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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Northeast Region in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

Sep 20, 2017

A non-hunter’s guide to hunting

How regulated hunting contributes to conservation, the mission of the…

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Northeast Region in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

Sep 29, 2017

Breaking barriers: Hunting in the black community

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Northeast Region in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

Sep 8, 2017

Restoring Rivers with a Little Mussel Power

Freshwater mussels are one of nature’s greatest natural filtration systems. A healthy bed of mussels, in a reach of river just 2 football fields long, can filter over half a million gallons of water every day.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Northeast Region in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

Sep 7, 2017

Mission impossible? New app makes shorebird data collection easy and fun

Right now in offices all along the eastern seaboard, shorebird technicians are hunched in front of computer monitors tapping numbers into spreadsheets. A mundane end to six months spent observing life and…

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Northeast Region in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

Sep 5, 2017

New Life for Old Fields

It’s been a summer packed with pollinators for Clare Maffei and Jackie Hannifan, both working hard with the Service to evaluate the success of pollinator habitat created in 2014. In Caroline County, MD, partner lands were seeded with a native wildflower and grass seed mix with the hope…

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Northeast Region in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

Sep 14, 2017

Hands On, Dam’s Gone

Today we’re hearing from Kirstin Underwood, biologist with the Gulf of Maine Coastal Program, as she teams up with partners to remove a dam in a remote section of the Sunday River in Western Maine.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Northeast Region in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

Sep 18, 2017

A Heaven Scent Nose Knows Hometown Heroes

Dianne Thees of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pennsylvania Field Office, her…

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Northeast Region in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

Sep 27, 2017

Blast to the Past with a Mastodon Tooth

Natural history is fascinating. Today we are going to hear from Elizabeth Rush, a cultural resources intern through the American Conservation Experience. One of the many neat tasks she has, is working alongside Region Five’s Historic Preservation Officer, Amy…

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Northeast Region in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

Sep 12, 2017

Bat to the Future

A 100-year-old bat specimen housed at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. may help scientists unravel the mystery behind white-nose syndrome, a disease that has devastated North American bat populations.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Northeast Region in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

Sep 1, 2017

Summer at Stewart B. McKinney: Crabs, birds, and more!

This post is part of of short summer series featuring blog posts from our Hispanic Access Foundation interns. Today, we are hearing from Ivette Lopez, who has been working at Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge in Connecticut…

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We conserve nature in the northeast U.S. for the benefit of wildlife and the American people. Love your natural and wild places! Explore the world around you by hiking, fishing, hunting, and volunteering. More info at fws.gov/northeast

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