Washington DC -May 25- Over half of Wisconsin’s Congressional representatives have gone on record to support efforts to remove the gray wolf from the list of endangered species.

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Washington DC -May 19- NOAA has extended the boundaries of the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico into the northern portion of the loop current as a precautionary measure to ensure that seafood from the Gulf will remain safe for consumers.

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Washington DC -May 10- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acting Director Rowan Gould announced today $12.8 million will be awarded to 31 states under the Clean Vessel Act grant program in 2010.

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Washington DC -May 10- NOAA has modified and expanded the boundaries of the closed fishing area to better reflect the current location of the BP oil spill, and is extending the fishing restriction until May 17.

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Washington DC -April 30- Losses of managed honey bee colonies nationwide totaled 33.8 percent from all causes from October 2009 to April 2010, according to a survey conducted by the Apiary Inspectors of America (AIA) and the Agricultural Research Service (ARS).

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Washington DC -April 19- As a precautionary measure, due to mislabeling, StarKist Co. is initiating a voluntary recall of two SeaSations® frozen white whole fish fillet products – Thai with Basil, UPC # 80000 50007 and Teriyaki Orange and Ginger, UPC # 80000 50112. All 11.4 oz packages of these two varieties have been recalled, regardless of Best By Date or Manufacturing Code.

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Washington DC - April 14 - Marine debris is one of the most widespread pollution problems, with plastics making up approximately three-quarters of all trash floating in the ocean. During the 24th annual International Coastal Cleanup volunteers removed and recorded 7.4 million pounds of trash in 108 countries and locations.

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Washington DC - April 14 - Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) reported that three months of analysis by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has yielded no new evidence that Asian carp have bypassed the electric barrier in the Chicago Ship and Sanity Canal.

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Washington DC - April 14 - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the Department’s strategy for gathering environmental, ecological and technical information to inform decisions on oil and gas development in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas in the Arctic Ocean.

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Washington DC - April 13 - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced nearly $66 million in grants to enable 25 states to work with private landowners, conservation organizations and other partners to protect and conserve the habitat of threatened and endangered species.

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Washington DC - April 8 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the availability of approximately $25 million in fiscal year 2010 to fund projects designed to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies through its Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) in fiscal year 2010.

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Washington DC - April 7 - Visitors will have a greater number of options for getting around in America’s national parks and on other public lands, thanks to $24.8 million in federal funding announced by the Federal Transit Administration.

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Washington DC - April 6 - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced $1 million in grants that will be distributed to 10 states to help livestock producers undertake proactive, non-lethal activities to reduce the risk of livestock loss from predation by wolves, or to compensate livestock producers for livestock losses caused by wolves.

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Washington DC - April 2 - The number of grizzly bears killed in British Columbia is regularly exceeding the provincial government’s own limits on bear kills – largely because of trophy hunting, according to new research released on the first day of the hunting season in B.C.

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Washington DC - April 2 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a set of actions to further clarify and strengthen environmental permitting requirements for Appalachian mountaintop removal and other surface coal mining projects, in coordination with federal and state regulatory agencies.

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