We administer the Endangered Species Act, working with experts in the scientific community to identify species on the verge of extinction and to build the road to recovery to bring them back. We work with our partners in federal and state agencies, tribes, local governments, the business community, and private citizens, to help protect important habitat, and help increase species' populations and reduce the threats to their survival so that they can be removed from federal protection.
Latest News
Endangered Species Act
The Fish and Wildlife Service proposes removing Virginia sneezeweed from the federal list of Endangered and Threatened Plants due to recovery. This perennial herbaceous flowering plant was listed as a threatened species in 1998 when only 25 populations were known from Virginia.
Endangered Species Act
Thanks to partner-led research, surveys, and conservation efforts, the Virginia sneezeweed no longer needs federal protection.
Wildlife Wonders
If you see an American woodcock or ruffed grouse in the Upper Midwest or Appalachians, chances are you're in great golden-winged warbler habitat! All three of these birds require early-successional forests with abundant shrubbery and young trees, providing food, cover and nesting sites. These...
Endangered Species Act
Today, we announced a proposal to list the eastern hellbender as an endangered species throughout its range under the Endangered Species Act. Eastern hellbenders are found in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania...
Endangered Species Act
We're proposing to designate critical habitat for four species of endangered freshwater mussels. Habitat for the rayed bean, sheepnose, snuffbox and spectaclecase mussels can be found in 17 states in the central and eastern United States. We're proposing to designate a total of 3,974 river miles of...
Endangered Species Act
The Department of the Interior today announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is downlisting the red-cockaded woodpecker from endangered to threatened status under the Endangered Species Act. This milestone is the result of five decades of collaborative conservation efforts between the...
About Us
The Virginia Ecological Services Office is located in Gloucester, Virginia. We have an office located in Abingdon, Virginia (Southwestern Virginia Ecological Services Office) and two biologists located remotely at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.
What We Do
The Virginia Ecological Services Office works with partners to recover threatened and endangered species, investigates the effects and clean-up of contaminants and helps restore polluted habitats, ensures that fish and wildlife resources are considered by agencies during project planning and structure construction, and partners with private landowners to restore fish and wildlife habitats.
