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Fish and Wildlife Service
Logo of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
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Agency overview
Formed
June 30, 1940 (1940-06-30)
Preceding agencies
Bureau of Biological Survey
Bureau of Fisheries
Jurisdiction
United States federal government
Headquarters
Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia (Falls Church mailing address)[1][2]
Employees
approx. 9,000 employees (2010)
Annual budget
$2.32 billion (FY08)
Agency executive
Greg Sheehan (Acting)[3], Director
Parent agency
U.S. Department of the Interior
Website
www.fws.gov
Footnotes
[4][5][6]
Arctic Refuge Law Enforcement Officer Heather Bartlett stands alongside her Super Cub, 2009
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or FWS) is an agency of the federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior dedicated to the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats. The mission of the agency is "working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people."
Among the responsibilities of the FWS are enforcing federal wildlife laws, protecting endangered species, managing migratory birds, restoring nationally significant fisheries, conserving and restoring wildlife habitat, such as wetlands, helping foreign governments with their international conservation efforts, and distributing money to states' fish and wildlife agencies through the Wildlife Sport Fish and Restoration program.
Units within the FWS include:
National Wildlife Refuge System (over 560 National Wildlife Refuges and thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas covering over 150 million acres (607,000 km²))
Division of Migratory Bird Management
Federal Duck Stamp
National Fish Hatchery System (70 National Fish Hatcheries and 65 Fishery Resource Offices)
Endangered Species program (86 Ecological Services Field Stations)
International Affairs Program
Office of Law Enforcement
National Conservation Training Center (Shepherdstown, WV)
United States Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement
Clark R. Bavin National Fish and Wildlife Forensic Laboratory
Landscape Conservation Cooperatives[7]
The vast majority of fish and wildlife habitat is on non-federal lands. Therefore, the FWS works closely with private groups, such as Partners in Flight, Sport Fishing and The Boating Partnership Council, to assist voluntary habitat conservation and restoration.
The FWS employs approximately 9,000 people and is organized into a central administrative office (in Falls Church, VA), the hallway where directorate members sit at the Department of the Interior in (in Washington, DC), eight regional offices, and nearly 700 field offices distributed throughout the United States.
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1 History
2 Tribal relations
3 See also
3.1 Related governmental agencies
3.2 Regulatory matters
3.3 Wildlife management
3.4 Other related topics
4 References
5 Further reading
6 External links
History[edit]
USFWS patrol vehicles, Alaska 1950
USFWS personnel in uniform
The USFWS originated in 1871 as the United States Commission on Fish and Fisheries, more commonly referred to as the United States Fish Commission, created by the United States Congress with the purpose of studying and recommending solutions to a noted decline in the stocks of food fish. Spencer Fullerton Baird was appointed its first commissioner. In 1903, the Fish Commission was reorganized as the United States Bureau of Fisheries.
In 1885–1886, the Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy (in 1885 it was the Section of Economic Ornithology)[8] was established within the United States Department of Agriculture. In 1896 it became the Division of Biological Survey. Its early work focused on the effect of birds in controlling agricultural pests and mapping the geographical distribution of plants and animals in the United States. Clinton Hart Merriam headed the Bureau for 25 years and became a national figure for improving the scientific understanding of birds and mammals in the United States. Jay Norwood Darling was appointed Chief of the new Bureau of Biological Survey in 1934; the same year Congress passed the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (FWCA), one of the oldest federal environmental review statutes.[9] Under Darling's guidance, the Bureau began an ongoing legacy of protecting vital natural habitat throughout the country. The USFWS was finally created in 1940, when the Bureaus of Fisheries and Biological Survey were combined after being moved to the Department of the Interior. In 1959, the methods used by USFWS's Animal Damage Control Program were featured in the Tom Lehrer song "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park".[10]
The Service governs six National Monuments; Hanford Reach National Monument in Washington state; Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, a huge maritime area in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands (jointly with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the State of Hawaii); World War Two Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Alaska, Hawaii and California, jointly managed with The National Park Service; Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, the largest marine protected area in the world[11] (in consultation with NOAA; the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument in American Samoa (with NOAA and the American Samoan Government)), and the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument including undersea mud volcanoes, vents, chemosynthetic organisms, and much of the deepest points on Earth (in coordination of management with NOAA and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).
Tribal relations[edit]
Pursuant to the eagle feather law, Title 50, Part 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations (50 CFR 22), and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service administers the National Eagle Repository and the permit system for Native American religious use of eagle feathers.[12][13][14] However, these exceptions often only apply to Native Americans that are registered with the federal government and are enrolled with a federally recognized tribe. Therefore, many indigenous people that wish to practice their religion continue to face persecution.[citation needed] This has become a modern source of conflict between many tribes and the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the USFWS began to incorporate the research of tribal scientists into conservation decisions.[15] This came on the heels of Native American TEK, or traditional ecological knowledge, gaining acceptance in the scientific community as a reasonable and respectable way to gain knowledge of managing the natural world.[16][17] Additionally, other natural resource agencies within the United States government, such as the USDA, have taken steps to be more inclusive of tribes, native people, and tribal rights.[18] This has marked a transition to a relationship of more cooperation rather than the tension between tribes and government agencies seen historically. Today, these agencies work closely with tribal governments to ensure the best conservation decisions are made and that tribes retain their sovereignty .[19][20]
See also[edit]
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Federal law enforcement in the United States
Related governmental agencies[edit]
Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program
National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Office for Law Enforcement
National Marine Fisheries Service
National Park Service
Partners for Fish and Wildlife
United States Coast Guard
United States Geological Survey
Regulatory matters[edit]
Coastal Barrier Resources Act
Endangered Species Act
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
Lacey Act
Listing priority number
Marine Mammal Protection Act
Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918
National Wetlands Inventory
National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966
Sikes Act
Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992
Ramsar Wetlands Convention
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)
Wildlife management[edit]
International Migratory Bird Day
Timeline of environmental events
Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
United States Fish and Wildlife Service list of endangered species
Sierra Club v. Babbitt
Other related topics[edit]
Arizona Game and Fish Department
National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation
National Wildlife Refuge Association
North American Game Warden Museum
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Moving to Bailey's Crossroads?". Falls Church, VA Patch. 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
Jump up ^ "GSA Announces New Lease for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service". Retrieved 2017-12-06.
Jump up ^ "Zinke taps Utah wildlife director to head U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service". Spokesman.com. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
Jump up ^ [1] Archived November 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ [2] Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ USFWS - National Organizational Chart. Fws.gov. Retrieved on 2013-08-12.
Jump up ^ "Landscape Conservation Cooperative Network". www.lccnetwork.org.
Jump up ^ "USGS Patuxent wildlife Research Center: Biological Survey Unit History". www.pwrc.usgs.gov.
Jump up ^ Rosenberg, Ronald H. and Olson, Allen H., Federal Environmental Review Requirements Other than NEPA: The Emerging Challenge (1978). CLEVELAND STATE LAW REVIEW [Vol. 27: 195. 1978] FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. In Faculty Publications. Paper 672. College of William and Mary Law School
Jump up ^ Faulkner, Clarence (1999-05-01). "As It Was in Region 5,1949-1964". The Probe. 200: 7 – via DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln, "City-wide pigeon control in Boston, MA using strychnine-treated whole corn".
Jump up ^ "Presidential Proclamation --- Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Expansion". 25 September 2014.
Jump up ^ "National Eagle Repository". fws.gov.
Jump up ^ "Eagle Parts for Native American Religious Purposes" (PDF). fws.org.
Jump up ^ "Title 50 Part 22 Code of Federal Regulations (50 CFR 22)]". ecfr.gpoaccess.gov. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
Jump up ^ Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife. "Fish and Wildlife Service - Native American Program". www.fws.gov. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
Jump up ^ Berkes, Fikret (2000). "Rediscovery of Traditional Ecological Knowledge as Adaptive Management". Ecological Applications 10, No. 5 (2000): 1251-1262.
Jump up ^ Huntington, Henry (2000). "Using Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Science: Methods and Applications". Ecological Applications 10, No. 5 (2000): 1270-1274.
Jump up ^ Banegas, Diane, “Native American Students Mentored by Forest Service Scientists,” US Forest Service (blog), April 5, 2016 (1:00pm), http://blogs.usda.gov/2016/04/05/native-american-students-mentored-by-forest-service-scientists/.
Jump up ^ "Office of Tribal Relations | USDA". www.usda.gov. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
Jump up ^ Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Endangered Species. "Endangered Species Program | What We Do | Working with Tribes | Tribal Partnership Stories | American Indian Tribal Rights, Federal-Tribal Trust Responsibilities, and the Endangered Species Act". www.fws.gov. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
Further reading[edit]
U.S. fishery agency Annual Reports 1871-1940 and 1947-1979
Director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service dies at Keystone
DOI Secretary Ken Salazar's Statement on the Passing of Fish and Wildlife Service Director Sam Hamilton
"Biological Survey, Bureau of". Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.
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Peter and the Wolf (1946 film)
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Peter and the Wolf
Directed by
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Produced by
Walt Disney
Written by
Eric Gurney
Dick Huemer
Sergei Prokofiev
Based on
Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev
Narrated by
Sterling Holloway
Music by
Edward H. Plumb
Kurt Graunke (conductor)
Production
company
Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by
RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
August 15, 1946 (1946-08-15) (USA)
Running time
15 minutes
Country
United States
Peter and the Wolf is an 1946 animated short based on the 1936 musical composition/fairy tale by Sergei Prokofiev, produced by Walt Disney and narrated by Sterling Holloway. It was originally released theatrically as a segment in Make Mine Music.[1] It was re-issued the following year accompanying a re-issue of Fantasia (as a short subject before the film), then released separately on home video in the 1990s.
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1 Background
2 Plot
3 Differences from the original
4 In other media
5 External links
6 References
Background[edit]
Prokofiev, while touring the West in 1938, visited Los Angeles and met Walt Disney. Prokofiev performed the piano version of Peter and the Wolf for "le papa de Mickey Mouse", as Prokofiev described him in a letter to his sons. Disney was impressed, and considered adding an animated version of Peter and the Wolf to Fantasia, which was to be released in 1940. Due to the war, these plans fell through, and it was not until 1946 that Disney released his version of Peter and the Wolf. It is not known if Prokofiev, by that point behind the Iron Curtain, was aware of this.[2]
Plot[edit]
In Disney's animated adaptation of Prokofiev's masterpiece, in which every character is represented musically by a different instrument, a young Peter decides to go hunting for the wolf that's been prowling around the village. Along the way, he is joined by his friends Sasha the bird, Sonia the duck and Ivan the cat. All the fun comes to end, however, when the wolf makes an appearance.[3]
Differences from the original[edit]
This version makes several changes to the original story, for example:
During the character introduction, the animals are given names: "Sasha" the bird, "Sonia" the duck, and "Ivan" the cat.
As the cartoon begins, Peter and his friends already know there is a wolf nearby, and are preparing to catch him.
The hunters get names at a later point in the story: "Misha", "Yasha" and "Vladimir".
Peter day-dreams of hunting and catching the wolf and exits the garden carrying a wooden "pop-gun" rifle with the purpose of hunting the wolf down.
At the end, in a complete reversal of the original (and to make the story more child-friendly), it turns out that the duck has not been eaten by the wolf. (The wolf is shown chasing the duck, who hides in an old tree's hollow trunk. The wolf attacks out of view, and returns in view with some of the duck's feathers in his mouth and licking his jaws in visible satisfaction. Peter, the cat, and the bird assume the duck has been eaten. After the wolf has been caught, the bird is shown mourning the duck. The duck comes out of the tree trunk at that point and they are happily reunited).
In other media[edit]
An audio recording of this version with expanded narration by Sterling Holloway was released on Disneyland Records (DQ-1242).
In Belle's Tales of Friendship, the Disney version of Peter and the Wolf is featured and narrated by Belle instead of Sterling Holloway. This version was featured in House of Mouse and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
External links[edit]
Peter and the Wolf on IMDb
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Peter and the Wolf (1946): Trivia". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
Jump up ^ Bartig, Kevin. Composing for the Red Screen: Prokofiev and Soviet Film. Oxford University Press. p. 61. ISBN 9780199967605.
Jump up ^ Rocher, Jean-Marc. "Peter and the Wolf (1946): Plot Summary". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
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Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf
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The Rock Peter and the Wolf (1975)
David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf (1978)
Wolf Tracks and Peter and the Wolf (2005)
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Ohrenbär
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