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Habitat Restoration

$3.85 million awarded for fish and wildlife restoration in the Great Lakes Basin

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Science and Technology

What’s the best way to collect eDNA?

A biologist holding a wild lake trout while aboard a boat on Lake Ontario.

Wildlife Management

Where the wild trout are

Great Lakes funding gives a boost to fish isolation facility

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30 Years Guided by Mindset, Preparation, and Opportunity

USFWS digital media intern, Typhanie Shepherd, capturing video footage of fiel

Journey of Unwavering Vision, Believing and Belonging

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Scientific Curiosity on a Path Less Traveled

Rikeem Sholes, fish biologist, sitting in an OHV

The Career of a Multi-faceted Salmon Spy

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Navigating 40 years of Life and Career in Fisheries

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Don’t Let It Loose

A small fish on a rocky stream bed. Text on image reads Eglin Air Force Base. 20th Annual Military Conservation Partner

20th Annual Military Conservation Partner Award

Dense mat of invasive Elodea viewed underwater in Big Lake, Alaska.

The Big Deal About Big Lake

USFWS digital media intern, Typhanie Shepherd, capturing video footage of fiel

Journey of Unwavering Vision, Believing and Belonging

A woman wearing a beanie and jacket holds up a clear container with water and a small aquatic organism

Scientific Curiosity on a Path Less Traveled

Rikeem Sholes, fish biologist, sitting in an OHV

The Career of a Multi-faceted Salmon Spy

A woman wearing glasses and a blue sweater smiles while standing under a blooming cherry blossom tree

Navigating 40 years of Life and Career in Fisheries

A small fish on a rocky stream bed. Text on image reads Eglin Air Force Base. 20th Annual Military Conservation Partner

20th Annual Military Conservation Partner Award

Dense mat of invasive Elodea viewed underwater in Big Lake, Alaska.

The Big Deal About Big Lake

Why are we removing dams?

Group of anglers holding banner

Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery Hosts Fly Fishing 101 Workshop

A large gray fish, with a flat head and rounded snout that has long barbels hanging from its nose, rests on a rocky lake bottom.

Wildlife Management

“Tails” from the deep

Dworshak National Fish Hatchery on the Clearwater, sunset after a storm.

History and Culture

50 Years of the Boldt Decision

Box culvert road-stream crossing

Science and Technology

Navigating Watershed Barriers

A bluish-green fish with brown gills swims above a bed of rocks

Wildlife Management

National Fish Hatchery System: By the Numbers (2023)