US AGENCIES

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ESTABLISHED

• Was established in 1871 as the United States commission of fish and fisheries.

PURPOSE

• The purpose of studying and recommending solutions to a noted decline in the stocks of food fish.
• Its early work focused on the effect of birds in controlling agricultural pests
• The Fish and Wildlife Service was finally created in 1940
• Bureaus of Fisheries and Biological Survey were combined after being moved to the Department of the Interior.

DANIEL M. ASHE

• Daniel M. Ashe was confirmed on June 30, 2011 as the 16th Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Ashe served as the Service’s Deputy Director for Policy beginning in 2009
• From 1998 to 2003, Ashe served as the Chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System
• change toward a science-driven, landscape conservation business model

IMPORTANT EVENTS

• It has created over 560 national wildlife refuges and thousands of small wetlands.
• Also created 70 national fish hatcheries and 65 fishery resource offices.
• Successful Recovery Efforts Prompt Service Proposal to Delist Gray Wolf and Focus ESA Protection on Mexican Wolf
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Re-Opens 60-Day Comment Period on Two Hanford Plants
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Recovery Plan for the Endangered Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit

SOURCES

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Fish_and_Wildlife_Service
• http://www.fws.gov/offices/biodanielash.html
• http://www.fws.gov/wafwo/activities.html