Phillips Panther 1
| Tracking # |
601640 |
| Submitted | March 1, 2020 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Jimmy Tobias
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any and all written or electronic communications, including email attachments, sent or received by Assistant Regional Director Catherine Phillips that contain one or more of the following words or phrases: "ECPO", "ECMSHCP", "Collier", "Spilker", "Hunton", "panther", "Bernhardt", and/or "Skipwith". This request seeks records produced since January 1, 2019. This request does not seek generic news releases or aggregated news clippings.
I am a reporter for The Guardian and The Nation.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Jimmy Tobias
From: U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, Region 4
Dear Jimmy Tobias:
It appears you are seeking to make a FOIA request, but you sent your request via email rather than using one of the written forms of submission listed on the Department's FOIA website, https://www.doi.gov/foia, or utilizing physical or facsimile addresses of an appropriate FOIA contact, located at https://www.doi.gov/foia/contacts. Per our regulations, your request cannot be processed until you resubmit it utilizing one of the written forms of submission noted above. See 43 C.F.R. § 2.3(b)
We apologize for any inconvenience but this is our new directorate effective December 16, 2020..
Respectfully,
Barb
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Headquarters Freedom of Information Act Office
MS: IRTM
5275 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041
From: U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, Region 4
Dear Jimmy Tobias:
It appears you are seeking to make a FOIA request, but you sent your request via email rather than using one of the written forms of submission listed on the Department's FOIA website, https://www.doi.gov/foia, or utilizing physical or facsimile addresses of an appropriate FOIA contact, located at https://www.doi.gov/foia/contacts. Per our regulations, your request cannot be processed until you resubmit it utilizing one of the written forms of submission noted above. See 43 C.F.R. § 2.3(b)
We apologize for any inconvenience but this is our new directorate effective December 16, 2020..
Respectfully,
Barb
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Headquarters Freedom of Information Act Office
MS: IRTM
5275 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041
From: U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, Region 4
Dear Jimmy Tobias:
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Headquarters FOIA Office received two requests one dated March 4, 2020 and your second request dated March 6, 2020, they appear to be duplicates so we are going to aggregate them into one request. We have assigned your request FOIA number FWS-2020-00506; please refer to this number when inquiring about your request. We will be processing your request in our Headquarter FOIA office. I have attached both copies for your review, if I am incorrect please let me know. You will receive a formal acknowledgement shortly.
If you have any questions regarding your FOIA request, please contact Cathy Willis or Barbara Beckett at fwhq_foia@fws.gov<mailto:fwhq_foia@fws.gov>.
Respectfully,
Barb
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Headquarters Freedom of Information Act Office
MS: IRTM
5275 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 1, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #601640.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, Region 4
Mr. Tobias-
I am processing your 5 FOIA requests for records from Catherine Phillips, Leonardo Miranda, Mike Oetker, Margaret Everson and Aurelia Skipwith with the following keywords: "ECPO", "ECMSHCP", "Collier", "Spilker", "Hunton", "panther", "Bernhardt", and/or "Skipwith".
As we previously advised you, we are reviewing the records as one since there is some overlap between these individuals. There are some emails related to the processing of previous FOIA requests related to the Eastern Collier HCP. Do you require copies of these emails or is it ok for me to exclude them? There are also some emails specific to national wildlife refuges in states other than Florida. Is it ok for me to exclude these emails?
One last question – since I am working multiple requests with the same keywords, do you have one email that I can use to correspond with you? Each request you submitted has a different email address.
If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Thank you!
Stacey Cummins
FWS FOIA Coordinator
303-236-4473
From: Jimmy Tobias
Hi Stacey,
Thank you for the note. Yes you can exclude the records you mentioned in your email.
If you want to communicate with me away from MuckRock you can reach me at jimmytobias@protonmail.com
Thank you for your help with these requests! I appreciate it.
Jimmy Tobias
From: U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, Region 4
OK, great. Thanks!
One last question - there are a few of emails that mention or relate to Florida Panther NWR, that I think came up in the search for "panther". Do you need me to provide these or can I exclude them?
Thanks!
Stacey
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Headquarters Freedom of Information Act Office
MS: IRTM
5275 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041
From: Jimmy Tobias
Hi Stacey,
I think including those would be good. Thank you!
Jimmy
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 1, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #601640.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, Region 4
Hi, Jimmy-
I will be sending an interim response to your 3 requests, FWS-2020-00506, FWS-2020-00516, and FWS-2020-00633 for Phillips, Miranda and Oetker, by COB tomorrow, July 17, 2020.
Thank you,
Stacey Cummins
FOIA Coordinator
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Headquarters Freedom of Information Act Office
MS: IRTM
5275 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041
From: Jimmy Tobias
Thank you Stacey. I appreciate the update!
Jimmy
From:
Thank you so much Stacey. I appreciate the update.
Jimmy
Jimmy Tobias
Phone: 248-763-0088
Email: jimmytobias@protonmail.com
Website: www.jimmytobias.com
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 1, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #601640.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, Region 4
Hello, Jimmy-
An interim response was sent Friday, August 14, 2020; please see attached.
Thank you,
Stacey Cummins
FOIA Coordinator
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Headquarters Freedom of Information Act Office
MS: IRTM
5275 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041
From: Jimmy Tobias
Thank you Stacey. - Jimmy
From: U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, Region 4
Jimmy-
Please find attached response to your FOIA requests dated March 4, 2020, April 29, 2020 and May 6, 2020, and assigned tracking numbers FWS-2020-00506 (Catherine Phillips), FWS-2020-00516 (Leonard "Leo" Miranda), and FWS-2020-00633 (Michael Oetker).
If you have any questions, please contact me by email at stacey_cummins@fws.gov<mailto:stacey_cummins@fws.gov> or by phone at 303-236-4473.
Thank you,
Stacey Cummins
FOIA Coordinator
Branch of FOIA, Records, Privacy
US Fish and Wildlife Service
303-236-4473
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