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A propeller is covered in tiny mussel shells.

Science and Technology

A Rapid Response Fund for Aquatic Invasive Species

Four adults standing outside next to a building while holding fishing poles and tackle boxes.

Fishing Gear Brings New Opportunities to Green Bay Community

A paved road lined with circular, canvas-domed fish rearing tanks.

National fish hatcheries in Vermont face flooding and climate change

Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst named Service’s Military Conservation Partner of the Year

Science and Technology

MISSION POSSIBLE: Operation Cooper's Basin

A child looking at the camera smiling and showing off a trout being colored in a coloring book.

For Parents and Educators

Fishing and Coloring at Uvalde National Fish Hatchery

A close-up underwater shot of an Apache trout swimming

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Delisting of Apache Trout

Mammoth Spring NFH's new banner display

Fish and Aquatic Conservation Fish Funds Program at Mammoth Spring National Fish Hatchery

FAC Quilt at Mammoth Spring National Fish Hatchery

For Parents and Educators

FAC Quilt at Mammoth Spring National Fish Hatchery

Students visiting Wolf Creek NFH

Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery to Receive Outstanding Community Partner Award from KAEE

Jakob Bengelink teaching a fisheries science technology lesson around a table outside at the academy.

Casting a Fly Toward Careers in Fisheries

5 people hiking into a forest

Native Plant Workshop at Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery

A couple posing with a Rainbow trout

Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery Hosts Fly Fishing Workshop

Atlantic sturgeon being released

Endangered Species Act

Searching for Sturgeon in the St. Marys River, FL/GA

Wildlife Wonders

Helping hand for hard-working mussel

A river passes through a partially deconstructed dam

High Street Dam Removal

A metal fish ladder on a concrete slope next to a low-head dam near the Stockdale Mill on a cloudy day.

Habitat Restoration

Fish Passage Restoration in the Eel River

Small gopher frog held in the right hand of a scientist equipped with a telemetry tag

Wildlife Management

Gopher Frogs Under Surveillance!

Single fish underwater. Black band on fin.

Habitat Restoration

Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge helps ‘play defense’ for pupfish

A tiny fish larval set against a dark background. The small fish has not fully developed so no fins, gills etc.

Working at the invasion front: Carp in the Red River

Kids and USFWS volunteers using shooting archery

2023 Longest Day of Play

Close up of biologist holding small brook trout.

Up a climate-stressed creek

Fish Hatcheries Contend with Climate Change

An aerial view of two rivers merging

Confluence - Connecting Partners and Conservation