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Montana: Endangered Species Grants
Help Keep “ Big Sky Country” Big
“ That’s one of the most productive bull trout streams
in the country,” said Fish and Wildlife Service
biologist Bob Lee of the headwaters of the Bull River
in...
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Private Stewardship
Grants
What are the benefits?
For the landowner: Allows private landowners
to submit project proposals directly to the Fish
and Wildlife Service and offers a low cost- share
ratio to assist landowners in...
Endangered species; Birds; Birds of prey; Captive breeding; Reintroduction; Raptors;
1976, (41 FR 187). Long recognized as a vanishing species (Cooper 1890, Koford 1953, Wilbur 1978), the California condor remains one ofthe world’s rarest and most imperiled vertebrate species. Despite intensive conservation...
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Dear Friends and Neighbors,
Private landowners, large and small, play a vital role conserving habitat for fish, wildlife, and plants. In
fact, more than two- thirds of the nation’s threatened and endangered species use habitat found on...
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Dear Citizens:
This booklet provides information for citizen stewards and
landowners, who embody President Bush’s vision of cooperative
conservation— a vision built upon innovation, local ideas, inspiration
and incentives, and on- the- ground...
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Fish and Wildlife Programs
More than one tool may describe the status of species on your property and meet your specific goals.
To assist you in learning our language, a glossary of terms is on page 22.
Question Your Needs and Concerns Tool
Do...
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A Texas Cattle Rancher Who “ Became a Believer”
“ We’re just ‘ wildlifing’ it all over the place, and we’re
happy to do it,” Bob Long said. Long is enhancing
habitat on his 550- acre property to benefit the Houston
toad, an...
"In New England, the specific job is to spread consumption more uniformly over the nearly 80 species of fish and shellfish that are brought, into local ports each year. Production records 'of the fishing industry show a serious lack of...
A California Gull colony at Malheur lake, taken by Finley and Bohlman during a 1908 photography trip to the area. Finley and Bohlman's photographs of the area would later help Malheur become a bird refuge in 1908.
A Caspian Tern in flight at Klamath Marsh, taken by Finley and Bohlman during a 1905 photograph trip to the area. Finley and Bohlmans photographs of the area in 1905 would later help Klamath become a bird refuge in 1908.
A collar is successfully attached to the nutria. Tagging the animals will help biologists to better understand the nutria and to prevent their spreading.
A collar tag to be put on a nutria. It's designed stretch so it can be put on snugly and a nutria will neither get a limb stuck inside nor have trouble breathing. Tagging the animals will help biologists to better understand the nutria's habits and...
A colony of American White Pelicans taken by Finley and Bohlman at Malheur, 1908. Finley and Bohlman's work would later help Malheur become a bird refuge in 1908.
A colony of Caspian Terns in Klamath Marsh taken by Finley and Bohlman during a 1905 visit. Finley and Bohlmans work in the area would later help Klamath become a bird refuge in 1908.
A Common Murre with its chick at Three Arch Rocks taken by Finley and Bohlman during a 1903 photography trip to the area that would later help Three Arch Rocks become the West Coasts first bird refuge in 1907.
A Double-crested Cormorant taken by Finley and Bohlman during a 1905 photograph trip to Klamath Marsh that would later help Klamath become a bird refuge in 1908.
