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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

Tricolored bat

State of the Bats

Apr 17, 2023

Endangered Species Act

Service announces revised proposed critical habitat for the rufa red knot

Apr 12, 2023

Freshwater mussel shell

Endangered Species Act

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

Mar 8, 2023

Freshwater mussel shell

Endangered Species Act

Service Protects Longsolid and Round Hickorynut Mussels Under Endangered Species Act

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

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

Freshwater mussel shell

Endangered Species Act

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

Mar 8, 2023

Freshwater mussel shell

Endangered Species Act

Service Protects Longsolid and Round Hickorynut Mussels Under Endangered Species Act

Mar 8, 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

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

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

Rabbitsfoot Mussel

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Draft Recovery Plan for Rabbitsfoot Mussel

Oct 12, 2022

A small yellow turtle lies in the sand

Endangered Species Act

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

Oct 11, 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

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

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

Migratory Species

Team Wins Big in Alabama

May 4, 2023

Tricolored bat

State of the Bats

Apr 17, 2023

Story

Endangered Species Act

Gopher Tortoise Notice of Findings FAQs

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

Crab at waters end in the sand

Our People

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

Apr 27, 2022

Land Management

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

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

Painted rocksnail

Endangered Species Act

Stalking the rare painted rocksnail

Aug 19, 2021

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