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

Come join us in Maine for Summer 2024! Craig Brook NFH is the oldest public salmon hatchery in the US and has been in continuous operation as a federal facility since 1889. Our hatchery raises endangered Atlantic salmon in support of ongoing recovery efforts. Our hatchery is also a community hot...
The refuge has two camper pads adjacent to an intern bunkhouse with laundry facilities. We ask 24 hours service per week in exchange for these accommodations. We will also provide your propane needs. There is limited wifi and signal service at this location.Top priority will be to find someone with...
This position is seasonal in nature, beginning in April/May 2024 extending until September/October 2024. Start and end dates are flexible. This position can be filled by 1-2 volunteers. Volunteers will be expected to work most weekends and some holidays. Duties may include:Assisting in staffing of...

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.

Albatross on Midway Atoll surrounded by marine debris.
Give your student's a first hand experience by dissecting a bolus in your classroom! Learn about the effects of marine debris on sea birds. Request boluses for your class and use activity sheets, pictures, and videos to better inform the future generation of conservationists on the impacts of...
Birders with long range lenses and tripods between forest and the water watching birds.
We offer activities to only participants who are staying on-site at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV. Check out the list of activities below.
Beautiful orange and black monarch butterflies roosting on salt bush at the St. Marks NWR. One male and several females.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Virtual Outdoor Adventure Programs Two asynchronous videos that can be used by anyone. 1.) What is a National Wildlife Refuge 2.) Mammals: Predators & Prey. Fun exciting educational virtual field trips that meets the needs of both the FWS sites as well as...

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.

Open house

The public is invited to attend the Refuge’s 30th anniversary celebration on Sunday, December 17 from 10:00am to 2:00pm across the main beach parking at Ritidian. 

During the celebration event, attendees may go to Ritidian’s caves and/or create holiday eco-crafts. Guides will escort...

Guam National Wildlife Refuge
Guam National Wildlife Refuge - across main beach parking
Outdoor Activity

Take a walk with volunteer Rob Chrisler and get help spotting and identifying all sorts of wildlife and plants. Families are welcome. No reservation needed. Bring your friends and make an adventure out of this opportunity to get to know the 3,000-acre refuge in your backyard! Come a little early...

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
Meet at the Norm Dicks Visitor Center overlook.
Outdoor Activity

Take a walk with volunteer Rob Chrisler and get help spotting and identifying all sorts of wildlife and plants. Families are welcome. No reservation needed. Bring your friends and make an adventure out of this opportunity to get to know the 3,000-acre refuge in your backyard! Come a little early...

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
Meet at the Norm Dicks Visitor Center overlook.

Get Involved Stories

Drawing of a brown duck with a green patch above its eye sitting in greenish water.
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Washington Junior Duck Stamp Program
Do you love conservation and want to know how to help? Consider participating in the annual Junior Duck Stamp competition!
A cloud filled sky is reflected on a still pond. Conifer trees dot the shoreline
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Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge Seeks Public Comment on Compatibility Determinations
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge is seeking public review and comment on its Draft Compatibility Determinations for bicycling, jogging, running, and cross-country skiing. We propose to continue allowing these existing uses on the Refuge. Under USFWS policy, compatibility determinations for...
View of the administrative office of Kootenai NWR
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Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge Seeks Public Comment on Compatibility Determinations
The refuge has prepared compatibility determinations for bicycling, research, scientific collection, surveys, environmental education and interpretation, wildlife observation and photography, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing. These CDs renew and update existing uses. The Service will accept...
Poster for America’s Wild Read Fall 2023
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Discussion Questions for The Bald Eagle
This fall, America’s Wild Read is back in session featuring a biography of our national bird, The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America’s Bird by Jack E. Davis. Come join us on Thursday, November 16 at 3 PM EST for our online book discussion and share your thoughts and perspectives on a few...
hands holding a small yellow bird with its wing out
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Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship, Oh My!
The name may be a mouthful, but monitoring avian productivity and survivorship, also called MAPS, is just a fancy name for keeping track of the health of our bird populations. Sorry, no lions, tigers or bears here.
A Laysan albatross lies dead on the sand, its stomach filled with plastic debris that it swallowed.
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Oceans of Trash
Nearly every seabird on the planet now eats plastic. Fish are eating microplastics — tiny beads found in cosmetics, lotions and toothpaste. Toxic chemicals bind to microplastics, and fish swallow these, too. When we eat the fish, we also swallow the microplastics and the toxins.