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View ArticleThe Lacey Act: Protecting the Environment by Restricting Trade
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View ArticleFDA Update on Animal Pharmaceutical Industry Response to Guidance #213
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View ArticleWhaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan…)
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View ArticleElephant Conservation, Illegal Killing, and Ivory Trade
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View ArticlePresidential Memorandum: Creating a Federal Strategy to Promote the Health of...
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View ArticleThe State of the Birds Report 2014
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View ArticlePesticides in U.S. streams and rivers: Occurrence and Trends During 1992-2011
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View ArticleEndangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Listing the African Lion...
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View ArticleAfrican Lion (Panthera Leo Leo): Service Proposes Endangered Species...
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View ArticleFederal Lands and Natural Resources: Overview and Selected Issues for the...
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View ArticleArctic Report Card: Update for 2014
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View ArticleEvaluating and Ranking Threats to the Long-Term Persistence of Polar Bears
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View ArticleThe State of Nature in the European Union: Report on the Status of and Trends...
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View ArticleVeterinary Feed Directive
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View ArticleLaws Related to Hunting Lions in Zimbabwe
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View ArticleUSGS Role and Response to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
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View ArticleEffects of Hydrocarbon Extraction on Landscapes of the Appalachian Basin
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View ArticleU.S. National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking: 2015 Annual...
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/254013.pdf The first such report. It describes the accomplishments of the Task Force which include training of enforcement officials around the world and...
View Article15 Facts About Our National Mammal: The American Bison
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View ArticleOcean Noise Strategy Roadmap
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View ArticleEndangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Revision of the Section 4(d)...
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-06-06/pdf/2016-13173.pdf Final rule to increase protection for African elephants by imposing a near total ban on U.S. trade in African elephant ivory. From...
View ArticleComparing Participation in Nutrient Trading by Livestock Operations to Crop...
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View ArticleReport to Congress on Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking...
https://www.state.gov/e/oes/rls/rpts/275703.htm Reports on the latest U.S. government efforts to end wildlife trafficking and identifies “focus countries” and “countries of concern.” Also includes the...
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