COURT THROWS OUT NATIONAL BISON RANGE TRIBAL PACT
Failure to Consider Potential Negative Effects on Iconic Refuge Was Fatal Flaw
Fish and Wildlife Service
News Releases
IS THE U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE THE NEXT MMS?
Pick to Lead Fish & Wildlife Service Due: Florida Panther Poses First Litmus Test
HEAVY TOLL ON WILDLIFE PROMPTS LAWSUIT AGAINST CAPE WIND
Scientific Reviews of Impact on Endangered and Threatened Birds Skewed
BOTCHED BAT PROJECT BLOCKS VITAL RESEARCH
Amputations, Punctures, Abrasions and Infections Doom Captive Endangered Bats
FLORIDA PANTHER HABITAT WHITTLED AWAY WITH OFFICIAL OKAYS
More Than Two Acres Lost for Each “Preserved” as New Projects Hem in Panther
NEW LAWSUIT LOOMS FOR MANATEE PROTECTION
Record Mortality Cited in Legal Notice Seeking Sanctuary Designation
EXPERTS PLEAD FOR SURVIVING BATS TO ENTER REHAB
Remaining Ten Rare Big-Eared Bats Do Not Have to Die for Science
ENDANGERED BAT CAPTIVE BREEDING PROJECT GOES TERRIBLY WRONG
Negligence Charged in Die-Off of Rare Virginia Big-Eared Bats at Smithsonian
LAWSUIT FILED TO WIN CRITICAL HABITAT FOR THE FLORIDA PANTHER
Groups Sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Failure to Protect Endangered Panther
LAWSUIT TO BE FILED OVER DELAY IN PROTECTING FLORIDA PANTHER HABITAT
WASHINGTON— A coalition of conservation and government accountability groups — the Center for Biological Diversity, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), and Council of Civic Associations…
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Swan Dive — Trumpeter Swan Restoration Trumped by Politics (August 2001) Swan Dive traces how the declining prospects for the survival of Greater Yellowstone's trumpeter swans have intertwined with decisions by the agencies charged with ensuring their survival. Unfortunatley, these decisions have imperiled this last native nesting population of trumpeters in the lower 48 states. more >> |
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Sitting Ducks — USFWS Assaults the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (June 1998) According to its own law enforcement personnel, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is bowing to intense political pressure to allow unethical hunting techniques, principally baiting, which they believe will facilitate detrimental over-harvesting of migratory game birds. The Special Agents are outraged by what they see as their agency's retreat from strong enforcement against hunting practices which contradict the principles of fair chase and damage the very resource whose survival makes recreational hunting possible. more >> |
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Grizzly Science — Grizzly Bear Biology in the Greater Yellowstone (October 1997) Experts from various state and federal agencies chronicle the conflict between the practice of wildlife biology and the reality of bureaucratic politics within public resource agencies of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Their professional experiences exhibit common problems of bureaucratic dysfunction, including suppression of science, falsification of information, and harassment of those working to ensure the survival of the grizzly bear. more >> |
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Noah's Ark is Leaking — The Department of Interior Abandons International Species Protection (May 1997) The FWS has abandoned its legal obligation to protect international threatened and endangered species. There has been a decade-long de facto moratorium on the listing of foreign species. Commercial interests abuse the process by importing rare animals. more >> |
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Tarnished Trophies — The Department of Interior's Wild Sheep Loophole (October 1996) According to its own specialists, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is driving protected foreign game species to extinction through the illegal issuance of permits to import game trophies. Despite mandates to enforce both the Endangered Species Act and international conservation treaties, the Assistant Directorate for International Affairs (AIA) within the Fish & Wildlife Service is promoting importation of sports-hunted trophies of threatened and, in some cases, endangered species. more >> |
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2005 Politics Trumps Science At U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |
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1998 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Law Enforcement Survey |
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Craig Manson for Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
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PEER Campaign: Scientific Integrity |