U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Elephant Shot in Mississippi Returns to Missouri

The 39-year-old Asian elephant, named Carol, was shot Thursday in Tupelo, Miss. She was part of a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus show.

2013/04/12

Kali the polar bear cub may be destined for St. Louis Zoo, says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (photo courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)

St. Louis Zoo May Get Orphaned Polar Bear

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says Alaskan cub will go to Buffalo, NY first.

2013/03/23

Photo courtesy of The Missouri Department of Conservation

Federal Officials Indict Eight In Missouri Poaching Ring

A single large female paddlefish with about 20 pounds of eggs is carrying about $4,000 worth of potential caviar for black market sales.

2013/03/14

Senators, Federal Officials Meet On Levee Concerns

Missouri’s two U.S. senators are continuing their push for completion of a project to close a 1,500-foot gap in a Mississippi River levee.

2013/02/27

McCaskill Seeks Action on Mo. Levee Project

McCaskill sent a letter in mid-December to the EPA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, calling uncertainty and delays in the project “unacceptable.”

2012/12/31

Fish Protection Move May Risk Missouri Economic Growth

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will present plans at a meeting Tuesday in Perryville to have the Grotto sculpin added to the endangered list.

2012/10/29

Saving the Sheepnose and Spectaclecase

The sheepnose and spectaclecase mussels will be protected following an agreement reached last summer between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Washington, Center for Biological Diversity.

2012/03/13

Squaw Creek Too Close For Deer Hunt

The deer hunts started in 1988 to reduce the size of the deer herd, which was damaging refuge habitats and causing collisions with vehicles.

2011/12/27

More Missouri Trout On The Way

Missouri’s Conservation Department celebrates the expansion of the trout hatchery near Bennett Spring State Park later this month.

2011/09/13

Missouri Given Half A Million Dollars To Save Endangered Species

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the intent is to protect habitat important for the endangered gray bat, the threatened Ozark cavefish and the Missouri bladderpod, which is a threatened plant.

2011/08/29

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