The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports that for the second time in recorded history an endangered short-tailed albatross chick has hatched at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. The chick hatched Jan 12, just hours after oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle and marine life artist Wyland visited the nest. [...]

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has posted an interesting video about recovery efforts for the threatened Western snowy plover. Currently, only eight locations in Oregon support nesting Western snowy plovers, a 72 percent reduction in active breeding locations. The primary cause of decline is loss and degradation of habitat.
 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that efforts are underway to establish a second population of the endangered Nihoa Millerbird on Laysan Island within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument to prevent the bird’s extinction. Nihoa and Laysan Islands are part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, which comprise the majority of the atolls [...]

As this blog reported on May 31, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is in the process of producing a required conservation plan for Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge in Idaho, but early signs that the Service might restrict recreational activities had local politicians calling for the refuge to be stripped of federal control.
Now Idaho’s [...]

As this blog reported on April 14, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been in the process of producing a required conservation plan for Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge in Idaho, but early signs that the Service might restrict recreational activities had local politicians calling for the refuge to be stripped of federal control.
As [...]

The Columbian in Washington state reports that Heather Johnston, a Firm Foundation Christian School fourth-grade teacher, who won 2nd place in the Small Steps for Big Change national teacher environmental awards, has decided to donate her award to the Friends of Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.
Heather received the award for being a “green hero” and [...]

As the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works on a required conservation plan for Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge in Idaho, a collection of commissioners and eight local mayors have asked that the refuge be stripped from federal control.
From the Greenfield Daily Reporter:

Federal managers of the Deer Flat Wildlife Refuge, which includes Lake Lowell, must [...]

When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that more than 110,000 Laysan and black-footed albatross chicks – about 22 percent of this year’s albatross production – were lost as a result of the tsunami and two severe winter storms preceding it in January and February, it was hard to imagine how so many birds [...]

Latest Update: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that Wisdom, the albatross, has returned to Midway.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released an updated announcement regarding the impact of the tsunami on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific.
Apparently, the 60-year-old albatross “Wisdom” has not been seen alive as originally [...]

The blog Pete at Midway has photos of the wildlife and habitat damage on and around Midway Atoll NWR after the recent tsunami passed through. Pete is a USFWS biologist at Midway.

After looking at a bit of the washover on Sand Island, and setting a crew to work on digging albatross chicks and petrels out [...]

We’ve been watching for news about how Midway Atoll NWR and other Pacific refuges fared after the tsunami passed today. We gather the humans could make it to higher ground, but we know a lot of birds are nesting on the islands now, including the Laysan albatross named Wisdom and the famous short-tailed albatross — [...]

The Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge have developed an interactive game that helps adults and kids learn more about marine debris in the Pacific, which threatens wildlife species (such as the endangered Laysan albatross) found at places like Midway Atoll NWR.
On the site, the Friends offer factsheets that can be downloaded and contain [...]