Alabama Ecological Services Field Office

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Endangered Species Act

Armored Snail Draft Recovery Plan

Dec 6, 2023

Yellow and white Fleshy-Fruit Gladecress

Endangered Species Act

Fleshy-Fruit Gladecress Recovery Plan

Nov 30, 2023

A photo of the oblong rocksnail taken by the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center

Endangered Species Act

Oblong Rocksnail

Oct 30, 2023

Endangered Species Act

About Dam Time!

Oct 25, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Black Warrior Waterdog

Oct 19, 2023

Group of manatees resting in the warm, clear, blue water of Three Sisters Springs

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Findings on Two West Indian Manatee Petitions

Oct 11, 2023

Photo of Bill Lynn, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Our People

OWL: Our Wild Lives

Oct 11, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service Finds Listing Not Warranted for Two Southeastern Species

Sep 19, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes Listing Three Eastern Freshwater Mussels Under the Endangered Species Act

Aug 21, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Questions and answers about Cumberland moccasinshell, Tennessee clubshell, and Tennessee pigtoe

Aug 21, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Mussel Man

Aug 9, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Freshy-Fruit Gladecress Draft Recovery Plan

Aug 2, 2023

Taking in the scenery at a Partners for Fish and Wildlife Habitat Restoration training held in Montana Photo credit: Jeffrey Drummond/USFWS

Our People

FWS Scholar Matthew Hodges

Jul 6, 2023

Southern Elktoe from the Apalachicola River

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Listing and Critical Habitat of Southern Elktoe

Jun 20, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Frequently Asked Questions

Jun 20, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Final Recovery Plan for Rabbitsfoot Mussel

Jun 8, 2023

Photo of a mussel mimicking a minnow, luring a bass close enough to take a bite so baby mussels can attach to the fish's gills for a ride upstream.

Endangered Species Act

Happy Mother’s Day

May 11, 2023

Press Release

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conducts Five-Year Status Reviews of 67 Southeastern Species

May 10, 2023

Photo of arch which facilitates fish passage in St. Clair County, Alabama.

Migratory Species

Team Wins Big in Alabama

May 4, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service finalizes recovery plan for threatened rufa red knot

Apr 20, 2023

State of the Bats

Apr 17, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service announces revised proposed critical habitat for the rufa red knot

Apr 12, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service Protects Longsolid and Round Hickorynut Mussels Under Endangered Species Act

Mar 8, 2023

Endangered Species Act

FAQs - Endangered Species Act Protection for the Longsolid and Round Hickorynut mussels

Mar 8, 2023

Small bodied fish with a blunt snout, rounded fins, three saddles, and a blotched mottled pattern along the sides of its body.

Trispot Darter Conservation

Feb 17, 2023

A close up photograph of twoWhite Fringeless Orchid

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Final Recovery Plan for White Fringeless Orchid

Feb 17, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Effective date to reclassify northern long-eared bat as endangered extended

Jan 25, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Northern long-eared bat reclassified as endangered under the Endangered Species Act

Nov 29, 2022

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Draft Recovery Plan for Rabbitsfoot Mussel

Oct 12, 2022

Story

Endangered Species Act

Gopher Tortoise Notice of Findings FAQs

Oct 11, 2022

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Completes Gopher Tortoise Review

Oct 11, 2022

A monarch caterpillar munches on a plant in a pollinator garden

Get Involved

Native pollinator gardens attract amazing wildlife, help ecosystem

Sep 15, 2022

Canoe Creek clubshell mussel in the palm of a hand with a creek in the background.

Endangered Species Act

Rare Alabama Mussel Now Federally Protected as Endangered, along with Critical Habitat

Jun 30, 2022

Our People

A conservation love story: married Service couple spends weekends volunteering for wildlife

Apr 27, 2022

Proposal to reclassify northern long-eared bat as endangered

Mar 22, 2022

Endangered Species Act

Service Finds Listing Not Warranted for the Plant Georgia Bully

Mar 11, 2022

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes Listing for Pearl River Map Turtle Native to Mississippi and Louisiana

Jan 22, 2022

Land Management

Rolling along

Jan 10, 2022

Lt. Col. Scott Lamont has been a decorated Airman for more than 20 years

Our People

Lieutenant Colonel transitions from decorated Airman to wildlife biologist

Dec 3, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Listing of Pearl River Map Turtle

Nov 22, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes Listing the Alligator Snapping Turtle Under the Endangered Species Act

Nov 18, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Proposed listing of the alligator snapping turtle under the Endangered Species Act

Nov 8, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Delisting of Snail Darter Due to Recovery

Aug 31, 2021

Habitat Restoration

Service works with Alabama landowner to turn trees into sand dunes on Gulf Coast

Aug 19, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Stalking the rare painted rocksnail

Aug 19, 2021

Migratory Species

Knot an easy journey

Aug 3, 2021

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conducts Five-Year Status Reviews of 37 Southeastern Species

Jun 22, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Four draft recovery plans available for public review and comment

Mar 25, 2021

Habitat Restoration

The partnership-driven conservation of an urban fish

Mar 10, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Service proposes to list two eastern freshwater mussels as threatened under the Endangered Species Act

Sep 28, 2020

Sea turtle tracks made with their flippers

Get Involved

Leave Only Footprints for Sea Turtles

Aug 26, 2020

Endangered Species Act

Armored Snail Draft Recovery Plan

Dec 6, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Fleshy-Fruit Gladecress Recovery Plan

Nov 30, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Oblong Rocksnail

Oct 30, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Black Warrior Waterdog

Oct 19, 2023

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Findings on Two West Indian Manatee Petitions

Oct 11, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service Finds Listing Not Warranted for Two Southeastern Species

Sep 19, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes Listing Three Eastern Freshwater Mussels Under the Endangered Species Act

Aug 21, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Freshy-Fruit Gladecress Draft Recovery Plan

Aug 2, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Listing and Critical Habitat of Southern Elktoe

Jun 20, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Final Recovery Plan for Rabbitsfoot Mussel

Jun 8, 2023

Press Release

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conducts Five-Year Status Reviews of 67 Southeastern Species

May 10, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service finalizes recovery plan for threatened rufa red knot

Apr 20, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service announces revised proposed critical habitat for the rufa red knot

Apr 12, 2023

Endangered Species Act

FAQs - Endangered Species Act Protection for the Longsolid and Round Hickorynut mussels

Mar 8, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service Protects Longsolid and Round Hickorynut Mussels Under Endangered Species Act

Mar 8, 2023

Trispot Darter Conservation

Feb 17, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Final Recovery Plan for White Fringeless Orchid

Feb 17, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Effective date to reclassify northern long-eared bat as endangered extended

Jan 25, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Northern long-eared bat reclassified as endangered under the Endangered Species Act

Nov 29, 2022

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Draft Recovery Plan for Rabbitsfoot Mussel

Oct 12, 2022

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Completes Gopher Tortoise Review

Oct 11, 2022

Endangered Species Act

Rare Alabama Mussel Now Federally Protected as Endangered, along with Critical Habitat

Jun 30, 2022

Proposal to reclassify northern long-eared bat as endangered

Mar 22, 2022

Endangered Species Act

Service Finds Listing Not Warranted for the Plant Georgia Bully

Mar 11, 2022

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes Listing for Pearl River Map Turtle Native to Mississippi and Louisiana

Jan 22, 2022

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes Listing the Alligator Snapping Turtle Under the Endangered Species Act

Nov 18, 2021

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conducts Five-Year Status Reviews of 37 Southeastern Species

Jun 22, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Four draft recovery plans available for public review and comment

Mar 25, 2021

Endangered Species Act

About Dam Time!

Oct 25, 2023

Our People

OWL: Our Wild Lives

Oct 11, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Questions and answers about Cumberland moccasinshell, Tennessee clubshell, and Tennessee pigtoe

Aug 21, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Mussel Man

Aug 9, 2023

Our People

FWS Scholar Matthew Hodges

Jul 6, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Frequently Asked Questions

Jun 20, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Happy Mother’s Day

May 11, 2023

Migratory Species

Team Wins Big in Alabama

May 4, 2023

State of the Bats

Apr 17, 2023

Story

Endangered Species Act

Gopher Tortoise Notice of Findings FAQs

Oct 11, 2022

Get Involved

Native pollinator gardens attract amazing wildlife, help ecosystem

Sep 15, 2022

Our People

A conservation love story: married Service couple spends weekends volunteering for wildlife

Apr 27, 2022

Land Management

Rolling along

Jan 10, 2022

Our People

Lieutenant Colonel transitions from decorated Airman to wildlife biologist

Dec 3, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Listing of Pearl River Map Turtle

Nov 22, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Proposed listing of the alligator snapping turtle under the Endangered Species Act

Nov 8, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Delisting of Snail Darter Due to Recovery

Aug 31, 2021

Habitat Restoration

Service works with Alabama landowner to turn trees into sand dunes on Gulf Coast

Aug 19, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Stalking the rare painted rocksnail

Aug 19, 2021

Migratory Species

Knot an easy journey

Aug 3, 2021

Habitat Restoration

The partnership-driven conservation of an urban fish

Mar 10, 2021

Endangered Species Act

Service proposes to list two eastern freshwater mussels as threatened under the Endangered Species Act

Sep 28, 2020

Get Involved

Leave Only Footprints for Sea Turtles

Aug 26, 2020

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