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International Endangered Species Work and Service Employee Profiled in Washington Post
February 12, 2013
 The Fish and Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Program Chief of Foreign Species, Janine Van Norman, was recently profiled in the Washington Post's Federal Faces section. Janine and her team of biologists in the Service's Headquarters Office in Washington, DC, protect plants and animals in foreign countries under the Endangered Species Act. Read about Janine's career path in public service, and how she works to conserve species all over the world. Photo Caption: Endangered Species Program Chief of Foreign Species, Janine Van Norman.Credit: USFWS.
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Threatened and Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
Service Announces Annual Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest!
February 11, 2013
 Parents, teachers, and scout leaders tell your kids to start the drawing engines and participate in the annual Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest! Entries must be postmarked by March 15, 2013. The Youth Art Contest provides students from kindergarten to high school with an opportunity to learn about threatened and endangered species and express their knowledge and support through artwork. Organized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Endangered Species Coalition, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and the International Child Art Foundation, the art contest is an integral part of the eighth annual national Endangered Species Day on May 17, 2013. Photo Caption: Woodland Caribou, painted by Sky Waters from Minnesota, was selected as the grand prize winner of the 2012 Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest.Credit: Endangered Species Coalition.
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Promoting Global Wildlife Conservation
CEO to Pay $1.1 Million for Coral Trafficking
February 7, 2013
 The former president and CEO of a Virgin Islands-based company was ordered to pay a criminal fine of $918,950 and provide more than $200,000 to fund coral conservation research for his role in the large-scale smuggling of CITES-protected black coral. The Service's investigation of this trafficking scheme sent his two Taiwanese trading partners to prison and secured one of the largest penalties ever in a wildlife trafficking case from his company, which used the contraband coral to make high-end jewelry and decorative sculptures. Photo Caption: One of multiple boxes of black coral seized by Service special agents. Black corals (which require permits for legal trade) provide essential habitat for other deepwater marine species. Credit:USFWS
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