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Officials drain park pond after discovering invasive fish species: 'We need to take action'

Quick thinking by park officials appears to have prevented an invasive fish species from overtaking and traveling out of a pond at a popular Ohio recreation area. The Columbus Recreation & Parks ...

In 2018, Buffalo used 56,000 cubic yards of dredged river sediment to reshape a former landfill pond, where fish species later doubled

A deep, isolated pond on Buffalo’s Unity Island once had little connection with the river beside it. Today, the same stretch ...
JD Supra

Service Proposes Listing Two Pond Turtle Species and Short-tailed Snake as Threatened with 4(d) Rules

On October 3, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published two proposed rules to list three species—the northwestern pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata), the southwestern pond turtle ...
Miami Herald

Vibrant fish found in pond as it dried up and 3 other new species discoveries

Scientists found “rainbow” creatures in temporary ponds of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and discovered a new species. Photo from A. Kalumba via Nagy (2025) The summaries below were drafted ...
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes adding Endangered Species Act protections for two species of pond turtles

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to protect northwestern and southwestern pond turtles in California, Oregon, and Washington under the Endangered Species ...