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FY2017 FOIA LOG 01 01A.Xlsx Bureau Region FOIA Number Request Completion Date Requester Requester Requester Subject Status Date Received Last Name First Name Organization U.S. Fish and Headquarters FWS-2017-00275 Completed 5-Jan-17 27-Dec-16 Marshall Teresa PETA Seeking copies of all records dated October 28, 2016 Wildlife Service relating to DeYoung Family Zoo. U.S. Fish and Headquarters FWS-2017-00269 Open 28-Dec-16 Petrillo Jennifer Ban List and Offspring of Bengal Cat. Wildlife Service U.S. Fish and Headquarters FWS-2017-00268 Completed 4-Jan-17 28-Dec-16 Cornell Maraya LEMIS Report on sea cucumber and sea urchin Wildlife Service shipments between 1975 - 2045 U.S. Fish and Headquarters FWS-2017-00267 Open 28-Dec-16 Pelfey Cherane Copies of the application and permit for importing by Wildlife Service Oak Hill Center John Aynes for African Greys" U.S. Fish and Headquarters FWS-2017-00266 Open 21-Dec-16 Kothari Yogin all communications between U.S. Wildlife Service Fish and Wildlife staff and the following individuals from November 21, 2016 to present: 1. Kathy Benedetto 2. Mary Bomar 3. Karen Budd-Falen 4. Scott Cameron 5. Doug Domenech 6. Daniel Jorjani 7. Ned Mamula 8. Anyone with the following email domain: @ptt.gov 9. Anyone with the following email domain: @donaldjtrump.com U.S. Fish and Headquarters FWS-2017-00264 Completed 5-Jan-17 8-Dec-16 Petrillo Jennifer 1. Last scientific study done by the Science Division on Wildlife Service Bengal cats2. Who implemented the "ban list" of certain Bengal pedigree names that came about after the Confiscation of Bengal kitten3. Where and how are the known offspring from 2010 till present.4. Who decided to take studies, research and determinations of CITES away from Science Authority.5. From 2014 final meeting of Dr Gnam with regards to Bengal catsTranscript of the meeting including what was spoken about and decided on. U.S. Fish and Headquarters FWS-2017-00263 Closed 5-Jan-17 27-Dec-16 Willy Barbara all applications submitted for the 2015 and 2016 Wildlife Service Monarch Butterfly grants. I am requesting all notes or forms related to any ranking, voting, selection process. I am requesting all notes from individuals who may have conducted preliminary reviews of grant applications. I am specifically requesting the 2015 application from National Wildlife Federation, the grant contract and all notes formal and informal associated with award of this grant. Bureau Region FOIA Number Request Completion Date Requester Requester Requester Subject Status Date Received Last Name First Name Organization U.S. Fish and Headquarters FWS-2017-00262 Open 27-Dec-16 Lennox Regina Conservation Communications with Tanzania and Zimbabwe: Any Wildlife Service Force communications with, information requests sent to, or responses to information requests received from, the Ministry of Water, Climate, and Environment of Zimbabwe or the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority of Zimbabwe, relating to Zimbabwe's management of the African elephant or African lion, dated since May 11, 2016;........... see FOIA request.......... U.S. Fish and Headquarters FWS-2017-00261 Open 23-Dec-16 Prange Jackie National Resource communications between DOI staff in the United Wildlife Service Defense Council States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and any member of the transition team(s) of President-elect Donald Trump and/or VicePresident-elect Mike Pence U.S. Fish and FWS Region 1 FWS-2017-00260 Open 27-Dec-16 Schick Tony OPB 2015 regarding the impacts of fish stocking on native Wildlife Service amphibian populations U.S. Fish and FWS Region 1 FWS-2017-00259 Open 27-Dec-16 Ruprecht Paul Western Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Modoc Wildlife Service Watersheds County, California Project U.S. Fish and FWS Region 1 FWS-2017-00257 Open 20-Dec-16 Hymas Jay Surveys Wildlife Service U.S. Fish and FWS Region 1 FWS-2017-00256 Open 21-Dec-16 Bourne- Richard Michel & Communications with the Institute for Wildlife Studies. Wildlife Service Vanneck Associates U.S. Fish and Headquarters FWS-2017-00255 Completed 5-Jan-17 27-Dec-16 Marshall Teresa PETA Denial letter for PRT-93730B: copies of the denial Wildlife Service letter/communications between USFWS and Walk on the Wilde Side regarding CBW permit application PRT- 93730B. U.S. Fish and Headquarters FWS-2017-00254 Open 23-Dec-16 Ecolino Gina Beveridge and FOIA requests filed with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Wildlife Service Diamond Service ("FWS") from November 18, 2016 through the date of this request. Please include the FOI Case Numbers, Date Received, Requester Name and Company, Request Subject, and Request Status. This request only encompasses non-confidential information. U.S. Fish and Headquarters FWS-2017-00253 Open 12-Dec-16 Weisselberg Patricia Stockdale Memo - request to NOAA was for "Any and Wildlife Service all of "Your" internal "documents', and any and all "documents' "You" sent to or received from the "Corps", "CDFW", "SWRB", "YCWA", "DWR", "FWS", BLM", Congressional offices and/or any other third parties "related to" the "Stockdale Memo," including but not limited to how "You" and the Corps should conduct ESA section 7 consultation concerning any Corps Dam (located anywhere within the United States) in light of the "Stockdale Memo." U.S. Fish and Headquarters FWS-2017-00252 Open 19-Dec-16 Seidman Anna Safari Club African Lion Findings: 1. Any and all documents that Wildlife Service Internaitonal are or include enhancement findings (positive or negative) made by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), or any branch or division thereof, for African lions and/or for African lion populations within any country or region on the continent of Africa Bureau Region FOIA Number Request Completion Date Requester Requester Requester Subject Status Date Received Last Name First Name Organization U.S. Fish and Headquarters FWS-2017-00251 Completed 5-Jan-17 21-Dec-16 Wirth Hilary MilliporeSigma 1. Foreign CITES Permit 27260/5 Wildlife Service -Material - VERO cell line from African Green Monkey kidney -I believe the permit was issued by UK -I was told the issued date might have been 11/30/2004 -This was for an import into the US 2. The declaration form 3-177 that was issued for the import clearance of this CITES shipment into the US U.S. Fish and Headquarters FWS-2017-00250 Open 21-Dec-16 Johnson Debbie Chicago Zoological Chicago Zoological Society (CZS) would like to ship 2 Wildlife Service Society D'Albert's pythons, Bothrochilus albertisii, also called Leiopython albertisii, to Zoological Garden of Zabreb but the pythons are CITES II and we need to submit a copy of CITES permit the animals were originally imported under (in order to re-export). CZS received snakes in August 2012 from Bushmaster Reptiles, PO Box 19096, 5554 Jay Rd., Boulder, CO 80308. U.S. Fish and FWS Region 2 FWS-2017-00249 Completed 23-Dec-16 21-Dec-16 Scott Horngren American Forest Biological Assessment on eight allotments Biological Wildlife Service Resource Council Opinion. U.S. Fish and FWS Region 1 FWS-2017-00248 Open 7-Nov-16 Weisselberg Patricia Attorney at Law Friends of the River Request for NMFS to provide Wildlife Service records regarding YSPI. U.S. Fish and FWS Region 4 FWS-2017-00247 Open 20-Dec-16 Weaver Sierra Southern Requester seeks any and all records in the possession Wildlife Service Environmental or control of the U.S FWS related to capture, release, Law Center killing, and monitoring of red wolves, the implementation of the Red Wold 10(j) Rule 50 C.F.R. § 17.84(c), and the FWS's plan for the future of the red wolf recovery program. U.S. Fish and FWS Region 4 FWS-2017-00246 Open 29-Nov-16 Bishop III Robert Requester seeks all information on FWS; and maps Wildlife Service along with the addresses for all southeast and southwest region parks. U.S. Fish and FWS Region 1 FWS-2017-00245 Open 16-Dec-16 Elliott Cody California Unions Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project proposed by Wildlife Service for Reliable California American Water. Energy Bureau Region FOIA Number Request Completion Date Requester Requester Requester Subject Status Date Received Last Name First Name Organization U.S. Fish and FWS Region 1 FWS-2017-00244 Open 16-Dec-16 Emmerich Kevin Basin and Range Crescent Dunes Solar Project Wildlife Service Watch U.S. Fish and FWS Region 1 FWS-2017-00243 Closed 20-Dec-16 14-Dec-16 Belenky Lisa Center for Condor GIS Data Wildlife Service Biological Diversity U.S. Fish and FWS Region 1 FWS-2017-00242 Open 9-Dec-16 Goldman Peter Washington Long-Term Conservation Strategy for Marbled Wildlife Service Forest Law Center Murrelet U.S. Fish and Headquarters FWS-2017-00241 Open 19-Dec-16 Petrillo Jennifer From October 2009 re: USFW Report for 2007-2008: Wildlife Service the Bengal Fact Sheet given to USFW Inspectors. I want to see the fact sheet and any and all related documents pertaining to it. Years 2007-2009 there was a settlement/negotiations between TIBCS and USFW. I would like any and all documents pertaining to this settlement. U.S. Fish and Headquarters FWS-2017-00240 Completed 30-Dec-16 19-Dec-16 Magna Alex Magna Leathers We would like to request a report of imports of wild Wildlife Service life products of these species from all countries.We do not care for live.Period : all of 2016 U.S. Fish and Headquarters FWS-2017-00239 Open 20-Dec-16 Garcia Manny La Concha Seeking Cancelled CITES Permit Wildlife Service U.S. Fish and Headquarters FWS-2017-00238 Open 12-Dec-16 Best Michael any and all materials produced for, received by or Wildlife Service relating to President-Elect Donald Trump's Transition Team U.S.
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