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Midwest mussel experts leading an emergent field

Group posing with fly fishing rods

Fly Fishing 101 Workshop Reels in New Anglers

Building capacity to take down derelict dams

Science and Technology

Marking fish for maximum impact

A woman in a blue shirt stands next to a red sign reading "Winthrop Kids Fishing Day"

Five Summers of Service – A Volunteer’s Commitment to Community at Winthrop National Fish Hatchery

Brown Trout with clipped adipose fins

Brown Trout are Hitting the River

A man and child holding a fish while standing on a boat.

Habitat Restoration

Fish Passage Pays

A man standing in a raceway, picking up fish from a white tub.

Spawning Season Starts Again

Cages atop one of the new Boat lifts for Norfork National Fish Hatchery Mussel Propagation.

Major Equipment Upgrade for Norfork National Fish Hatchery Mussel Propagation

Migratory Species

Reviving river herring

Endangered Species Act

Advancing Freshwater Mussel Conservation

Service employee in refuge browns watches as young boy casts fishing pole into pond.

On the Water in the Great Outdoors

A rocky river flowing between trees

Habitat Restoration

Notice of Funding Opportunity for FY 2024 Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act

Endangered Species Act

Marking 50 years of conservation successes in Michigan

Habitat Restoration

$36M Available for Fish Passage and River Restoration Projects

Migratory Species

Partners launch new Connecticut River Migratory Fish Restoration Cooperative

Endangered Species Act

Fish and Wildlife Service Publishes Final Recovery Plan for Colorado Pikeminnow

A river running through a desert sage landscape with small mountains in the backdrop and bright blue skies above.

Habitat Restoration

Biden-Harris Administration Breaks Ground on Numana Dam Fish Passage Project to Benefit Two Listed, Culturally Important Fish Species in Northern Nevada

Habitat Restoration

Removal of two dams on the lower Saranac River marks milestone for Atlantic salmon restoration in Lake Champlain basin

Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst named Service’s Military Conservation Partner of the Year

A close-up underwater shot of an Apache trout swimming

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Delisting of Apache Trout

looking out at a snowy stream from within a round metal culvert pipe.

Habitat Restoration

Alaska Receives More Funding for Fish- and Flood-Friendly Infrastructure Projects

Freshwater mussel with a prominant spine at the top of its shell sits on a red net

Endangered Species Act

Altamaha Spinymussel

Image of dam with bridge overhead and fish passage structures in the foreground

Service and partners file settlement agreement with FirstLight for improved fish passage, flows

Building capacity to take down derelict dams

A woman in a blue shirt stands next to a red sign reading "Winthrop Kids Fishing Day"

Five Summers of Service – A Volunteer’s Commitment to Community at Winthrop National Fish Hatchery

Science and Technology

Marking fish for maximum impact

Brown Trout with clipped adipose fins

Brown Trout are Hitting the River

A man and child holding a fish while standing on a boat.

Habitat Restoration

Fish Passage Pays

A man standing in a raceway, picking up fish from a white tub.

Spawning Season Starts Again

Migratory Species

Reviving river herring

Cages atop one of the new Boat lifts for Norfork National Fish Hatchery Mussel Propagation.

Major Equipment Upgrade for Norfork National Fish Hatchery Mussel Propagation

Endangered Species Act

Advancing Freshwater Mussel Conservation

Service employee in refuge browns watches as young boy casts fishing pole into pond.

On the Water in the Great Outdoors

For Parents and Educators

A group of 7 people stand in front of the pollinator garden holding a heritage garden sign

Progress for Pollinators at Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery