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![An aerial view of a river with a structure spanning across it. People are in the river with nets, rounding up fish.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-07/sawtooth-wier-riffle-restoration-site_l-denny.jpg?h=29234840&itok=DIKdyTgP)
Habitat Restoration
![Rhinoceros auklet floating on water](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-07/5693307928_7eb730390f_o.jpg?h=c4243bc9&itok=kdKwzEkN)
![A brown owl with white streaks and spots sits in a tree with green moss and needles.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-05/barred-owl-jbh-nwr-vern-wright.jpg?h=4adc46d0&itok=PKl5R7Fs)
![A Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan in summer plumage standing on light colored boulders](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-07/usfws_20230715_mrwtp-at-north-cascades-np-1-crop_alavalle.jpg?h=0a7da41b&itok=VTcnZQ_v)
![Junior Duck Stamp 2024 Winning images](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-04/jds-2024-images.png?h=6e3e09f3&itok=j1SKDFqK)
For Parents and Educators
![A view inside a lab. A woman wearing purple nitrile gloves places genetic material into a bright green tray.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-06/jennifer-lab-work-sequence_08.24.2023.png?h=aca7c91d&itok=X9-27lVd)
Science and Technology
![A fish facing right in clear water near a river bottom with rocks underneath and behind it.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-05/figure-10-aimee-taylor-mid-columbia-fisheries_edited.jpg?h=8a7fc05e&itok=853PdGTI)
Habitat Restoration
![White and brown shorebird walks along wet sand with water in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-05/pectoral-sandpiper-willapa-bay.jpg?h=87c49f88&itok=W8e6Vet_)
Migratory Species
![Person smiles for photo wearing dark suit jacket, standing in front of tree.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-04/jason-holm-profile-pic.jpg?h=c0af8a84&itok=I-Z95KTD)
Our People
![A man using tongs picks out bright orange salmon eggs from a container full of eggs.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-04/shawn-at-eagle-creek-nfh-1.jpeg?h=71976bb4&itok=BUqleCy5)
Our People
![Two smiling biologists flex their muscles along a river bank](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-04/photo3_klamathtranslocationwrm_creditchristienichols.png?h=15f04f21&itok=x1q6CO1U)
Our People
Wildlife Wonders
For Parents and Educators
![Rikeem Sholes, fish biologist, sitting in an OHV](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-09/Rikeem%20Sholes%20in%20OHV.jpg?h=9c86ceb9&itok=1SYiB2SQ)
Our People
![A woman wearing a beanie and jacket holds up a clear container with water and a small aquatic organism](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-02/nicole-hams-with-larval-lamprey_usfws-photo-typhanie-shepherd.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=6r-r6MiG)
Our People
![Dworshak National Fish Hatchery on the Clearwater, sunset after a storm.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-07/usfws-sunset-dworshak-national-fish-hatchery.jpeg?h=a1b7c100&itok=COM-BQN5)
History and Culture
Endangered Species Act
![A stream from above filled with bundles of logs](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-01/20220504_134647_fostercreekstory_anabranch.jpg?h=a5eb5da0&itok=JmPTtKqH)
Habitat Restoration
Emergency Management
Wildlife Crime
![Spectacled eider](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/Spectacled%20eider%20by%20Laura%20L%20Whitehouse%20USFWS.jpg?h=42344686&itok=ezUbZwtx)
Migratory Species
Our People
Wildlife Wonders
Wildlife Wonders
Habitat Restoration
Science and Technology
Land Management
Land Management
Wildlife Management
Habitat Restoration
![Samson Creek outlet](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/Samson%20outlet.jpg?h=d08f423e&itok=QDsoI6hW)
Our Partners
Endangered Species Act
Climate Change
Habitat Restoration
![Slickspot peppergrass, a white flowering plant can be seen in the center of the frame. Hardened soil is surrounding the plant.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-05/I84Simco_2012_Flower_Rosette_closer.jpg?h=4ba99bbc&itok=sFC2I6VM)
Endangered Species Act
Our People
Endangered Species Act
![Two side by side photos of a girl wearing a blue life vest, smiling and holding a fish. In one photo, she appears to be about to eat or kiss the fish. She stands in a raft in water.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-04/Emersyn%20Wiese%20catfish%20collage.png?h=6377f7ce&itok=6yykQ7lh)
Our People
Endangered Species Act
![Pair of oregon chub swimming](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-01/Oregon%20Chub%20-%20USFWS-Pacific%20Region.jpg?h=80a51f15&itok=WbZfqbPX)
Endangered Species Act
Wildlife Wonders
Our Partners
Our Partners
Endangered Species Act
![Sage grouse in Wyoming standing in snow and engaging in geophagy, which means eating dirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-03/sage%20grouse%20in%20snow_Mark%20Thonhoff%20BLM.jpg?h=023c1ade&itok=7_RN8kZC)
Wildlife Management
![An adult and child read a sign at Wapato Lake National Wildlife Refuge.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-03/visitors%20check%20out%20new%20signs%20at%20wapato%20lake%20national%20wildlife%20refuge.jpeg?h=df86a402&itok=GcYw6ZT5)
For Parents and Educators
Our People
Science and Technology
Wildlife Wonders
Our Partners
Habitat Restoration
![Fall On Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/Mt%20Adams%20Fall.jpg?h=ac778ff2&itok=bL9Z-Hqo)
Our People
![A red-footed booby stands on a brand. He has a white chest and body, with black wings, a blue face, and red feet. Green](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-10/Red%20Footd%20Booby-Enhanced.jpg?h=3064cee3&itok=Pd2UGaGx)
Our People
![Looking upstream at West Fork Millacoma River on Elliott State Research Forest](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/WestForkMillacoma_ODF.jpg?h=45e292d0&itok=gjDx5ohF)
Habitat Restoration
![An adult emerald ash borer](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-11/emerald-ash-borer.jpg?h=f2db3f3c&itok=WaXObVjh)
Wildlife Management
Habitat Restoration
Endangered Species Act
Wildlife Management
Recreation
Our Partners
Land Management
![A brown owl with white streaks and spots sits in a tree with green moss and needles.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-05/barred-owl-jbh-nwr-vern-wright.jpg?h=4adc46d0&itok=PKl5R7Fs)
Endangered Species Act
History and Culture
![A Taylor's checkerspot butterfly on a yellow flower in a prairie](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/51299648894_6c4f803121_o.jpg?h=7227f84b&itok=ijVPvkZ3)
Endangered Species Act
![Northern spotted owl fledglings](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/NSO%20Fledglings%20Tom%20Kogut%20USFWS.png?h=ecb6a8b1&itok=NSjqb2WF)
Our People
Habitat Restoration
![Oregon semaphore grass at one of the natural population sites](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/Banner_Oregon%20semaphore%20grass%20at%20one%20of%20the%20natural%20population%20sites_Carter%20Crouch_0.jpg?h=66d246cf&itok=rNo62RR-)
Habitat Restoration
History and Culture
Habitat Restoration
![Jiny Kim, wearing a navy blue shirt, stands on a boat with Nihoa in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/IMG_4077.jpg?h=53d793da&itok=zm4xHiq-)
Our People
![An ʻakekeʻe Birds perches on a green branch. It has a yellowish-green body with a tiny black eye.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/Akekee%202.jpg?h=18754908&itok=LlK6zj2Y)
Wildlife Management
![A green sea turtle lays on th ebeach.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/51178044369_fc28890b00_o.jpg?h=bf168944&itok=XNQf7sKP)
Wildlife Management
![Western Oregon forest landscape with sun shining through trees](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/forest.jpg?h=0248296f&itok=Jjx2MOoR)
Endangered Species Act
![Streaked horned lark standing on the ground at an airport](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/StHorned%20Lark%20%28Corvallis%20DLeonard%20May%202014%29.jpg?h=d6fd0688&itok=WA4o8l-f)
Endangered Species Act
History and Culture
Our People
Our People
History and Culture
![Smiling woman holding up net](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-03/Derrenbacher%20with%20butterflies%20close%20up%20by%20joe%20klementovich.jpg?h=4997dc06&itok=tRT-vuev)
Our People
![Sand dune phacelia, a coastal plant](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-03/Phacelia%20younger%20mat%2020200318.jpg?h=266da715&itok=6vqw7vYI)
Endangered Species Act
![Freshwater mussels among rocks at the bottom of a body of water](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-03/Freshwater%20Mussels%20in%20John%20Day%20River_LTippettMosby.jpg?h=cdf28dc5&itok=MtwF7AYy)
Endangered Species Act
Climate Change
![Male yellow-faced bee](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/yellow-faced_bee_Sheldon_Plentovich_FWS.jpeg?h=7c1bc281&itok=FbjeUzWl)
Habitat Restoration
![Five salmon are placed together for a photo to show skin lesions](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/sockeye%20salmon%20edit.jpg?h=9c86ceb9&itok=wP6Sp_Dl)
Climate Change
Habitat Restoration
![An aerial view of a river with a structure spanning across it. People are in the river with nets, rounding up fish.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-07/sawtooth-wier-riffle-restoration-site_l-denny.jpg?h=29234840&itok=DIKdyTgP)
Habitat Restoration
![Rhinoceros auklet floating on water](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-07/5693307928_7eb730390f_o.jpg?h=c4243bc9&itok=kdKwzEkN)
![A brown owl with white streaks and spots sits in a tree with green moss and needles.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-05/barred-owl-jbh-nwr-vern-wright.jpg?h=4adc46d0&itok=PKl5R7Fs)
![A Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan in summer plumage standing on light colored boulders](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-07/usfws_20230715_mrwtp-at-north-cascades-np-1-crop_alavalle.jpg?h=0a7da41b&itok=VTcnZQ_v)
![White and brown shorebird walks along wet sand with water in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-05/pectoral-sandpiper-willapa-bay.jpg?h=87c49f88&itok=W8e6Vet_)
Migratory Species
Endangered Species Act
Emergency Management
Wildlife Crime
Land Management
Land Management
Habitat Restoration
Endangered Species Act
![Slickspot peppergrass, a white flowering plant can be seen in the center of the frame. Hardened soil is surrounding the plant.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-05/I84Simco_2012_Flower_Rosette_closer.jpg?h=4ba99bbc&itok=sFC2I6VM)
Endangered Species Act
![An adult and child read a sign at Wapato Lake National Wildlife Refuge.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-03/visitors%20check%20out%20new%20signs%20at%20wapato%20lake%20national%20wildlife%20refuge.jpeg?h=df86a402&itok=GcYw6ZT5)
For Parents and Educators
![Looking upstream at West Fork Millacoma River on Elliott State Research Forest](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/WestForkMillacoma_ODF.jpg?h=45e292d0&itok=gjDx5ohF)
Endangered Species Act
Recreation
![A brown owl with white streaks and spots sits in a tree with green moss and needles.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-05/barred-owl-jbh-nwr-vern-wright.jpg?h=4adc46d0&itok=PKl5R7Fs)
Endangered Species Act
![A Taylor's checkerspot butterfly on a yellow flower in a prairie](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/51299648894_6c4f803121_o.jpg?h=7227f84b&itok=ijVPvkZ3)
Endangered Species Act
![An ʻakekeʻe Birds perches on a green branch. It has a yellowish-green body with a tiny black eye.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/Akekee%202.jpg?h=18754908&itok=LlK6zj2Y)
Wildlife Management
![A green sea turtle lays on th ebeach.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/51178044369_fc28890b00_o.jpg?h=bf168944&itok=XNQf7sKP)
Wildlife Management
![Western Oregon forest landscape with sun shining through trees](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/forest.jpg?h=0248296f&itok=Jjx2MOoR)
Endangered Species Act
![Streaked horned lark standing on the ground at an airport](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/StHorned%20Lark%20%28Corvallis%20DLeonard%20May%202014%29.jpg?h=d6fd0688&itok=WA4o8l-f)
Endangered Species Act
![Sand dune phacelia, a coastal plant](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-03/Phacelia%20younger%20mat%2020200318.jpg?h=266da715&itok=6vqw7vYI)
Endangered Species Act