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·Aug 25

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Helps Support Native American Graduate Students

In many Native American families, elders tell children detailed stories about the history of their lands and wildlife. Having grown up with these stories, native students come to the university with unique knowledge about wildlife management and conservation. We had the pleasure of hearing about the journeys of three native students, Sattie Whitefoot-Fisher, Ken Edmo, and Xavier Lovato, in the first cohort of a new program at the University of Montana funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Science Applications Program and Sloan Indigenous Graduate Fellowship Program and designed to better support Native American graduate students.

Graduate Students

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Helps Support Native American Graduate Students

A man holds a fish out in front of him and grins in excitement with a stream and trees in the background — Xavier Lovato admires a fish he caught in Montana. Photo courtesy of Xavier Lovato

We had the pleasure of hearing about the journeys of three native students, Sattie Whitefoot-Fisher, Ken Edmo, and Xavier Lovato, in the first cohort of a new program at the University of Montana funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Science Applications Program and Sloan Indigenous Graduate Fellowship Program and designed to better support Native American graduate students.

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May 4

Newly Minted Agreement Leverages a Long-Standing Partnership

Our National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) is uniquely focused on providing continuing education that develops skills, knowledge, and expertise needed to conserve America’s natural resources for future generations. It is the only training center of its kind. It is fitting, then, that a new agreement signed in January 2022 between…

Tribes

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Newly Minted Agreement Leverages a Long-Standing Partnership

Mar 21

A Conversation with Jeff Corwin About All The Fish

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Fish

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Mar 5

The Snakehead Dilemma

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Fishing

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Feb 18

Grazing for conservation

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Agriculture

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·Feb 18

Officials, Volunteers Celebrate Improvements at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge

Five feet worth of forethought should save a mile of misery for Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. That’s the height from the ground that the North Carolina refuge’s visitor center has been raised. By lifting the building, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service effectively raised the odds that the center…

Climate Change

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Officials, Volunteers Celebrate Improvements at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge

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·Feb 13

Let’s Hear It for the Ladies!

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·Feb 11

“What’s My Love Language? Oh, I’m 100% American Shad.”

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“What’s My Love Language? Oh, I’m 100% American Shad.”

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·Feb 7

Sage of the Sonora: Conserving the Sonoran Desert Tortoise

It’s hard to find someone who dislikes tortoises. Their occurrence in mythology spans continents, where they symbolize wisdom and stability. Perhaps it’s their calm nature and slow movement. Maybe they remind us of our elders. …

Endangered Species

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Sage of the Sonora: Conserving the Sonoran Desert Tortoise

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·Feb 2

Stewards of the Land: Ranchers on the Front Lines of Conservation

Every morning, ranchers across the country are up and moving before most of us have even had our morning coffee. To them, it’s more than a job. It’s a promise to protect and care for the land, a promise often passed down from generation to generation. …

Agriculture

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Stewards of the Land: Ranchers on the Front Lines of Conservation