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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Voluntary Pilot Programs for Lead-Free Hunting

For Parents and Educators

State and Refuge Partners Host Hunter Education Course For the First Time

Northwest Montana Wetland Management District Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment

Youth pose with a fish and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff at the 2024 Cops and Bobbers Fishing Program

Building Connections Through Fishing

A small yellow helicopter with a crew member looking out soars above rocky mountains in Wyoming.

Emergency Management

Taking Flight to Fight Wildland Fire

A man with white hair and beard and wearing a Hawai'ian shirt signs a book at the counter of a visitor center store.

History and Culture

37th Annual Summer Lecture Series

Land Management

Pahranagat Refuge announces proposal to modernize water infrastructure

For Parents and Educators

Brushing Fear Aside with a Paintbrush

Refuge Employee talks to a group about wild turkey hunting

Yelping, Clucking and Calling: Finding your Passion in the Field

Engineering Equipment Operator Robert Luna Receives 2024 Refuge Employee of the Year Award

Kuskokwim River Mainstem Fishing Opportunities - Federal Subsistence Board News Release

Women Veterans Day Trailblazing Celebration at Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge

Land Management

Environmental Assessment for Eastern South Dakota Fire Management Plan

Wildlife Management

National Elk Refuge Management Plan

Improvements to Oil and Gas Regulations on Refuge System Lands

Expanded Urban Partnerships

Utah Family Land Donation Establishes Bear River Watershed Conservation Area

Endangered Species Act

Recovering Threatened, Endangered Species in Kansas, Utah, Montana

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Tables Proposal to Expand the Acquisition Boundary of Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge

Secretary Jewell and Partners Mark 50th Anniversary of Wilderness Act at Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Hunt plan proposed for Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge, opportunity for public comment

Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge’s River Road Will Be Closed for Improvements Beginning July 28

Service to Hold Open House to Announce Fishing Improvements and Other Management Activities at Lake Mattamuskeet

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Coast Guard, and Responsible Party Responds to 50-Barrel Oil Spill on Delta National Wildlife Refuge with Controlled Burn

Migratory Species

Clicking for Rails

A National Wildlife Refuge sign with a blue goose stands before a field of low-growing plants with a large wetland beyond. In the distance sand dunes are on the horizon beneath a blue sky.

History and Culture

Un homenaje al legado latino del Valle de Salinas

Biologist Robin Corcoran in chest waders and cold weather clothing holding a surfbird with both hands while sitting near a rocky shoreline in Alaska .

My Life, Wildlife: Robin Corcoran

A firefighter walks the edge of a controlled burn in a dry grassland with mountains in the background

Land Management

Prescribed Fire Planned at Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge

Kara Hilwig standing next to a single engine bush plane on a dirt airstrip.

My Life, Wildlife: Kara Hilwig

A person with frost-covered hair peeking out of a hood. Their mouth is covered by a neck gaiter and they smile with their eyes.

My Life, Wildlife: Karin Bodony

Maria Fosado smiles for a selfie on an ocean shore. Snow-covered mountains loom in the distance.

My Life, Wildlife: Maria Fosado

Migratory Species

Where do birds go offshore? The answers may be blowing in the wind

Biologist Heather Renner holds a puffin chick with both hands on the side of a steep slop with green vegetation and a hilltop in the background.

My Life, Wildlife: Heather Renner

Dark silhouettes of trees and their branches stand out in front of the sun shining in the background. These silhouettes are further emphasized when they are seen reflected in flooded water below them with added texture from the ripples in the water.

Wildlife Wonders

The March Equinox

Rachel Carson sitting on mountain cliff

Rachel Carson: Would-be climate champion