Read more US Fish and Wildlife Service stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3677/us-fish-and-wildlife-service.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:30:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66905/exxon-admits-killing-birds-will-pay-600k.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagExxon has pleaded guilty in federal court and agreed to pay $600,000 in fines over the deaths of dozens of birds at its drilling and production facilities, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 85 birds, including owls, waterfowl, and hawks, died after being exposed to hydrocarbons at Exxon's natural...http://www.newser.com/story/66905/exxon-admits-killing-birds-will-pay-600k.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 8:03:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63097/feds-showing-more-love-for-uglier-endangered-species.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen you’re an endangered species jockeying for federal funding, good looks are historically a plus. That may be changing, the Washington Post reports. In the past, researchers note, “there has been a very heavy bias toward ‘charismatic megafauna’—relatively large, well-known birds and mammals.” But in recent years, smaller, less...http://www.newser.com/story/63097/feds-showing-more-love-for-uglier-endangered-species.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 13:28:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55357/death-of-last-us-jaguar-sparks-inquiry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmidst a federal probe, the mysterious death of America’s last known jaguar is turning into a big cat fight, the New York Times reports. Arizona wildlife officials say they mistakenly trapped Macho B in a leg-hold snare and found him to be healthy. But a conservationist working with the group...http://www.newser.com/story/55357/death-of-last-us-jaguar-sparks-inquiry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 05 Apr 2009 11:50:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49816/deadly-bat-plague-spreads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA mysterious disorder decimating the bat population in upstate New York has spread through the northeast and could be headed across the nation. The disease, called white nose syndrome after the white smudges found on infected bats, has spread to six states in two years, killing hundreds of thousands of...http://www.newser.com/story/49816/deadly-bat-plague-spreads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Feb 2009 3:58:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/39589/helps-on-way-for-cape-cod-manatee.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 1,000-pound manatee, with one eye and an injured flipper, has been stranded for four days off the sleepy Cape Cod harbor town of Dennis, and its chances of returning to warmer waters without help appear slim, reports the Cape Cod Times . The US Fish and Wildlife Service will...http://www.newser.com/story/39589/helps-on-way-for-cape-cod-manatee.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Oct 2008 7:11:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34879/doom-looms-for-spotted-owl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe outlook appears bleak for America's most controversial bird, reports the Seattle Times . Despite logging bans in huge swathes of old-growth forests initiated 14 years ago to protect the northern spotted owl, researchers have discovered its numbers have dropped by nearly half. The decline is blamed on pre-1994 habitat loss...http://www.newser.com/story/34879/doom-looms-for-spotted-owl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 Aug 2008 3:01:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34683/federal-changes-threaten-endangered-species-critics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCritics are raising an alarm over planned White House changes to the Endangered Species Act, reports the Oregonian . The modifications would give federal agencies such as the US Forest Service more leeway to decide whether activities such as logging would harm endangered species—and such determinations would no longer be...http://www.newser.com/story/34683/federal-changes-threaten-endangered-species-critics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 Aug 2008 3:21:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26555/fishermen-shoot-sea-lions-in-battle-over-salmon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSix federally protected sea lions were shot to death along the Columbia River in Washington yesterday as they lay in traps set to move them to another region, AP reports. Three elephant seals were killed the previous day in California. All were apparently the victims of a battle between fishermen...http://www.newser.com/story/26555/fishermen-shoot-sea-lions-in-battle-over-salmon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 May 2008 11:43:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/12746/feds-reverse-7-wildlife-decisions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Fish and Wildlife Service reversed seven decisions that watered down protections for endangered species, saying they were “improperly influenced” by a Bush appointee with no formal training in natural sciences, the Los Angeles Times reports. The appointee, Julie MacDonald, "should never have been allowed near the endangered species program,...http://www.newser.com/story/12746/feds-reverse-7-wildlife-decisions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Nov 2007 21:19:00 CST