The US. Fish & Wildlife Service Agency

1. The US. Fish & Wildlife Service Agency Made By: Amber S. Teymi V. Cindy G.

2. Purpose Of The Agency

3. What is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Agency? • The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Agency is a bureau within the Department of the Interior, that reserves the different wildlife & Wildlife habitat across America to benefit future generations. • What does the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service do? • On the official website for the Agency their tasks are listed as below: • Enforce federal wildlife laws • Protect endangered species • Manage migratory birds • Restore nationally significant fisheries • Conserve and restore wildlife habitat (ex.wetland) • Help foreign government with their international conservation efforts

4. From Past to Present

5. It is one of the oldest programs dedicated to conservation. • 1871:Created by congress, originally as the U.S. fish Commission • The first commissioner: Spencer Baird • 1940: Combined with Bureaus of Fisheries and Biological Survey to form U.S. Fish & Wildlife service • A great part of the agencies history revolves around the laws it’s enforced, here are a few: • 1900 Lacy Act • 1918 Migratory Bird Act • 1934 Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act • 1937 Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act • 1973 Endangered Species Act Paul Kroegel (first refugee employee)

6. Playing it’s Part in Forensic Science

7. The agency’s lab department provides research on the cause of death for animals as well as connects suspects to crime scenes • It provides assistance to the (OLE) Office of Law Enforcement; specifically, special agents/inspectors who enforce criminal laws in order to protect endangered/threatened animals. • It is the world only full-service police laboratory specializing in wildlife forensics • It involves the following: • Crime Scene Investigation • Cause of death determination • Class character analysis (for ex. To figure out species of the animal) • Individualization analysis

8. The units within the lab include:

9. The form of Evidence investigated includes: • Fingerprints • Ballistics • Weapons • Blood • Hair • Feather • Hide • & other animal derived biological material

10. Apply Today!

11. To apply one must: • Have a permit • Allow 60 days for permit review • 90 days for review of marine mammal/endangered species application • Accepted Degrees: • Degreed vets from an AVMA accredited • Vet college or foreign vets with accepted degree • Depending on the field you want to take part in more permits may be needed from another regulatory agency • Then, fill out an application on fws.gov and as directed on the website

12. Case Closed?

13. Wilderness Society V.S United States • Sockeye Salmon Enhancement Project in Kenai National Wildlife refuge in Alaska • Result of challenge: Special permits required • Congressional Results

14. Unites States V.S Mckittrick • The Ninth Circuit upheld Chad McKittrick's conviction for violating both the Endangered Species Act and the Lacey Act when he killed a gray wolf and transported its head and hide to his home. • argued that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service had failed to follow appropriate procedures when it created an experimental population of gray wolves in Yellowstone. In addition, the court noted that the appellant's interpretation of the ESA violated its spirit. • The court afterwards, rejected McKittrick's interpretation of ESA section which provides that a population qualifies as experimental. The court characterized McKittrick's arguments regarding potential violations of sections  and of the ESA as "meritless. • McKittrick claimed that the Secretary had failed to comply with section because he had failed to recite the words "necessary and advisable" in the special rules that he had promulgated that applied to the establishment of experimental gray wolf populations. • The forensics involved within this case studied over the animal harm, and the animal carcass.

15. Sources • U.S Fish & Wildlife Service Conserving the Nature Of America. August 22, 2012. <URL> http://www.fws.gov/ • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service About the U.S. Fish and Wildife Service. August 22, 2012. <URL> http://www.fws.gov/help/about_us.html • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Conservation History. August 22,2012.<URL>http://training.fws.gov/history/TimelinesOrigins.html • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Who We Are. August 25, 2012 <URL> http://www.fws.gov/who/ • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Forensics Laboratory. August 25, 2012. <URL> http://www.lab.fws.gov • Edwin Battistella. “U.S. Fish and Wildlife Forensics Lab.” http://www.oregencyclopedia.org. August 25,2012.<URL> http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/entry/view/us_fish_and_wildlife_forensics_lab/ • Lewis & Clark Law Schools Environmental Law Online “Fish and Wildlife Cases”. August 26, 2012 <URL> http://www.elawreview.org/summaries/natural_resources/fish_and_wildlife/