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U.S. Fish and Wildlife finalizes Okefenokee expansion plan

The expansion would not immediately add the land to the Refuge, but it would allow the Service to work with willing landowners to acquire lands through fee title or conservation easements. This means that the Alabama-based mining company could still deny the buyout of their land.

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Ga.) … · 2d

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge expansion gains final approval

Expanding the boundary of the Okefenokee refuge will allow agency to offer priority public uses like hunting, fishing, wildlife watching and education.

The Associated Press on MSN · 4d

Agency approves expanding Okefenokee wildlife refuge, setting up possible buyout of mining project

SAVANNAH, Ga. — A federal agency said Friday that it has approved a plan to expand the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge, setting up a potential buyout offer for land intended for a private company's mining project that conservationists have fought for years.

E&E · 4d

Feds OK plans for expanding Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

The Fish and Wildlife Service said it could buy land from property owners near the nation's largest blackwater swamp in Georgia.

Brunswick News · 3d

Wildlife Service to expand Okefenokee Refuge's boundary

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced its final decision to expand the boundary to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge by 22,000 acres.

NBC Montana13h

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes delisting of plant found in southwestern Montana

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday proposed removing a terrestrial orchid found in southwestern Montana wetlands ...

2hon MSN

US Fish and Wildlife asks for protections for rare Nevada butterfly

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing Endangered Species Act protections for a rare subspecies of butterfly living ...

Courthouse News Service1d

EPA faces federal lawsuit over wildlife harms from sulfur and soot pollution standards

The bay checkerspot butterfly, found in Santa Clara County, California near the San Francisco Bay as well as San Bruno Mountain and Edgewood County Park, was listed as threatened in September 1987 ...

The Santa Fe New Mexican10d

Fish and Wildlife declines listing cutthroat trout as endangered

The federal agency pointed to successful conservation measures and determined the subspecies does not qualify as endangered.

11don MSN

The Bald Eagle Has Officially Been Named the National Bird of the United States

President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that officially named the bald eagle as the national bird of the United States.

KDRV3d

ODFW invites public to participate in Oregon’s State Wildlife Action Plan update

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is inviting the public to get involved in the update of Oregon’s State ...

Kentucky Today2d

University of Cumberlands, KDFWR agree on Wildlife Management Area

The University of the Cumberlands and the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) have entered a Wildlife ...

Tampa Free Press on MSN10h

Florida Fish & Wildlife Issues Reminders About Protecting Wildlife During Cold Snap

With an arctic front bringing significantly colder temperatures to much of Florida, the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

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