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Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service opens public review period for desert tortoise conservation plan

A stylized image of three fish, to the left a salmonid, in the middle, a larger sturgeon with a pointy nose and fins, and to the right a long, eel shaped Pacific lamprey

Science and Technology

New Ways Forward for Fish Passage in the Pacific Northwest

A small brown bat with what looks like white powder on its nose. The white is in fact a fungus.

Wildlife Wonders

Do "bat” an eye. These critters need our help!

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

Flat design graphic of wind turbines in the Ozark Mountains

New website launches to keep Carroll County informed about Nimbus Wind Farm project

A bright yellow flower in a desert landscape with mountains in the background

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determines Las Vegas bearpoppy does not need ESA protections

Endangered Species Act

Service proposes protections for the Bethany Beach firefly

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

Ponds surrounded by browning grass. The pond in the foreground has algae growth and the day is sunny.

Endangered Species Act

Final Recovery Plan for Three Endangered Aquatic Invertebrates Available

Grizzly bear walking through a field

Endangered Species Act

Secure Food, Trash, Other Attractants: Help Protect Bears as They Prepare for Winter

A large male Suwannee alligator snapping turtle rests on a riverbank.

Wildlife Management

Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle

Seeking public comment for Sweet Acres Wind Project Habitat Conservation Plan

Seeking public comment for Prosperity Wind Project Habitat Conservation Plan

Endangered Species Act

Collaborative conservation keeps lake sturgeon off endangered list

A black-footed ferret in their enclosure.

Science and Technology

Innovative Cloning Advancements for Black-footed Ferret Conservation

Endangered Species Act

Interior Department Finalizes Action to Strengthen Endangered Species Act

5 brown coal darters in a viewing container.

Endangered Species Act

Coal Darter Proposed Listing

Female Grizzly Bear

Wildlife Management

As Grizzly Bears Emerge from Dens, Wildlife Managers Ask Public to Help Keep Bears Wild

A National Park Service biologist studies a nesting Kemp's ridley sea turtle and records data.

Wildlife Wonders

Public Urged to Help Protect Sea Turtles as Nesting Season Arrives in Texas

A picture of a roseate tern, and black and white bird on a beach

Habitat Restoration

Plan to restore natural resources in Buzzards Bay targets Ram Island, home to endangered terns.

Endangered Species Act

Proposal to list pyramid pigtoe mussel withdrawn

Land Management

Continued Decline of Wetlands Documented in New U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Report

a stone jetty with sparse trees cuts through a still lake that reflects blue skies and clouds

Land Management

Trustees Release Onondaga Lake Natural Resource Damage Assessment Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment Addendum

manatees in pool with people

Endangered Species Act

A Herculean Task of Shakespearian Proportions

New Mexico meadow jumping mouse feeding on grass

Endangered Species Act

Biobanking: a Wildlife Recovery Insurance Policy

snail underwater

A Magnificent Return

Spectacled eider

Migratory Species

Diving into the Mysterious World of Sea Ducks

Panama City crayfish

Habitat Restoration

Crayfish Chronicles

Wildlife Management

A wave of emotion

Hatchlings, pluck, and long goodbyes

Two Service employees show a teacher the fish tanks in the back of a truck.

Endangered Species Act

Small bat with long ears held by two hands wearing blue gloves

Endangered Species Act

A small brown bat with a silver band on its wing resting on a piece of bark with thin, frilly, silvery-green vegetation

First, find the bats

Tagged Mussels in Big Canoe Creek

Endangered Species Act

About Dam Time!

A large, black beetle with big orange markings and orange-tipped antennas crawls on a human hand.

Endangered Species Act

American burying beetle population in New England reinforced