query=fish+and+wildlife+service&start=11   (318 words)

  
 SearchBug Web Search for fish and wildlife service
The Survey is sponsored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the request of State fish and wildlife agencies...
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife: Salem, Ore.
to protect and enhance Oregon's fish and wildlife and their habitats for use and enjoyment by present and...
www.searchbug.com /websearch.aspx?query=fish+and+wildlife+service&start=21   (349 words)

  
 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sends Personnel Resources from Mountain-Prairie Region to Assist With Relief Efforts for ...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mountain-Prairie Region, is actively working to support ongoing hurricane relief efforts in the Gulf of Mexico.
These personnel are assisting with a wide variety of relief activities, including tasks directly related to the Service’s conservation mission, such as assessing the impacts of oil spills on fish and wildlife resources and removing storm debris from national wildlife refuge roads, to general tasks involving health and safety and security for relief workers.
Service personnel are also distributing food and water, maintaining emergency shelters, and engaging in other community assistance activities.
www.r6.fws.gov /pressrel/05-69.htm   (402 words)

  
 fish and wildlife service : learn about fish and wildlife service
This page is about fish and wildlife service Learn more about fish and wildlife service here.
US Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program US Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program This World Wide Web (WWW) site, part of a larger site maintained by the US Fish and Wildlife service, is intended as an information...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Branch of Fire Management is responsible for overall...
www.discount--pet-supplies.com /fish/fish-and-wildlife-service.html   (351 words)

  
 America's National Wildlife Refuge System
To address that challenge, the Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management collaborated on "Military Munitions and Explosives of Concern: A Handbook for Federal Land Managers with Emphasis on Unexploded Ordnance." (3 MB PDF)
On February 13th the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed voluntary guidelines and a regulatory definition designed to help landowners and others understand how they can help ensure that bald eagles continue to be protected consistent with existing law.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a DVD featuring a video tour of six outstanding refuges located across the country.
refuges.fws.gov   (1242 words)

  
 Fish wildlife   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Additional funds are needed to protect fish, wildlife, and native plant.
Homepage of the New Jersey Divison of Fish and Wildlife fish wildlife.
Any native fish or wildlife species determined by the Fish and Wildlife Commission fish wildlife.
talkgardening.com /fish-wildlife.html   (259 words)

  
 Home page - Sacramento Fish & Wildlife Office
Fish and Wildlife Service display at the California State Fair.
More information about the Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is a part of the United States Government Department of Interior
sacramento.fws.gov   (323 words)

  
 Hunting: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Since the late 19th century, hunters concerned about the future of wildlife and the outdoor tradition have made countless contributions to the conservation of the nation's wildlife resources.
The Service recognizes that in many cases, hunting is an important tool for wildlife management.
State wildlife agencies that sell hunting licences are the best source of information regarding hunting seasons, areas open/closed to hunting, etc. (Hunting of migratory birds such as ducks and geese is managed cooperatively by state fish and wildlife agencies and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service).
hunting.fws.gov   (383 words)

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