10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2014

I was happy to read that the wood stork ( Mycteria Americana ), a bird near and dear to me, was down-sited from the status of endangered to threatened species. Fish and Wildlife Service is down-listing the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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North Carolina Bald Eagle South Carolina Florida 247

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

That is a big difference compared to the 2,000+ singing males detected in 2012, well above the recovery goal for this species set by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. On the short list of wins for wildlife during the Bush II era, Short-tailed Albatross were officially listed as Endangered in 2000.

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Albatross Endangered Species Bald Eagle Alaska 252

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

It was July of 2012. In October of 2012, the Institute for Bird Populations released “ A Conservation Strategy for the Black-Backed Woodpecker in California 3.” Forest Service plan to allow 30,000 acres of logging in the burned area will cause significant harm to wildlife, water and the regrowing forest. Version 1.0.

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Woodpeckers California South Dakota Chad 203

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JUNE 7, 2012

Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. Jackson, 2012. The warbler is on the road to being delisted from the Endangered Species List. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the U.S. The University of Michigan Press, 2012. photo by Lynn C.

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 258

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

As 2013 draws to a close we here at 10,000 Birds thought that it would be a great idea if we, like we did in 2010 , 2011 , and 2012 , shared our Best Birds of the Year. My fiance and I drove nearly two hours to the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in rural Indiana to watch them come in for the evening.

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2013 Costa Rica Birds India 171

10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2017

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is considering changing the status of the endangered Black-capped Vireo : it has proposed delisting it entirely. The processes of listing and delisting a species under the Endangered Species Act are largely the same: FWS must propose a “rule,” which is published in the Federal Register.

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Endangered Species Species Texas Oklahoma 180

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2018

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently decided that the Sonoran Desert population of Bald Eagle is not a listable taxon under the Endangered Species Act. Species and subspecies are likely familiar to birders, but a DPS is not a taxonomically recognized term. Fish and Wildlife Service. What does that mean?

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Bald Eagle Eagles Endangered Species 2017 104