US FISH AND WILDLIFE
OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: Obama proposal boosts refuge system funding; Rutland, N.D., hunter bags pheasant prize etc. 
The National Wildlife Refuge System would get a boost in funding next year under the budget President Barack Obama has proposed for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in fiscal year 2013. Obama on Monday proposed a budget of $494.8 million for the operation and maintenance of the refuge system in 2013. That represents an increase of $8.8 million from 2012.
By Compiled by Brad Dokken , February 19, 2012
OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: Agassiz manager retires, DNR seeks bear den locations etc.
The manager of Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in northwest Minnesota has retired after more than 16 years on the job. Maggie Anderson’s last day was Friday.
By Compiled by Brad Dokken , January 01, 2012
2011: The year that was in the outdoors
Like the weather, the outdoors in 2011 was anything but dull across North Dakota and Minnesota. Here are some highlights as they appeared in the Herald’s Outdoors pages.
By Brad Dokken , January 01, 2012
Judge upholds polar bear trophy ban on American hunters
In a decision released Monday, the District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was within its mandate to forbid the import of polar bear parts.
By Associated Press , October 18, 2011
Conservation groups sue to block Keystone XL oil pipeline
U.S. officials illegally allowed a Canadian company to begin preparing the route for its proposed 1,700-mile-long oil pipeline from western Canada to Texas, even though the project hasn't gained final government approval, three conservationist groups contend in a lawsuit filed today.
By Grant Schulte and Margery A. Beck , October 05, 2011
Klobuchar: Ag secretary has promised money to restart wolf trapping program
Federal officials have pledged money to restart the wolf trapping program in Minnesota, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has promised money from his agency's operating budget for the program, which ran out of money Friday and shut down, Klobuchar said.
By Associated Press , October 05, 2011
Hundreds of plants, animals up for new protections
The Obama administration is taking steps to extend new federal protections to a list of imperiled animals and plants that reads like a manifest for Noah's Ark — from the melodic golden-winged warbler and slow-moving gopher tortoise, to the slimy American eel and tiny Texas kangaroo rat.
By Matthew Brown , September 29, 2011
Support to delist gray wolves plentiful at Grand Rapids, Minn., meeting
There was plenty of support to remove gray wolves from the federal endangered species list from nearly 200 people who attended a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service meeting in Grand Rapids.
By Associated Press , June 15, 2011
Great Lakes wolves could come off endangered list
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said today it would try again to drop wolves in the western Great Lakes region, including Minnesota, from the federal endangered species list, although courts have overruled previous attempts.
By John Flesher , April 15, 2011
U.S. Fish and Wildlife: No study of bison listing as threatened species
The agency announced Wednesday that two people who petitioned to protect the bison in 2009 submitted insufficient data to justify further study of threats to bison.
By Associated Press , February 24, 2011
Montana governor: State will defy feds and kill wolves that prey on big-game herds
Montana's governor says his state will defy federal wolf protections and kill those that prey on big-game herds.
By Matthew Brown , February 16, 2011
Cattlemen sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife over protection of gray wolves
Washington state cattle group is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to force the agency to review federal protections for gray wolves in the lower 48 states.
By Associated Press , February 16, 2011
Klobuchar: Minnesota wolves coming off endangered list by end of 2011
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., announced today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to remove the wolf population in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan by the end of next year.
By Bob von Sternberg , December 10, 2010
Feds: Prairie bird may warrant endangered status
The Sprague's pipit, which nests on the ground, has seen nearly four-fifths of its population disappear in the last four decades.
By Associated Press , December 03, 2009
Brown pelicans no longer endangered, feds say
After nearly 40 years of struggling for survival, the brown pelican is coming off the U.S. government's endangered species list.
By Dina Cappiello , November 11, 2009
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