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A black and brown mussel shell is being held in someone's hand. It is the length of their fingers.

Wildlife Wonders

Finding Fascination in Freshwater Mussels

Sagebrush covered hills and distant mountains

Habitat Restoration

New Story Map Highlights Conservation in Washington's Sagebrush Country

Rhinoceros auklet floating on water

Habitat Restoration

Trustee Agencies Seek Input on Draft Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan for the 1999 Mystery Oil Spill

A brown owl with white streaks and spots sits in a tree with green moss and needles.

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement on Proposed Strategy to Manage Invasive Barred Owls to Protect At-Risk Spotted Owls

A Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan in summer plumage standing on light colored boulders

Endangered Species Act

Mount Rainier White-tailed Ptarmigan Federally Listed as Threatened Due to Climate Change Threat

A Taylor's checkerspot butterfly on a yellow flower in a prairie

Service Partners Named “Recovery Champions” for Butterfly Conservation

Two smiling biologists flex their muscles along a river bank

Fighting for Underwater Underdogs

A black and white marbled murrelet floating in calm water

Endangered Species Act

Revised Marbled Murrelet Inland Survey Protocol

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reopens Public Comment Period on Proposal to list both Species of Western Pond Turtle under the Endangered Species Act

A stream from above filled with bundles of logs

Habitat Restoration

Recovering From Wildfire With a Little Inspiration From Beavers

Lynx Walking

Endangered Species Act

Canada lynx draft recovery plan available for public review & comment

A hairy black and white animals climbs some rocks.

Endangered Species Act

North American wolverine receives federal protection as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act

A brown owl with white streaks and spots sits in a tree with green moss and needles.

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement on Proposed Strategy to Manage Invasive Barred Owls to Protect At-Risk Spotted Owls

A Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan in summer plumage standing on light colored boulders

Endangered Species Act

Mount Rainier White-tailed Ptarmigan Federally Listed as Threatened Due to Climate Change Threat

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reopens Public Comment Period on Proposal to list both Species of Western Pond Turtle under the Endangered Species Act

Lynx Walking

Endangered Species Act

Canada lynx draft recovery plan available for public review & comment

A hairy black and white animals climbs some rocks.

Endangered Species Act

North American wolverine receives federal protection as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act

A brown owl with white streaks and spots sits in a tree with green moss and needles.

Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Public Comment on Draft Strategy to Manage Invasive Barred Owls

Pink Nelson's checker-mallow flowers blooming in a field

Endangered Species Act

Prairie Conservation Continues to Blossom in the Pacific Northwest

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes federal protections for both species of western pond turtle under the Endangered Species Act

A hairy black and white animals climbs some rocks.

Endangered Species Act

Service Updates North American Wolverine Species Status Assessment

An adult Chinook salmon leaps out of the rushing white water in Pacific Northwest

Endangered Species Act

Interior Department Announces Millions to Conserve America’s Most Imperiled Species

Yellow flowers of golden paintbrush with a field and mountain beyond

Endangered Species Act

Golden Paintbrush Delisted From Endangered Species Act Due to Recovery

Shoreline with a posted warning sign reading "do not enter"

Habitat Restoration

Trustees Sign Agreement to Cooperate on Natural Resource Damage Assessment Activities at Former Gas Plant Near Bremerton, Washington

Cows in a grassy pasture next to a trench

Working Lands Win for Kincaid’s Lupine

Hands holding a small brown rabbit

Endangered Species Act

Small but Mighty, the Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit Scratches out a Living in Sagebrush Habitat

Looking across a wet prairie, filled with water, toward mountains in distance

Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Public Comment on Draft Recovery Plan for Oregon Spotted Frog

A plant with small white flowers on a hillside

Endangered Species Act

Service Partners Work to Recover One of Washington's Rarest Plants

a Taylor's Checkerspot butterfly perches on a leaf in a close-up shot

Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Public Comment on Draft Recovery Plan for Taylor's Checkerspot Butterfly

A man in brown jacket a baseball hat stands in a field

Service Staff Member Recognized by Local Conservation District as “Partner of the Year”

Male greater sage-grouse on a lek. USFWS Photo: Tom Koerner

Land Management

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Protects Largest Lek in Washington State

Two native singers, with one wearing a straw hat and holding a drum, behind a podium

Habitat Restoration

Service Partners Celebrate the Restoration of Key Fish Habitat Near Everett, WA

Mazama pocket gopher in a gloved hand

Endangered Species Act

Thurston County Roads HCP

Prairie with white and yellow flowers and coniferous trees in the distance

Habitat Restoration

Bringing Back Native Prairie at a Washington Tree Farm

Adult island marble butterfly resting on a blade of grass.

Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Public Comment on Draft Recovery Plan for Island Marble Butterfly

Habitat Restoration

Pacific Northwest Fish Passage Projects Get Big Boost