The Carlsbad Office has two office locations: Carlsbad, CA and Palm Springs, CA. With our partners, our goal is to establish a system of conserved, managed and enhanced habitats to support native wildlife across more than 50,000 square miles of Southern California.
On May 19, 2023, we celebrated Endangered Species Day. We want to thank all our partners who are working to conserve and manage native fish, wildlife, and plants for future generations. Our office has a vision to leave a legacy of conserved, managed, and enhanced expanses of land that conserve Federal trust species and the diverse habitats of Southern California. We have achieved significant successes through landscape-level conservation planning and land acquisition in support of habitat conservation plans. Through consultations with Federal agencies, important projects have moved forward while securing important conservation measures for listed species and their habitats; and our State and local partners have been vital to our collaborative conservation and HCP implementation. As we recognize this year as the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, there is much to be proud of, and much more still to be done. We look forward to continuing this important work together.
Scott Sobiech, Field Supervisor
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About Us
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
Southern California is a land of contrasts. From the sandy coast along the Pacific Ocean, to the Transverse and Peninsular mountain ranges, to the Mojave Desert, these diverse geologic and climatic shifts support a multitude of plants, animals and fish, some of which are found nowhere else in the world. The Carlsbad and Palm Springs offices use a variety of conservation tools in partnership with federal and state agencies, tribes, local governments and private landowners to preserve these habitats and species for future generations.
What We Do
We are responsible for implementing the Endangered Species Act (ESA) throughout Southern California. Our office also works in partnership with federal and state agencies, Tribes, local governments, non-governmental organizations and private landowners to conserve and recover species and habitats.
Our Species
Within our area of responsibility we have 107 species listed under the Endangered Species Act. Federally listed species are either "threatened" - likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future, or "endangered" - in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Our offices work in partnership with others to protect and recover threatened and endangered species and their habitats to ensure their continued existence. We also work to conserve species "at-risk" of becoming threatened or endangered by promoting conservation efforts so that protection under the ESA is not needed.
The California least tern, pictured above, is one of more than 100 federally listed species of plants and animals the Carlsbad and Palm Springs offices work to conserve and recover.
For a complete list of the species we work with visit our Species page.
Projects and Research
Our offices work with numerous partners to fund and support research on species and their habitats. Together, our work results in positive conservation gains that support the recovery of listed and at-risk species.
Our Library
Visit our library to view News Releases and other documents specific to our offices and work.