Division of Public Affairs
Office of External Affairs

Areas of coverage "news beats" in the Washington Office headquarters of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service are:

Endangered Species (except wolves)
ES Grants, Conference/Special Event Planning and Coordination, Connecting People with Nature

Refuges Global Climate Change
Strategic Habitat Conservation, Fish and Wildlife News oversight

Law Enforcement International Affairs
CITES, Conference/Special Events Planning and Coordination, Fish and Wildlife News, ACI newsletter liaison

Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, Duck Stamps Migratory Birds
Avian Flu, FHC, Habitat Grants, Coastal/Ocean Issues, Science, Invasives, Contaminants

Management, Policy space

Editorial Review, Administrative/ Policy Issues, Web Council and Data Management

space Office Informaiton
Chief of Division of Communication:
Chris Tollefson
E-mail: Chris_Tollefson@fws.gov
Phone: (703) 358-2128
Fax: (703) 358-1780
Chief of Public Affairs:
Craig Rieben
E-mail: Craig_Rieben@fws.gov
Phone: (703) 358-2225
Fax: (703) 358-1780
Public Affairs Washington Office
Phone: (703) 358-2128
Fax: (703) 358-1930
Department of the Interior, Mail Stop 3351
1849 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20240
     


Members of the media are encouraged to use our online materials - see Index and the Virtual Newsroom in particular, and join the the fws-news listserver. Media are invited to contact Public Affairs mailbox at news@fws.gov. The staff are available to address follow-up questions or to arrange interviews. NOTE: The general public should contact us - but please see the answers to our Frequently Asked Questions first.
We also have Public Affairs staff in our Regional Offices. Click on the appropriate region list below for contact information.

Region space States within Region
  Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
  Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
  Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin
  Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, U.S. Virgin Islands
  Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
  Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
  Alaska
  California, Nevada, Klamath Basin
ALT Region 4 Region 4 Region 1 Region 1 Region 3 Region 6 Region 2 Region 8 Region 7 Region 4 Region 1 Region 5 Headquarters Washington, D.C. (Region 9) Regin 9

[News releases from other Federal agencies are available at the National Contact Center of the Federal Consumer Information Center.]


Last updated: February 3, 2009
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