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Kevin Enge, left, FWC, and Travis Thomas, UF, right, pose while holding a large male Suwannee alligator snapping turtle with their boat and Suwannee River in the background. This is the 15th year the two men have been trapping and monitoring the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle to conserve and protect them.

Endangered Species Act

Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle

Habitat Restoration

Fish and Wildlife Service Pursues Nature-Based Solutions

Land Management

Expansion of 4 National Wildlife Refuges to Conserve Habitat, Protect Species, Support Recreation

2 Canada geese, which are large birds with black heads with a white section below their eyes, a brown backside and black-tipped white tail, are swimming close to each other. One goose is closer to the camera, and one is further away. The goose that is further away has its head above the goose that is closer as if it is resting its head on the other.

Wildlife Wonders

(Canada) Goosin’ Around in Minnesota

Thick-trunked trees with leafy green foliage grow out of standing water

Land Management

Final Plan for Roanoke River NWR Expansion Available

Set of antlers in field with distant snowy mountains

Antler Poaching Leads to Fine and Hunting Ban

Sandhill Cranes at Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge

Land Management

Service Finalizes Land Protection Plan for Expanding Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge

three whooping cranes

Land Management

Service Finalizes Land Protection Plans for Expanding Aransas and Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuges

A grebe, an aquatic bird, with bright red eyes, black body and white neck and belly, sits on it’s nest above water.

Relocation of Narrows Wake Zone on Lake Lowell

National Elk Refuge Solicits Proposals for Guided Sleigh and Wagon Ride Interpretive Tours

a yellow bird with a short bill sits on a branch with green leaves

Birds on the Brink

Intern Nicole Prieto showing non-native sailfin catfish collected during electrofishing surveys

Fishes of Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

Film Screenings and Stage Production - Open to Public at National Wildlife Refuge System's Conserving the Future Conference

Interior Secretary Announces Nearly $27 Million for Wetlands Grants for Migratory Birds, $3 Million for Wildlife Refuge Acquisitions

Service Fights Battle on Midway

Summer Jobs in America’s Great Outdoors

WOODY NAMED SERVICE LAW ENFORCEMENT CHIEF

AMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS

Interior Secretary Salazar Announces Initiative to Conserve Working Lands and Wildlife Habitat in the Everglades Headwaters

Service, Partners Dedicate America’s 553rd National Wildlife Refuge

Service Facilities Honored With Federal Energy and Water Management Awards

Turkey Hunting in 2006: An Analysis of Hunter Demographics, Trends, and Economic Impacts; Addendum to the 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation

Celebrate National Wildlife Refuge Week October 10-16, 2010

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and The Conservation Fund Renew National Support for Go Zero®

Photo of orphaned well on Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge

Habitat Restoration

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law at work in Louisiana

A Most Wonderful Time of the Year

A hydrologist walks into flood waters flowing over a road at Great Dismal Swamp.

Great Dismal Swamp hydrologist isn't afraid to get her feet wet

Take me to the Connecticut River

A Coordinated Approach for Grassland Conservation

American toad sprawled out and floating with its head above the surface of a slightly murky pond with water vegetation visible beneath the surface.

Wildlife Wonders

Where Did All the Frogs Go?

wetland with yellow marsh plants at edge

Habitat Restoration

Upper Klamath NWR wetlands on path to restoration, reconnection

Finding purpose along the Detroit River

Wildlife Wonders

Eww, Gross. Tell Me More

The Wildlife Refuges of I-5

Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge Seeks Public Comment on Compatibility Determinations

View of the administrative office of Kootenai NWR

Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge Seeks Public Comment on Compatibility Determinations