Our mission begins with the words, "Working with others." We invite you to join us in conserving wildlife and wild places for today and for generations to come.

You can get involved by volunteering, partnering, sampling learning opportunities, taking part in education programs, and attending events. You can also comment on proposed rules and notices. Here’s how.

Volunteering

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Common Volunteer Opportunities

Spend your days in the unique landscape of the Channeled Scablands at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge!Volunteers needed for the following 6-month commitments: May - October 2026. Shorter, 3-month commitments (May-July, August-October) are also being considered.This position assists the...
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge spans over 37,000 acres in South Carolina's lowcountry. It is a 20-30 minute drive from Myrtle Beach and some of the most beautiful beaches along the eastern coast and is surrounded by beautiful blackwater rivers and streams. Volunteers are needed to staff the...
Campground Hosts help visitors in a variety of ways. They provide refuge wildlife, recreation, and regulatory information to visitors. Hosts maintain campground facilities. This includes cleaning restrooms, litter pick up, and facility maintenance. Hosts also sell firewood bundles. Hosts work a...

Careers and Internships

Are you passionate about conservation, science, nature, plants and wildlife? A career with us might be just what you’re looking for. It might also be the ticket if you’re into law enforcement, information technology, maintenance, real estate, engineering, communication, cartography, finance, budgeting and more. 

Join us in advancing our mission of working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance, fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. 

Partnering With FWS

Partners are valuable allies to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and play a vital role in meeting the Service's conservation goals.

Featured Partners

Here are just a few of our nationals partners. You can view the full list of FWS partners, along with the regions and areas of focus our work together entails.

Learning Opportunities

We offer many types of learning opportunities including formal and informal training. Some of the education we offer includes job training, career enhancement training, and education for environmental or technical professionals and students.

Education Programs

The Fish and Wildlife Service offers many great education programs.

Fish and Wildlife staff conducting the Young Explorer's Club program for a group of children.
Join us the 1st Tuesday of every month for the Young Explorer's Club, an environmental education program specifically developed for 3 & 4 year-olds.
Dissecting trout in the animal science class/Mountain Home
For the past 10 years Thomas Anderson (Trey) has been a guest speaker in the Animal Science Class at the Mountain Home High School. This includes kids in 10th-12th grades. Each time, he speaks to two classes with 15-20 kids per class. They discuss careers that involve the resources that are...

Proposed Rules and Notices Open for Comment

Rulemaking is the policy-making process for agencies of the federal government. Each rule goes through a structured reviewing timeline, including a period for public comments. View policy open for public comment on regulations.gov.

Regulations.gov

Events

The Fish and Wildlife Service hosts many public events at sites across the country.

Outdoor Activity
Guided bird walking-tours will take place around the Visitor Center and Observation Building where you could see a variety of ducks, geese, cranes and other waterfowl. - No reservations are required - - Meet outside the Visitor Center at 8:00 AM - - Bring binoculars and dress for the weather...
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Wheeler Visitor Center
Outdoor Activity

Please note: Date has changed from originally scheduled guided birding tour on December 14.

Expert birder Terry Allen will help you find and identify the large variety of bird that are found on Blackwater NWR! 

Guided birding tours meet at 8:00 am at the...

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Blackwater NWR Visitor Center
Outdoor Activity

Join us for the guided Friday Bird Walk. Walks are led by Edwin B. Forsythe Volunteers every week on Fridays from September through June and last approximately 2 hours. All birding levels welcome! Bring water & bug spray. Weather permitting, and all updates and cancellations will be posted...

Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
Refuge Headquarters

Get Involved Stories

Four hunters in blaze orange walking after a pheasant hunt
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An Abundance of Thanks
In this season of gratitude, we give thanks for another year outdoors, for time well spent with loved ones, for meals gathered from the land and waters we all share, and for the generations of foresight that made this abundance possible.
Father and son in hunter blaze orange vests.
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The Enduring Importance of Hunting & Fishing
Established in 1972, National Hunting and Fishing Day falls on the fourth Saturday in September. It’s a day of celebration, but not for celebration’s sake alone. It’s a reminder of how hunters and anglers helped build the foundation of modern wildlife management in America. Outdoor pursuits like...
National Public Lands Day
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National Public Lands Day
The morning began with mist rising off the water and the sound of boots crunching gravel. Volunteers fanned out across the shoreline, some by boat, others on foot, collecting everything from plastic bottles to forgotten fishing line. Laughter echoed between the trees, and strangers became teammates...
Carolina box turtle touch
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Wilderness Day Camp Offers Local Youth a Rare Escape to the Outdoors.
The camp featured a variety of interactive learning stations to promote environmental stewardship and safe recreation. Youth rotated between stations covering water and boat safety, animal and insect identification, archery, and fly fishing. Wildlife experts introduced children to native species,...
Empty firing line shows updated wooden shooting benches and range berm in the background
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Public Target Shooting Facilities Reopen in Alaska and Maine Following Modernization Upgrades
Nestled just outside Juneau, the newly revamped Hank Harmon Public Range reopened this summer after a long-anticipated modernization effort. Three thousand miles east, Maine’s Fryeburg Shooting Facility underwent a complete rebuild of its own. Though separated by four time zones, these two...
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Freshwater Ecology and Open Science with Than Hitt
Dive deep into rivers and streams with Than Hitt and the Future of Conservation Podcast! The Future of Conservation podcast is where cutting edge science meets bold ideas, and passion powers change. WV Rivers Coalition Senior Scientist and tenth-generation West Virginian Than Hitt shares cutting...