United States Fish and Wildlife Service

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The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is the unit of the U.S. Department of the Interior dedicated to the management and preservation of wildlife.

Units within the FWS include:

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Feds to reconsider critical habitat for 2 fish

Biology / Ecology

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A federal judge has ruled the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can reconsider the critical habitat designation of two threatened fish species in New Mexico and Arizona after a probe found political interference likely ...


Report shows US wildlife trade poorly regulated

Report shows US wildlife trade poorly regulated

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wildlife imports into the United States are fragmented and insufficiently coordinated, failing to accurately list more than four in five species entering the country, a team of scientists has found. The effect, ...


Salazar reviews 'midnight' endangered species rule (AP)

Salazar reviews 'midnight' endangered species rule

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says he will make a decision in the coming weeks on whether to overturn a controversial Bush administration regulation that limits the reach of the Endangered Species ...


Longfin smelt not endangered in California, regulators say

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Longfin smelt in the San Francisco Bay-Delta do not warrant protection under the federal endangered species law, regulators said Wednesday.


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Obama reverses Bush rule changes on endangered species

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

President Barack Obama on Tuesday restored rules requiring assessment by wildlife experts on the impact of government projects on endangered species, revoking the policy of the former Bush administration.