The National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed the listing of eight river runs of North Atlantic salmon.
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To put those numbers in perspective, between 1994 and 2006 the United States Fish and Wildlife Service received petitions to list average of 20 species a year and a total of 1, 374 species have been listed in the 37-year history of the Endangered Species Act.
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Government prosecutors have made their reputation at the agencies like the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Fish and Wildlife Service by threatening legal action against great companies like Boeing, Gibson and Google.
Scientists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have found that organochlorine chemicals appear to be killing birds and fish near Lake Apopka, Fla.
Mr. PAUL WEYLAND (Special Agent, US Fish and Wildlife Service): This is a bald eagle.
Biologist Rick Krueger, currently leads the Ferret Recovery Program for the Fish and Wildlife Service.
The director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service acknowledged there would be opposition to the decision.
The decision by US Fish and Wildlife Service comes after a 20-year programme to grow the wolf population.
Mr. BOB LEACHMAN (Retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biologist): Yeah, this time of year wind is pretty common.
The Midwestern wolf population has reached the recovery goals set by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1978.
According to the Fish and Wildlife Service, only seven major (bigger than 10, 000 acres) black-tailed prairie dog towns remain.
The Nez Perce pack was released in April 1996, and immediately lost "pack unity, " the National Fish and Wildlife Service said.
"The Fish and Wildlife Service is really interested in trout habitat, designing culverts so fish can move to cooler waters, " Prickett said.
Mr. SIEGLER: Retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Bob Leachman led efforts to reintroduce the black-footed ferret to Colorado in 2001.
"The best case is, the wind shifts and the oil doesn't hit, " said Tom MacKenzie of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has banned the importation of Burmese pythons, along with three other exotic snake species and their eggs.
"Everywhere we are seeing declines and it's severe, " said Jan Zegarra, a biologist based in Puerto Rico for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
At a Congressional hearing in January, the head of the Fish and Wildlife Service said those leases do not pose a risk to the bears.
The Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to either protect all the species on the candidates list by 2016 or determine that such protection is not warranted.
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At his office near Bellingham, Washington, Special Agent Paul Weyland of the US Fish and Wildlife Service pulls a large plastic bag out of a freezer.
They explained that these include delays in receiving land use permits from federal agencies like the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Army Corps of Engineers.
"They are a unique part of the nation's natural heritage, " says Gary Frazer, an assistant director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which oversees them.
There are 17 known spots designated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as critical habitat for the rock frog, all of them on private land.
If the lower court ruling stands, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would be charged with physically removing all reintroduced wolves and their offspring from Yellowstone.
Agencies would include the Environmental Protection Agency, Army Corps of Engineers, Fish and Wildlife Service, Food and Drug Administration, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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Sharon Rose, a spokeswoman for the Fish and Wildlife Service, said the agency was still reviewing Downes' decision and the Justice Department would decide whether to appeal.
Because of increasing wolf populations in Minnesota and neighboring Michigan and Wisconsin, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to delist the species within the next year.
According to Fish and Wildlife Service salmon biologist Paul Nickerson, the withdrawal was based on the Maine Atlantic Conservation Plan, an effort launched by state, federal and private entities.
Rosmarino said the Fish and Wildlife Service had not agreed to drop its request for a Congressional cap on the number of petitions the agency can consider in any given year.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conservatively estimates that wind turbines already kill 440, 000 birds in the United States each year, even while providing just a tiny portion of U.S. electricity.
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