US Fish and Wildlife Service /tags/us-fish-and-wildlife-service US Fish and Wildlife Service en-US Copyright Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:51:56 GMT Federal government delays chemical treatment at Lake Mattamuskeet /environment/2024-06-27/lake-mattamuskeet-federal-government-delays-chemical-treatment-birds The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to delay a pilot program that would have applied a chemical treatment to improve water quality at Lake Mattamuskeet as a lawsuit against it continues. Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:51:56 GMT /environment/2024-06-27/lake-mattamuskeet-federal-government-delays-chemical-treatment-birds Will Michaels Groups ask court to stop use of chemical treatment at Lake Mattamuskeet /environment/2024-05-27/groups-court-stop-chemical-treatment-birds-lake-mattamuskeet Conservation groups argue the use of this chemical treatment will harm wildlife in a well-known bird sanctuary. Mon, 27 May 2024 16:35:14 GMT /environment/2024-05-27/groups-court-stop-chemical-treatment-birds-lake-mattamuskeet Celeste Gracia Q&A: Director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on national funding in eastern North Carolina /environment/2024-05-21/martha-williams-interview-fish-wildlife-service-funding-eastern-nc In April, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced $27.25 million will be invested in the Albemarle-Pamlico Sound. USFWS Director Martha Williams talks about this funding and its implications. Tue, 21 May 2024 16:28:00 GMT /environment/2024-05-21/martha-williams-interview-fish-wildlife-service-funding-eastern-nc Celeste Gracia Conservation groups file third lawsuit in recent months against U.S. Forest Service /environment/2024-05-08/conservation-lawsuit-forest-service-pisgah-nantahala Conservation groups are suing the Forest Service over allegedly using misleading data to justify large logging projects in the Nantahala-Pisgah National Forest. Two other recently filed lawsuits take issue with proposed projects. Wed, 08 May 2024 14:59:38 GMT /environment/2024-05-08/conservation-lawsuit-forest-service-pisgah-nantahala Celeste Gracia Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge aims to expand by tens of thousands of acres /environment/2024-05-01/roanoke-river-national-wildlife-refuge-expansion-nc The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released its final land protection plan for the refuge in eastern North Carolina. The plan emphasizes working with willing private landowners to help expand conserved land. Wed, 01 May 2024 14:42:35 GMT /environment/2024-05-01/roanoke-river-national-wildlife-refuge-expansion-nc Celeste Gracia Conservationists file suit to demand stronger protections for world's last wild red wolves /environment/2023-10-06/red-wolves-wolf-endangered-lawsuit-nc-essential-wildlife-service An environmental group has sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its classification of red wolves. The world's only wild population of the species live in North Carolina. Fri, 06 Oct 2023 21:50:51 GMT /environment/2023-10-06/red-wolves-wolf-endangered-lawsuit-nc-essential-wildlife-service Sophie Mallinson Endangered red wolf can make it in the wild, but not without 'significant' help, study says /environment/2023-10-02/endangered-red-wolf-wild-help-study-eastern-nc The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also released an updated red wolf recovery plan Friday calling for $328 million in spending over the next 50 years to get the red wolf off the endangered species list. Mon, 02 Oct 2023 11:34:42 GMT /environment/2023-10-02/endangered-red-wolf-wild-help-study-eastern-nc Associated Press Endangered red wolves need space to stay wild. But there’s another predator in the way — humans /environment/2023-09-05/endangered-red-wolves-need-space-to-stay-wild-but-theres-another-predator-in-the-way-humans The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is poised to release a new recovery plan for the species. Its success will rely heavily on cooperation from private landowners. Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:26:22 GMT /environment/2023-09-05/endangered-red-wolves-need-space-to-stay-wild-but-theres-another-predator-in-the-way-humans Associated Press Feds abandon plan to shrink habitat of rare red wolves /environment/2021-11-11/feds-abandon-plan-shrink-habitat-rare-red-wolves-north-carolina Federal wildlife officials overseeing the world’s only wild population of endangered red wolves announced they are abandoning a 2018 plan to limit the animals’ territory and loosen protections for wolves that strayed from that area in eastern North Carolina. Thu, 11 Nov 2021 12:09:07 GMT /environment/2021-11-11/feds-abandon-plan-shrink-habitat-rare-red-wolves-north-carolina The Associated Press Federal Judge Orders Wildlife Service To Revise Red Wolf Recovery Plan /environment/2020-10-06/federal-judge-orders-wildlife-service-to-revise-red-wolf-recovery-plan A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to revise its recovery plan for red wolves.The Center for Biological Diversity sued the… Tue, 06 Oct 2020 19:01:07 GMT /environment/2020-10-06/federal-judge-orders-wildlife-service-to-revise-red-wolf-recovery-plan Celeste Gracia