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- Work by researchers to monitor, protect bats critical as millions perish
- A fungus that infects bats as they hibernate is killing them by the millions, placing three species in the East perilously close to being declared endangered — ...
- FishBrain and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Partner to Create App-powered Citizen Science Engagement Opportunity Tracking Endangered Species
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – the federal government agency dedicated to the conservation of fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats – has teamed up ...
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Identifies Critical Habitat for Diamond Darter
- The endangered diamond darter, a tiny fish that has faced serious threats to its home, depends on 123 miles of habitat for its survival, the Service today ...
- Kentucky partnership with Tennessee, Ohio and West Virginia will restore mussels in 180 miles of the Licking River
- Imperiled species will benefit from a total of $5.6 million in grants for 16 projects in 12 states through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s competitive ...
- Partners in Flight Consortium Seeks Solutions to Migratory Bird Declines
- Scientists who have spent decades trying to reverse the broad decline of migratory birds in the Americas will converge by the hundreds later this month in ...
- $35 Million in Grants to Boost State Endangered Species Conservation Efforts Funding to 20 states will help collaborative efforts to conserve America’s most imperiled species
- Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced nearly $35 million in grants to 20 states to ...
- Federally Endangered Bat Found in North Georgia: First Indiana Bat in Almost 50 Years
- In May of last year, a federally endangered Indiana bat woke from hibernation in her Tennessee cave and traveled to a north Georgia forest. This rite of spring ...
- USFWS Region 5 Endangered Species Act Update
- A periodic update pertaining to recovery planning and implementation, incidental take, and other information related to the Endangered Species Act within ...
- Welcome Home, Winged Mapleleaf Mussel
- An endangered mussel came home to a Tennessee River last week, a monumental reintroduction effort seven years in the making. On Wednesday, federal and state ...
- Mark Ford, Unit Leader of the Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
- Mark Ford discusses his research on threatened, rare, and endangered species, how the LCC can link up various expertise around the region, and the types of ...
- Scott Smith of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources
- Wildlife Ecologist Scott Smith talks about the vital importance of the Appalachians for the survival of salamanders, how the LCCs can facilitate issues between ...
- Kimberly Terrell, Researcher of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
- Kimberly Terrell describes her work studying the biological constraints of salamanders to adjust to climate change and how the regional nature of the LCC can ...
- Ohio River Basin FHP Overview and Strategy
- This presentation provides a general overview of the ORBFHP. It includes information on the regional partnership's mission, the region in which they are ...
- Competitive State Wildlife Grant Awarded for Eastern Hellbender Research
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently awarded a Competitive State Wildlife Grant (C-SWG) to the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife ...
- Jess W. Jones Wins U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Science Excellence Award
- Dr. Jess W. Jones, a national leader in freshwater mussel conservation and restoration and an integral part of the Appalachian LCC, has received one of the ...
- Partners in Flight 2016 Landbird Conservation Plan Released
- Scientists Document Widespread Declines, Urgent Need for Conservation of Landbirds in U.S. and Canada. Report calls for unprecedented partnerships across ...
- Friends of the Migratory Bird/Duck Stamp Will Support Wildlife Conservation Through Federal Duck Stamp Program
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Friends of the Migratory Bird/Duck Stamp, formalizing a commitment by ...
- Conservation Strategy for Imperiled Aquatic Species in the UTRB
- The Strategy provides guidance to Field Offices in reevaluating current ("status quo") conservation approaches in order to deliver the most cost effective ...
- Map of Federally Listed Species within the UTRB in Tennessee
- Map of Listed and candidate aquatic species in the Upper Tennessee hydrologic sub-unit of Tennessee.
- Three new darter species of the Etheostoma percnurum species complex (Percidae, subgenus Catonotus) from the Tennessee and Cumberland River Drainages
- The federally endangered Duskytail Darter, Etheostoma percnurum Jenkins, is known from only six highly disjunct populations in the Tennessee and Cumberland ...
- Successful Recovery and Removal from Endangered Species Act of Native Kentucky Plant a Victory for Conservation Partners
- State of Kentucky and U.S. Forest Service played crucial role in recovering the white-haired goldenrod, adding to growing list of ESA successes
- New National Wildlife Refuge Established to Protect Some of Appalachia’s Rarest Places
- The Mountain Bogs National Wildlife Refuge became America’s 563rd refuge today.
- Chucky Madtom Draft Recovery Plan Available for Review
- The Chucky madtom’s recovery now has a road map and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is looking for your input before it is finalized to be sure it gives ...
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Boosts State Endangered Species Conservation Efforts with $32 Million in Grants
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced nearly $32 million in grants to 20 states to help advance their collaborative efforts to conserve America’s ...
- The Powell River gets Infusion of Freshwater Mussels in Restoration Effort
- They're small, slimy and extremely slow moving. Freshwater mussels may not pass the eye test as one of nature's key players, but the unique filter-feeding ...
- Georgia's Revised Wildlife Plan Approved and at Work
- A statewide strategy to help conserve hundreds of Georgia animal and plant species has been revised and is being put into practice following federal approval.
- Conserving imperiled species in the Upper Tennessee River Basin
- When we think of river life, for many of us a handful of animals may come to mind – trout, smallmouth bass, muskie. But in the Southern Appalachians, waters of ...
- Service Provides More Than $47 Million in Grants to States, Territories for Sensitive, Imperiled Species
- Sensitive and imperiled species across the nation will benefit from $47,877,598 in grants through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s State Wildlife Grants ...
- Restoration biologist Jess Jones receives Rachel Carson Award
- Jess Jones, a restoration biologist in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, co-director of Virginia Tech’s Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Center, ...
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lists Neosho Mucket as Endangered and Rabbitsfoot as Threatened
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is listing the Neosho mucket as endangered and the Rabbitsfoot as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Both ...
