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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Boosts State Endangered Species Conservation Efforts with $32 Million in Grants
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USFWS
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Jul 09, 2013
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Federal,
News,
Funding,
Endangered Species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced nearly $32 million in grants to 20 states to help advance their collaborative efforts to conserve America’s rarest species. The cooperative grants will provide vital support to efforts by partnering state wildlife agencies and conservation organizations to improve the health of the land and water that supports these species and scores of communities across the nation.
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Endangered and Threatened Fishes Return to Home Waters in Tennessee
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USFWS
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Jul 30, 2013
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last modified
Jun 02, 2025 01:11 PM
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filed under:
Aquatic,
Streams,
Endangered Species
Five federally endangered and threatened fish species – smoky madtom, yellowfin madtom, duskytail darter, spotfin chub, and boulder darter – have been reintroduced to streams in central Tennessee where they were once found to help speed their recovery.
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Partners in Flight Consortium Seeks Solutions to Migratory Bird Declines
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ABC
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Aug 21, 2013
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Aug 29, 2013 12:32 PM
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Conference,
News,
Endangered Species
Scientists who have spent decades trying to reverse the broad decline of migratory birds in the Americas will converge by the hundreds later this month in Snowbird, Utah, to seek solutions to the threats migratory birds are facing at northern breeding grounds, southern wintering grounds, and numerous migration stopovers.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Identifies Critical Habitat for Diamond Darter
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USFWS
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Aug 27, 2013
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last modified
Aug 29, 2013 12:33 PM
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News,
Endangered Species
The endangered diamond darter, a tiny fish that has faced serious threats to its home, depends on 123 miles of habitat for its survival, the Service today announced. Once found along the southern Appalachians from Ohio to Tennessee, this native darter has been restricted to one stream along the Elk River by years of changes from dams, water quality degradation and other threats.
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Welcome Home, Winged Mapleleaf Mussel
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USFWS
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published
Sep 10, 2013
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filed under:
News,
Rivers,
Endangered Species
An endangered mussel came home to a Tennessee River last week, a monumental reintroduction effort seven years in the making. On Wednesday, federal and state biologists placed 103 winged mapleleaf mussels in the middle portion of the Duck River. The last time the species was seen in the river was more than two decades ago, when empty shells were collected in 1990 and 1991.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lists Neosho Mucket as Endangered and Rabbitsfoot as Threatened
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by
USFWS
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published
Sep 17, 2013
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last modified
Oct 17, 2013 10:53 AM
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filed under:
Rivers,
Water,
Streams,
Endangered Species,
News
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is listing the Neosho mucket as endangered and the Rabbitsfoot as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Both species are freshwater mussels found in river systems in the eastern half of the United States.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Proposals from States: For FY 2014 Endangered Species Grants
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by
USFWS
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published
Jan 13, 2014
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News,
Funding,
Endangered Species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking proposals from states and U.S. territories for federal financial assistance for conservation activities that benefit endangered species.
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Jess W. Jones Wins U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Science Excellence Award
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USFWS
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published
Feb 25, 2014
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last modified
Jun 02, 2025 01:11 PM
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filed under:
News,
Aquatic,
Endangered Species
Dr. Jess W. Jones, a national leader in freshwater mussel conservation and restoration and an integral part of the Appalachian LCC, has received one of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s top awards for scientific excellence.
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Fish and Wildlife Service conducts five-year status reviews of 33 southeastern species
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USFWS
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Mar 25, 2014
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News,
Endangered Species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will conduct five-year status reviews of 25 endangered and eight threatened species occurring in one or more of the 10 states in the Southeast and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The public is invited to provide written information and comments concerning these species on or before May 27, 2014.
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Service Provides More Than $47 Million in Grants to States, Territories for Sensitive, Imperiled Species
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by
USFWS
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published
Apr 09, 2014
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filed under:
News,
Funding,
Endangered Species
Sensitive and imperiled species across the nation will benefit from $47,877,598 in grants through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s State Wildlife Grants (SWG) program. The funds are apportioned annually to all states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa. Apportionments are determined by a formula based on land area and population. States and their partners provide a non-federal funds match for projects that help species of greatest conservation need and their habitats.
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