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

History and Culture

50 Years of the Boldt Decision

Barred Owl resting with its eyes closed in a tree, perched right next to the white papery trunk. No leaves on any of the trees within the background with the light blue winter sky seen through tree trunks and branches.

Wildlife Wonders

Barred Owls: ‘Tis the mating season

Landscape painting of marsh and forest

History and Culture

February Artist in Residence

A smiling group stands in a frozen salt marsh

Salt marsh is the keystone to coastal conservation

Land Management

Proposed Updates to Framework for Biological Integrity, Diversity and Environmental Health

A snowcapped mountain sits in the background under a blue sky in front of green hills and a lake

Wildlife Management

Draft Environmental Assessment for Beaver Dam Notching

An ‘ākohekohe sits on a branch. It has a black body with orange patches strewn throughout its body. An orange circle outlines its eye.

Decision-making in a new era of conservation

Habitat Restoration

$10.8 Million To Protect and Restore Coastal Wetlands and Build Coastal Resiliency

Yellow warbler perches on branch in sunlight.

Connecting with nature beyond sound

Ground-level view of a moist soil unit with shallow water and wetland vegetation.

Land Management

Pump Replacement at Cibola National Wildlife Refuge

grasses glow in the golden hour of sunset with mountains stretching behind

Land Management

Prescribed Fires at Buenos Aires

Two Volunteers Log More Than 20,000 Hours at National Wildlife Refuges

AMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS

Interior Secretary Salazar Announces Initiative to Conserve Working Lands and Wildlife Habitat in the Everglades Headwaters

Service, Partners Dedicate America’s 553rd National Wildlife Refuge

Service Facilities Honored With Federal Energy and Water Management Awards

Turkey Hunting in 2006: An Analysis of Hunter Demographics, Trends, and Economic Impacts; Addendum to the 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation

Celebrate National Wildlife Refuge Week October 10-16, 2010

Senate Resolution Designates October 10-16 National Wildlife Refuge Week

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and The Conservation Fund Renew National Support for Go Zero®

Secretary Salazar Announces Multi-million Dollar Purchase Supporting Wetlands and Funding for Grants to Protect Migratory Waterfowl Habitat

Service to Continue to Allow Humane Water Stations onBorder Refuge

Safe Harbor: Lighthouses of the National Wildlife Refuge System

Get Set for Summer in the National Wildlife Refuge System

Science and Technology

Conserving at Flyway Scales

a front shot of a tan colored tipton kangaroo rat on the ground lit by a sunrise

Wildlife Wonders

Capturing Kangaroo Rats

Migratory Species

To Feed or Not to Feed Wild Birds

Grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony with officials from USFWS, Box Elder County, Box Elder County Tourism and Friends of the Bear River Refuge. Cutting ceremony in front of of the welcome sign with a mountain background

Grand Opening of the new additions on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

Try Nature. It's Good for You

Land Management

Klamath Basin Fire Management Zone

Seeking Public Comment on Draft Environmental Assessment for Cyanobacteria Treatment in Lake Mattamuskeet

FL Gar Captured at A.R.M. Loxahatchee NWR

Fishes of the A.R.M. Loxahatchee NWR Canals

large tractor with an attachment on the back

Land Management

We’ve Got Chemistry

Whooping crane pauses in the vegetation at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

Endangered Species Act

Flight to Survive

Inside of a log public use cabin with table, woodstove, and bunks.

Kenai Recreation Fees

From top to bottom, blue skies, purple mountains, desert landscape with small shrubs all tan. Small body of stream-like water in the middle

Land Management

Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge – unique, worth every ounce of effort