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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 210561', '§ 210661', '§ 210761', '§ 210861', '§ 265861', '§ 265961', '§ 231761', '§ 231861', '§ 231961', '§ 232061', '§ 270961', '§ 271061', '§ 231794']

Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing a proposal to protect the rufa red knot as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing a proposal to protect the rufa red knot as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. This amazing shorebird flies thousands of miles from breeding areas in the Canadian Arctic, along coastal and inland migration corridors, to wintering areas in the Gulf of Mexico and the southeastern U.S., the Caribbean, and South America. Many of these robin-sized birds make a staggering migration of 9,300 miles each way, wintering on Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of South America.
Since the 1980s, knot numbers have dropped by roughly 75 percent in some areas, with the steepest declines resulting from overharvest of the horseshoe crab, whose eggs are one of the knot’s key food sources during migration. Today knots face significant threats from coastal development, dredging, sea walls, oil spills, and—more recently—climate change.
The knot’s future is closely linked to further impacts from climate change. Many of the threats facing the knot are driven by our changing climate—including disappearing habitat and food resources. These birds spend most of their time along the coasts or at the extreme latitudes of the Western Hemisphere, the areas undergoing the most rapid climate change. Read more at the news release: http://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ID=60042DE0-FB9E-C978-063157265CB076C1
(Washington, D.C., March 26, 2013) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a new report detailing what it will take to conserve the imperiled Greater Sage-Grouse. The report maps out the most important areas for the conservation of the declining species, which in 2015 may be added to the list of threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.
“This new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report provides an important roadmap for land managers that we urge the agencies to follow. It represents a good-faith effort at using the best available science to protect the species,” said Steve Holmer, senior policy advisor for American Bird Conservancy, one of the nation’s leading bird conservation organizations. “So it is disappointing that we are seeing Bureau of Land Management resource management plans already created without the benefit of this guidance. Those plans appear to fall short of what’s needed to conserve the species.”
The new Conservation Objectives Report is intended to guide a major regional planning effort now underway to conserve the Greater Sage-Grouse. Following the completion of seven state-based Environmental Impact Statements, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S.D.A. Forest Service will then amend more than 100 individual management plans across a vast amount (57 million acres) of federal lands.
However, the BLM has already released the final Lander Resource Management plan in Wyoming as well as a draft plan for the Miles City management area in Montana. These plans will determine how sage grouse habitat will be managed and whether protected areas will be established.
“Several BLM management plans are being completed without the benefit of the new Conservation Objectives Report and need strengthening,” said Holmer. “For example, the Lander Resource Management plan did not designate any significant protected areas for the Greater Sage-Grouse. Conserving the grouse will require improving management and protecting sufficient habitat.”
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conservation Objectives Report is available here.
Purple Martin Flies on Forever Stamped Envelope
mulberry, fl  Bird lovers are expected to flock to their Post Offices now that the Postal Service is celebrating North Americas largest swallow by issuing the Purple Martin First-Class Mail Forever Stamped envelope today that sells for 56-cents (45-cents for postage and 11-cents for the envelope). The stamped envelope is now available at Post Offices nationwide, online at usps.com/shop and by phone at 800-782-6724.
Bird lovers across America will be enamored with this stamped envelope, said U.S. Postal Service Acting Manager of Post Office Operations John Rhoden in dedicating the stamps at the Mulberry Civic Center.
Joining Rhoden in dedicating the stamped envelope were Mulberry Mayor George Hatch, Mulberry City Manager Dr. Frank Satchel, Jr. and Mulberry Postmaster Carol Shirley.
The stamp art includes a large illustration of a purple martin perching and a smaller illustration showing the bird in flight. Art director William J. Gicker of Washington, DC, designed the stamped envelopes using illustrations by artist Matthew Frey of Annapolis, MD. The Purple Martin Stamped Envelope is being issued as a Forever stamped envelope. Its postage will always be equal to the value of the First-Class Mail one-ounce price in effect anytime in the future.
The pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) Purple Martin (Forever) stamped envelopes are available in the following formats in Post Offices, by visiting www.usps.com/shop or by calling 800-782-6724:
§ #10 regular envelope (Item 231700).
§ #10 window envelope (Item 231800).
§ #9 regular envelope (Item 231900).
§ #9 window envelope (Item 232000).
§ #6¾ regular envelope (Item 270900).
§ #6¾ window envelope (Item 271000).
The Purple Martin (Forever) water activated gum (WAG) stamped envelopes are only available online at www.usps.com/shop or by calling 800-782-6724:
§ #10 regular envelope (Item 210500).
§ #10 window envelope (Item 210600).
§ #9 regular envelope (Item 210700).
§ #9 window envelope (Item 210800).
§ #6¾ regular envelope (Item 265800).
§ #6¾ window envelope (Item 265900).
Customers may view the Purple Martin stamped envelope as well as many of this years other stamps on Facebook at facebook.com/USPSStamps, through Twitter @USPSstamps or on the website Beyond the Perf at beyondtheperf.com/2012-preview. Beyond the Perf is the Postal Services online site for background on upcoming stamp subjects, first-day-of-issue events and other philatelic news.
Customers have 60 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail. They may purchase the new cards at a local Post Office, at The Postal Store website at usps.com/shop or by calling 800-STAMP-24. They should address the cards to themselves or others and place them in larger envelopes addressed to:
2000 Mulford Road
Mulberry, FL 33860-9998
The Postal Service also offers first-day covers for new stamp issues and Postal Service stationery items postmarked with the official first-day-of-issue cancellation. Each item has an individual catalog number and is offered in the quarterly USA Philatelic catalog. First-Day covers are also available at www.usps.com/shop and at 800-STAMP-24. Customers may request a free catalog by calling 800-STAMP-24 or writing to:
There are 13 philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
§ 210561, Purple Martin WAG (Forever) #10 Regular First-Day Cover, $0.68.
§ 210661, Purple Martin WAG (Forever) #10 Window First-Day Cover, $0.68.
§ 210761, Purple Martin WAG (Forever) #9 Regular First-Day Cover, $0.68.
§ 210861, Purple Martin WAG (Forever) #9 Window First-Day Cover, $0.68.
§ 265861, Purple Martin WAG (Forever) #6¾ Regular First-Day Cover, $0.68.
§ 265961, Purple Martin WAG (Forever) #6¾ Window First-Day Cover, $0.68.
§ 231761, Purple Martin PSA (Forever) #10 Regular First-Day Cover, $0.68.
§ 231861, Purple Martin PSA (Forever) #10 Window First-Day Cover, $0.68.
§ 231961, Purple Martin PSA (Forever) #9 Regular First-Day Cover, $0.68.
§ 232061, Purple Martin PSA (Forever) #9 Window First-Day Cover, $0.68.
§ 270961, Purple Martin PSA (Forever) #6¾ Regular First-Day Cover, $0.68.
§ 271061, Purple Martin PSA (Forever) #6¾ Window First-Day Cover, $0.68.
§ 231794, Purple Martin Stamped PSA Envelopes (10 pack) w/seals, $7.95.
A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 151 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the worlds mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 35th in the 2011 Fortune 500. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency for six years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.