Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership Designation Brings Funding and Support for Outdoor Education and Green Space Conservation in Philadelphia

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe joined officials from the William Penn Foundation, National Audubon Society and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to dedicate Philadelphia as an Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership city. This special designation is part of the Service’s Urban Wildlife Conservation Program, which has provided more than $1.1 million since 2013 to partnerships across the nation to connect city residents with nature. The Philadelphia partnership supports efforts in Southwest Philadelphia to create neighborhood green spaces and parks, provide environmental education programs in schools, improve access and transportation to the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum and provide jobs to young people.
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30 Black-footed Ferrets are Released at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

Service Director Dan Ashe helped release 30 black-footed ferrets at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge near Denver, Colorado. Several private landowners in Colorado already have black-footed ferrets on their land. The black-footed ferret is considered one of the most endangered mammals in the United States. Its historic range spans much of the western North America’s intermountain and prairie grasslands extending from Canada to Mexico. Once thought to be extinct, they were rediscovered in 1981 in Northwest Wyoming. These last remaining 18 ferrets became the genesis of the captive breeding program that has given hope the species could be saved from extinction and recovered in the wild.
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17 Candidate Species No Longer Warrant Listing Under ESA Due to Successful Efforts of States, Federal Agencies, Landowners and Non-Profits

As a result of ESA-inspired conservation efforts, 17 formerly at-risk species of plants and animals across North America will not require federal protections. Collaborations among the Service, other federal agencies, states, private landowners and non-profit organizations have fostered habitat protection and restoration efforts, reintroductions, and scientific surveys that have increased existing populations, created new ones, and led to the discovery of others that were previously unknown.
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Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Notices Final Rule Proposed Rule Notice
	10/08/15. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassifying the Columbian White-Tailed Deer From Endangered to Threatened With a Rule Under Section 4(d) of the Act
	10/08/15. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status for Kentucky Arrow Darter With 4(d) Rule
	10/08/15. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Kentucky Arrow Darter
	10/08/15. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List Sierra Nevada Red Fox as an Endangered or Threatened Species
	10/08/15. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Findings on Petitions To List 19 Species as Endangered or Threatened Species
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