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
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.
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.
Get Involved Stories
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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.
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Children from Toka Nuwan Wayawa Tipi (Enemy Swim Day School) paint the doors of the Waubay NWR Visitor Center to help prevent bird collisions.
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This Summer, for America's Wild Read the USFWS Library has selected an improbable and exciting story titled, "Stronghold: One Man’s Quest to Save the World’s Wild Salmon" by Tucker Malarkey. Come join us on Thursday, August 17 at 3 PM EST for our online book discussion and share your thoughts and...
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On April 22, 2023, Mammoth Spring National Fish Hatchery (MSNFH) didn’t just have a good day, it was a GREAT day! This was the day to enlighten people on the value of taking care of our planet as part of a global event that is celebrated by 193 countries around the world, called Earth Day.
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How many times have you watched a documentary showing the plight of an endangered species sliding toward extinction and wondered what you can do to help? We have good news for those of you who live in the range of the rusty patched bumble bee: Helping save this endangered pollinator is something...
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Brush piles are more than messy collections of woody debris. They provide important habitat for critters, and improve soil quality. Read more to learn about how they provide homes for small mammals and have a place in all of our gardens, or come check out the brush piles by the Parker River...