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Four yellow to red flower bracts grow in a field among grass and other flowers.

Endangered Species Act

Service Lists Swale Paintbrush as Endangered

A single Oregon spotted frog sitting in shallow water with duckweed and scattered vegetation.

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces a Final Recovery Plan for the Oregon Spotted Frog

New Jersey Field Office Videos

People wearing "I Heart Lenapehoking" shirts gather in a forested area under tall tree cover.

History and Culture

Rekindling Indigenous Knowledge

Supporting jaguars at home and abroad

A Canada lynx sitting in deep snow surrounded by boreal forest.

Endangered Species Act

USFWS Proposes Revised Critical Habitat for Canada Lynx & Announces Final Recovery Plan

Endangered Species Act

Final recovery plan for the grotto sculpin

U.S. Capitol building in the sun with tops of trees in foreground

Coastal Barrier Resources System Expands under Reauthorization

Endangered Species Act

Seeking public comment on proposed critical habitat for rusty patched bumble bee

Florida manatee head just above the water's surface, with a second manatee just behind the first

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Extends Comment Period on Proposed Florida and Antillean Manatee Critical Habitat Designation

Manatee resting in a body of water with a school of mangrove snappers..

El Servicio Federal de Pesca y Vida Silvestre extiende el período de comentarios sobre la propuesta de designación de hábitat crítico para el manatí de Florida y manatí Antillano

a view of a green, forested landscape with an overcast sky

History and Culture

One small step: More than 1,000 acres returned to the Onondaga Nation

A photo collage of seven species found in the Edwards Aquifer on a black background. The species are the orange Comal Springs dryopid beetle, the pink to clear Texas blind salamander, the tan to orange San Marcos salamander, the orange to burnt red Comal Springs riffle beetle. The second row of species features the clear Peck’s cave amphipod, the green and yellow Texas wild-rice and tan and blue fountain darter.

Endangered Species Act

Service Extends Public Comment Period on Draft Recovery Plan for Edwards Aquifer Listed Species

A landscape photo of rolling hills

Habitat Restoration

BLM, FWS issue final analysis, preferred approach for proposed highway

Clouds surround the major peaks of the Teton Range over Jackson Lake and Willow Flats.

Wildlife Management

Grizzly #399’s Remains Returned to Grand Teton National Park

Endangered Species Act

Recovery plan for four imperiled freshwater mussels

green plant with purple blossoms

Endangered Species Act

Ocmulgee Skullcap Federally Protected

Conservation Success Story: A Tale of Two Mussels

Land Management

Public comment on Multi-Bat Species General Conservation Plan for NY, PA and WV

a group of little brown bats clinging to the roof of a cave

Invasive bat fungus confirmed in five California counties

A woodpecker perched on a tree with a bug in its mouth.

Endangered Species Act

Downlisting of Red-cockaded Woodpecker from Endangered to Threatened

Endangered Species Act

Grizzly Bear 399 Fatally Struck by Vehicle in Snake River Canyon

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service opens public review period for desert tortoise conservation plan

Endangered Species Act

Service proposes protections for the Bethany Beach firefly

A large male Suwannee alligator snapping turtle rests on a riverbank.

Wildlife Management

Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle

An aerial view of a dry creek on the left and a blue body of water on the right, separated by green trees.

Habitat Restoration

$5 Million in BIL Funding Set to Transform Habitat for Bull Trout in Gold Creek

Group of people sitting on a forest floor holding electronic devices

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: North Carolina Biologists Learn to Listen for Bats

Goats standing in a corral looking at the camera with a sagebrush landscape and mountains in the background.

Habitat Restoration

Goats are here to help!

Mazama pocket gopher in a gloved hand

Endangered Species Act

Tumwater O&M Facility HCP and Draft EAS Now Available, Public Comment Period Opening

Mouth open on goldish silvery fish in murky water

Endangered Species Act

Healthy habitat for hitch

Biologist seated on the forest floor, closely examining a rock face

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Endangered Spider Search at the Top of the Smoky Mountains

A sea turtle attempts to nest, but tourists and their lights scared it back into the water.

A Shining Light

a brown relictual slender salamander rests on a decaying log

Wildlife Wonders

Sequoia's Slender Salamanders a Precious Sight

U.S. fisha dn wildlife staff talk with Fort Meade's Colonel Gore about stream restorationists Ben Hutzell speak with Colonel Gore and ARD Sharon Marino about stream restoration techniques

Habitat Restoration

Fort George G. Meade – A Strong Partner for Climate Resiliency and Wildlife

Person standing in the back of a flatbed truck examining artificial bat roosts

Endangered Species Act

Concerned about a construction project and how it may affect an endangered species?

Watercraft inspector physically inspecting two kayaks on top of truck roof rack for aquatic invasive species.

Preventing dreissenid mussels from entering Alaska