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Sierra Mountains

Surveys in the Sierra

A small skipper is perched on yellow flowers.

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reopens comment period on the proposal to list the bleached sandhill skipper; Virtual public hearing scheduled for April 16

A small skipper sits atop yellow flowers

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Comment on Bleached Sandhill Skipper Proposed Listing Rule

A group of uniformed officials pose with a Smokey mascot

Land Management

Agencies renew Nevada's commitment to shared stewardship

A sagebrush landscape at sunrise. A fence runs through the foreground and there are mountains stretching into the distance.

Conserving Both Hope & Desert Springs on the Summit Lake Paiute Reservation

Pinkish-purple speckles cover a seed pod growing off the green stem of a Fish Slough milkvetch plant.

Wildlife Wonders

The Amazing Native Plants of the Great Basin

Habitat Restoration

Nearly $10M for Collaborative Sagebrush Projects in the West

A flowering bush with small pale pink flowers

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service completes 90-day finding for species in California, Nevada and Oregon

Look & listen: Get to know the 'feisty' Owens pupfish

Goats standing in a corral looking at the camera with a sagebrush landscape and mountains in the background.

Habitat Restoration

Goats are here to help!

Bull trout underwater

Service Releases 5-Year Status Review and Species Status Assessment for Bull Trout

Endangered Species Act

Strategy to Manage Invasive Barred Owls to Protect Imperiled Spotted Owls

A small skipper is perched on yellow flowers.

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reopens comment period on the proposal to list the bleached sandhill skipper; Virtual public hearing scheduled for April 16

A group of uniformed officials pose with a Smokey mascot

Land Management

Agencies renew Nevada's commitment to shared stewardship

Habitat Restoration

Nearly $10M for Collaborative Sagebrush Projects in the West

Bull trout underwater

Service Releases 5-Year Status Review and Species Status Assessment for Bull Trout

Endangered Species Act

Strategy to Manage Invasive Barred Owls to Protect Imperiled Spotted Owls

A group of small yellow and speckled fish with a dark background.

Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Public Comment on Long Valley Speckled Dace Proposed Listing Rule

A brown owl with white streaks and spots sits in a tree with green moss and needles.

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement on Proposed Strategy to Manage Invasive Barred Owls to Protect At-Risk Spotted Owls

a group of people standing next to a lake

Land Management

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $3.4 Million from President Biden's Investing in America Agenda to Protect Lake Tahoe Basin

Endangered Species Act

Service seeks public comment on proposed critical habitat for Dixie Valley toad

Habitat Restoration

NV Native Seed Partnership awarded $3.74 million for habitat restoration in the Great Basin

Endangered Species Act

El Servicio para Peces y Vida Silvestre de los Estados Unidos reabre el periodo de comentarios públicos sobre la propuesta para incluir las dos especies de tortugas de poza en la lista de especies amenazadas y en peligro de extinción

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reopens Public Comment Period on Proposal to list both Species of Western Pond Turtle under the Endangered Species Act

Sierra Mountains

Surveys in the Sierra

A small skipper sits atop yellow flowers

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Comment on Bleached Sandhill Skipper Proposed Listing Rule

A sagebrush landscape at sunrise. A fence runs through the foreground and there are mountains stretching into the distance.

Conserving Both Hope & Desert Springs on the Summit Lake Paiute Reservation

Pinkish-purple speckles cover a seed pod growing off the green stem of a Fish Slough milkvetch plant.

Wildlife Wonders

The Amazing Native Plants of the Great Basin

A flowering bush with small pale pink flowers

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service completes 90-day finding for species in California, Nevada and Oregon

Look & listen: Get to know the 'feisty' Owens pupfish

Goats standing in a corral looking at the camera with a sagebrush landscape and mountains in the background.

Habitat Restoration

Goats are here to help!

An underwater close up of a small grey speckled fish.

Science and Technology

Rare Nevada desert fish receive funding for recovery

Wildlife Wonders

Endangered Species Athletics

A silver bull trout swims among pink and green fish. The trout wears a swim cap and goggles

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Athletics 2024 Swimming

a tan sea turtle lays on the sand under some grass

Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Athletics 2024 Strength

Bishop Paiute Tribe, USFWS and partners celebrate establishment of Owens pupfish sanctuary