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"The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is: working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people."

Endangered Species

The Endangered Species Program in the Arcata Fish and Wildlife Office has the responsibilities for activities specified under the Endangered Species Act of 1973... MORE-->

Fisheries

The Fisheries Program focus is to design and conduct investigations that guide and evaluate the success of aquatic habitat restoration efforts that will lead to the recovery...MORE-->

Restoration

The Arcata Conservation Partnerships Program is comprised of two biologists and a fluvial geomorphologist/engineer that work in partnership with local entities and landowners to...MORE-->

	Science Application: SHC

		The Strategic Habitat Conservation Team is a pilot program that is clearing the path for a new way of addressing conservation concerns in Calif., Nevada, and the Klamath Basin. MORE-->

Office Current Events:

8/31/2020 - News Release - Coastal DPS of Pacific Marten Final Rule.

8/28/2020 - 2020 Federal Register Notice final listing for coastal marten (coastal DPS of Pacific marten) pre-publication.

8/07/2020 - Putting Fish Passage Barriers on the Map: A Comparative Exploration of Approaches to Document Passage Issues in CA & Beyond"

7/21/2020 - Streamflow and Juvenile Salmonid Habitat Availability at Six Rehabilitation Sites on The Trinity River, California 2008-2017

7/21/2020 - Fall-Run Chinook Salmon Run Characteristics and Escapement in the Mainstem Klamath River below Iron Gate Dam, 2019

7/1/2020 - Klamath River Juvenile Salmonid Health Update

6/22/2020 - Klamath River Outmigrant Monitoring Update

4/14/2020 - 2020 Survey Outline for Klamath River Fish Health Monitoring Project

2/18/2020 - Revised Northern Spotted Owl No Take Guidance - November 01, 2019

2/14/2020 - AFWO Fish and Aquatic Conservation Program's new Factsheets

5/03/2019 - Green Diamond Resource Company's Forest HCP and Final EIS

03/30/20 -The Service invites the public to an informational open house on the draft EIS for Green Diamond's Forest HCP. The informational open house will be at the Humboldt Aquatic Center at 921 Waterfront Drive in Eureka, California on August 28, 2018 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

10/09/2018 -Federal Register notice for the 2018 12-month finding on a petition to list the coastal DPS of the Pacific marten as endangered or threatened

08/01/2018 -The Service invites the public to an informational open house on the draft EIS for Green Diamond's Forest HCP. The informational open house will be at the Humboldt Aquatic Center at 921 Waterfront Drive in Eureka, California on August 28, 2018 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

03/21/2018 - Sharing the beach with Western Snowy Plovers. The breeding season begins.

12/11/2017 - As of November 2017 the Trinity River Adaptive Management Working Group is administratively inactive.

04/01/2016 - Final Recovery Plan for Behren's Silverspot Butterfly

03/31/2016 - Living Coastline Project will Restore Tidal Salt Marsh at Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

09/09/2014 - Notice - On October 1, 2014, the Arcata Fish and Wildlife Office will discontinue use of its species list request application, and will instead link to the Service-wide Information, Planning, and Conservation (IPAC) application, found here

Arcata Office Highlights:
AFWO Story Map

Water Control Structure Inventory Map Image

The Arcata Fish & Wildlife Office is a field office of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Our work in northern California includes scientific assessments, habitat restoration, and conservation of listed species. This map highlights some of our work!

Last updated: April 16, 2015

Arcata Fish and Wildlife Office, 1655 Heindon Road, Arcata, California 95521, USA
Tel: (707) 822.7201 Fax: (707) 822.8411