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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    White-Nose Syndrome Confirmed in Missouri Bat Population

    The Missouri Department of Conservation knew it was coming, but now it's official: White-Nose Syndrome has been confirmed in a population of bats in an undisclosed Missouri cave. In 2010, symptoms were spotted on a little brown bat in Pike County, and five gray bats also showed symptoms in a public ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Missouri Reintroduces Endangered Burying Beetle, the Most Metal Insect of All

    ​The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Saint Louis Zoo plan to reintroduce the Burying Beetle to the Wah'kon-Tah Prairie in the near future, reestablishing the insect as a vital part of Missouri's ecosystem for the first time since the 1970s. Obviously, beetles aren't as glamorous a creature ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2011

    Jeff Foiles was a rock star in the world of waterfowl hunting -- until the feds drew a target on his back

    ​The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Saint Louis Zoo plan to reintroduce the Burying Beetle to the Wah'kon-Tah Prairie in the near future, reestablishing the insect as a vital part of Missouri's ecosystem for the first time since the 1970s. Obviously, beetles aren't as glamorous a creature ... More >>

  • News

    July 14, 2011

    Animal lovers protect Canada geese from death -- by harassing them

    ​The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Saint Louis Zoo plan to reintroduce the Burying Beetle to the Wah'kon-Tah Prairie in the near future, reestablishing the insect as a vital part of Missouri's ecosystem for the first time since the 1970s. Obviously, beetles aren't as glamorous a creature ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Arizona Wildfires Threaten Missouri-Raised Mexican Gray Wolves

    Photo courtesy of Regina MossottiThe Arizona wildfires might have the power to impact almost half the population of Mexican gray wolves living in the wild. These one-month-old pups live at the Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka.​Look at those faces. Outside of a moon scene on a novelty T-shirt o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Kid from Vienna, IL, Won $5,000 For Painting This

    Beating out 27,000 other inferior kids (ages kindergarten through high school) from all 50 states, a teen living across the Mississippi River from Cape Girardeau emerged victorious in the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Art contest on Friday. The aptly-named Abraham Hunter, a 17-year-old from Vienna, Illi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Revered Illinois Hunter Charged With Violating American, Canadian Wildlife Regs

    Image viaJeff "Strait Meat" Foiles, wildfowl hunting rockstar, now indicted​Few hunters of wildfowl have more rock-star name recognition than Jeff Foiles of Pleasant Hill, Illinois: He and his company, Foiles Migrators, appear at trade shows and in full-page magazine ads. His duck and goose calls ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    Ameren Installs "Swan Diverters" on Power Lines to Save Migratory Birds

    Coutesy Ameren Missouri​A helicopter team is performing aerial daredevil work near Alton this week in an effort to save migrating trumpeter swans, the largest waterfowl in North America.  On Monday specialists with Haverfield Aviation began installing "swan diverters" from power lines running ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Wants "Endangered" Status for Ozark Hellbender

    Jeff Briggler, courtesy of Missouri DOCOzark Hellbender: Putting its image on a football helmet could save its life.​Before we get started, how is that the University of Missouri calls its athletic teams the Tigers (an animal that's never called Missouri home and which is the most generic name in ... More >>

  • News

    March 24, 2010

    Tweakers 'N Diggers: Looters are pillaging Native American burial grounds to finance their meth habits

    Jeff Briggler, courtesy of Missouri DOCOzark Hellbender: Putting its image on a football helmet could save its life.​Before we get started, how is that the University of Missouri calls its athletic teams the Tigers (an animal that's never called Missouri home and which is the most generic name in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Indian Grifter: Illinois Man Accused of Looting Native American Refuge, Selling Artifacts

    ​Good news: That arrowhead you bought on eBay may actually be a legitimate Native American artifact. Bad news: It could be stolen. Fifty-year-old Leslie Jones of Creal Springs, Illinois, was sentenced this week to 30 days in prison and ordered to pay $150,000 in restitution for stealing up to 13,0 ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 2008

    Hold That Tiger: The recent big cat attacks in Missouri have residents and state officials calling for tougher exotic animal laws

    ​Good news: That arrowhead you bought on eBay may actually be a legitimate Native American artifact. Bad news: It could be stolen. Fifty-year-old Leslie Jones of Creal Springs, Illinois, was sentenced this week to 30 days in prison and ordered to pay $150,000 in restitution for stealing up to 13,0 ... More >>

  • News

    March 16, 2005

    Something Fishy

    A bubbling demand for Missouri caviar spawns cutthroat competition.

  • News

    November 27, 2002

    Odd Ducks

    The fight to preserve St. Charles County floodplains makes for some strange bedfellows

  • News

    March 6, 2002

    The Clan of the Cavesnail

    Tom Aley spent a fortune and more than 30 years of his life defending a creature no bigger than a grain of sand. Beautiful madness or crazy vision?

  • News

    December 26, 2001

    Heavy-Metal Racket

    John Chamis and other residents of lead-contaminated Herculaneum are tired of getting jerked around by regulators and by Doe Run. They're demanding answers -- and results.

  • News

    February 7, 2001

    Invasion of the Swiss

    Proposed cement plant in Ste. Genevieve would be foreign to our lungs

  • News

    January 24, 2001

    Letters

    Week of January 24, 2001

  • News

    January 17, 2001

    Cementing a Deal

    A giant quarry and the world's largest cement kiln are being welcomed by Ste. Genevieve County. But the operation may leave St. Louis gasping for air.

  • News

    November 15, 2000

    After the Deluge

    Since the Flood of 93, Chesterfield boosters have used millions in public money to raise a levee and turn the bottomlands into a boomtown. But betting against the river is risky business.

  • News

    August 18, 1999

    The Low Road

    Hazelwood officials cast their lot with the developer of a controversial project in the flood-prone Missouri Bottoms. Their gamble is tearing the North County community apart.

  • News

    March 31, 1999

    Shooting Back

    As gun makers stockpile money for a PR and marketing battle to convince still more citizens to take up arms, besieged cities such as St. Louis aren't taking it lying down. They're returning fire with lawsuits.

  • News

    January 13, 1999

    Pigeons Droppings

    Pigeons navigate better than any pilot, they're more sociable than any debutante, they've adapted to the urban landscape better than any human. But they poop. So we're poisoning them.

  • News

    November 25, 1998

    Of Wetlands and Wal-Marts

    One development at a time, Missouri has lost 87 percent of its wetlands. And that means more floods, more damage, more levees, more bucks. The story of one Supercenter and how progress comes at a price.

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