The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to revise regulations governing the issuance of permits under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act in order to facilitate development of renewable energy and other projects, while ensuring that those operations minimize and avoid impacts to bald and golden eagles. The Service is also inviting ideas from the public on how the permit program can be improved. Photo Caption: Bald Eagle. Credit: USFWS

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced the publication of a notice seeking public comment on certain wildlife and plant species that are being evaluated for consideration at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP16) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). CoP16 is tentatively scheduled for March 3-15, 2013, in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo Caption: CITES ensures international trade in plants and animals does not threaten their survival in the wild. Credit: CITES logo

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today more than $3.7 million in Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation grants for 28 collaborative projects that will support bird conservation throughout the Western Hemisphere. Matched by $14 million in contributions from partners, the projects will support habitat restoration, environmental education, population monitoring, and other priority activities within the ranges of neotropical migratory birds in the United States, Canada, Mexico and 23 Latin American and Caribbean countries. Photo Caption: Golden-cheeked warblers are among the species that will benefit from the grants. Credit: USFWS

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United Women Artisans' Association of Los Limites (ASOARTESANAS) -- a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife WIthout Borders partner -- has won the highly competitive 2012 United Nations Equator Prize. ASOARTESANAS is being recognized for its work to help save the last remaining cotton top tamarins by crafting small stuffed toys of the tamarin, a product which has improved incomes while raising awareness about threats posed to this endangered species. Each year the Equator Prize recognizes 25 outstanding local initiatives that are working to advance sustainable development solutions for people, nature and resilient communities. Photo Caption: Women artisans from Columbia make crafts from recycled plastic bags to support their community and reduce pollution. Credit: Fundacion Proyecto Titi

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced seven grant awards totaling approximately $1.4 million to continue the investigation of white-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats, and to identify ways to manage it. The disease has killed more than 5.5 million hibernating bats in eastern North America since it was discovered near Albany, New York in 2006. Photo Caption: Biologist collects swab sample from an Indiana bat. Credit:Ann Froschauer / USFWS

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Just when you thought you could give your smartphone a rest, the Fish and Wildlife Service's national wildlife refuges are finding reasons for you to keep it on. Refuge staff are encouraging the use of mobile apps from QR code readers to GPS navigators to connect wired visitors with nature. The interactive iNature Trail at J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Florida is the first trail in the National Wildlife Refuge System to cater expressly to smartphone users. And the mobile app MyRefuge features maps of scores of refuge recreation trails and other visitor attraction Photo Caption: A visitor prepares her smartphone to scan quick response (QR) codes along the iNature Trail at J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge, FL.Credit: Chelle Koster Walton

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