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

To search for volunteer jobs, type a position, location or other term.

Common Volunteer Opportunities

We are looking for 2-person teams to help staff the visitor center and to help with fish production duties. One person would work in the visitor center and the other would help outside with grounds maintenance, building maintenance, and fish production duties. We ask that each team member provide a...
This position will be a 3 day 8 hour shifts. Task may include mowing, spraying, weed-eating, trail maintenance, painting, light construction, mechanics, cleaning, assisting equipment operators and refuge staff with various tasks.
This position will be a 3 day 8 hour shifts. Task may include mowing, spraying, weed-eating, trail maintenance, painting, light construction, mechanics, cleaning, assisting equipment operators and refuge staff with various tasks.

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.

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...
A drawn summer scene of a sandhill crane and butterfly flying over an elk, bird, and ground squirrel.
Do you love exploring in nature? Become a Junior Naturalist today! This program is free and open to anyone who wants to participate. Once completed with the booklet, send us an email and we will send you a patch!

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.

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Events

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

Become a Puddle Stomper at Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge and learn all about oak trees! Join us for story time, nature crafts, and a short walk on our trail. Our Puddle Stompers programs are designed for kids ages 0-5. Rain coat and boots available to borrow for kids. Please email us...

Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center

Become a Puddle Stomper at Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge and learn all about great blue herons! Join us for story time, nature crafts, and a short walk on our trail. Our Puddle Stompers programs are designed for kids ages 0-5. Rain coat and boots available to borrow for kids. Please...

Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center

Become a Puddle Stomper at Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge and learn all about ladybugs! Join us for story time, nature crafts, and a short walk on our trail. Our Puddle Stompers programs are designed for kids ages 0-5. Rain coat and boots available to borrow for kids. Please email us at...

Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center

Get Involved Stories

Mammoth Spring Earth Day 2023
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Earth Day
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.
A rusty patched bumble bee visits a wild bergamot flower
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Saving the rusty patch bumble bee
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...
Image of brush pile
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Brush Piles - A Safe Space for Wildlife
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...
Poster for America’s Wild Read Spring 2023 with head and shoulders image of author and image of book cover for Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place. Graphics: Richard DeVries/USFWS
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Discussion Questions for Refuge
This Spring, we shared Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place by Terry Tempest Williams as our quarterly selection. We have written a list of discussion questions for you to think through as you read along with us and will be talking about a few of these questions in depth on our upcoming...
2023 Earth Day collage of animals and Service's logo in the bottom right corner.
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Happy Earth Day!
Earth Day marks the anniversary of the movement in 1970 to raise environmental awareness. It’s a time when people pitch in to pick up litter, plant trees and pollinator gardens…and do what we can to reduce the harm we are doing to the world around us.
A family sits on a boat in a lake
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Nomination Period Now Open for the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council
The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce seek nominations for individuals to be considered for membership on the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council.