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Office Location:
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Office of Law Enforcement

197 N. Sunnyside Avenue, Suite 104
Clovis, California 93611
Phone: 559 487-5773
Fax: 559 487-5107

For Additional Information:
Contact Sacramento LE Office

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Law Enforcement Objectives:

  • Uncover major commercial activity involving illegal trade of protected wildlife and wildlife products
  • Protect domestic and foreign wildlife species that enter into interstate and international commerce that are protected by treaty or otherwise under Federal jurisdiction
  • Enhance legitimate use and enjoyment of migratory birds and other wildlife

Law Enforcement Priorities:

  • Investigate wildlife crimes on wild populations of federally protected species, with emphasis on commercial exploitation and/or habitat destruction and modification
  • Investigate wildlife crimes on wild populations of species protected by state or foreign laws, with emphasis on interstate and foreign commercial exploitation
  • Provide support and assistance to refuge enforcement activities on Service lands and to other Federal agencies on lands they manage
  • Inspect import or export wildlife shipments, containing federally protected species; special emphasis on commercial exploitation, CITES Appendix I, II, or III species, threatened or endangered species, and species protected by state or foreign law, including species indigenous to the United States
  • Promote awareness of, and support for, Federal wildlife laws and the role of law enforcement in protecting our wildlife resources and heritage

Laws Enforced:

  • African Elephant Conservation Act
  • Airborne Hunting Act
  • Antarctic Conservation Act
  • Archaeological Resources Protection Act
  • Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
  • Endangered Species Act
  • Lacey Act
  • Marine Mammal Protection Act
  • Migratory Bird Hunting & Conservation Stamp Act
  • Migratory Bird Treaty Act
  • National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act
  • Rhinoceros/Tiger Conservation Act
  • Wild Exotic Bird Conservation Act