Story by Lance Cpl. Nataly Espitia | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 04.14.2022
April is widely regarded as "Earth Month" all over the globe. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton honors, protects, and conserves the Earth not only on this occasion, but every day of the year. Plenty of land and resources go into the conservation and care for wildlife aboard the installation....
Story by Samuel King Jr. | 96th Test Wing | 11.16.2021
Numbers increase to more than 4,300 after receiving 831 in Oct. and another 30 Nov. 9.
Story by Brannen Parrish | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District | 05.24.2021
The ILT, which is protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, nests on sandbars and sparsely vegetated areas typically within riverbeds or near water bodies. The birds begin arriving in the Tulsa District’s area of responsibility in April and generally remain until September. The USFW removed the ILT from the Endangered Species Act’s threatened and endangered list in 2020.......
Story by Elvia Kelly | Fort Bragg Garrison Public Affairs Office | 08.20.2020
Fort Bragg wildlife biologists and researchers made a breakthrough after interpreting the breeding pattern of the St. Francis Satyr Butterfly, referred to as SFS, living on Fort Bragg’s ranges. The butterfly was first discovered in 1983. The species disappeared in 1986. In 1992, they were rediscovered and emergency listed as endangered in 1994. The species was formally listed as federally......
Story by Courtney Strzelczyk | Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center | 08.03.2020
When Erica Lee was a child, the world outside the door was the place to be. “I would come home with bugs in my pocket and was always curious about the environmental world,” Lee said. Now, as an AFCEC Support Program Manager for Eglin Air Force Base Natural Resources, Florida, she is one of many environmental professionals partnering to protect endangered species while ensuring mission success...
Story by Stacey Reese | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District | 09.17.2019
The Corps of Engineers works with Federal and State agencies to protect the American Burying Beetle.
Story by Jonelle Kimbrough | Office of the Chief, Army Reserve | 08.10.2018
Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated Puerto Rico in the fall of 2017, but efforts to conserve the endangered palo de rosa tree at Fort Buchanan are still thriving - with the help of some Boy Scouts....
Story by Lance Cpl. Benjamin McDonald | Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort | 10.16.2017
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources held a ribbon cutting ceremony in Hortense, Ga., Oct. 16 to announce the acquisition of land for the Sansavil¬la Wildlife Management Area....
