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Dan Murphy: Taking a Landscape Approach to Conserving Wildlife

Land Management

Service Seeks Public Input to Improve Access to Federal Lands

A teacher and a line of her students on a curved trail in the snowy prairie

Long time educator comes to Fergus Falls team

Closeup of a common murre on a ledge

Four million murres missing

Young children birding at San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Birdwatching in America

A blue sign with "Selawik National Wildlife Refuge" in text and an illustration of sheefish with a geometric design at the bottom

History and Culture

Sunsets and Sheefish

Sunset over a lake with orange clouds and reflections on water and submerged vegetation in the foreground

Keeping our neighbors safe near Marion, Illinois

An art exhibit of 17 acrylic paintings of various birds hung on brick wall.

Community Gallery

Wildlife Wonders

Surviving Minnesota Winters

Wildlife Management

Avoid sick or dead waterfowl

a buena vista lake ornate foraging at a pile of dried mealworms

Wildlife Wonders

Camera trap catches Buena Vista Lake ornate shrews

Mentor Autumn and Mentee Natasha at Mentored Archery Deer Hunt at Cherry Valley NWR November 2024

From Field to Fork

Person dressed up in a blue and white goose mascot with large orange, black and white monarch butterfly wings planting a garden along with two people in. blur shirts

Joining forces to make a future for monarchs

American white pelican at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

Public Comment Period on Bear River Draft Environmental Assessment

Wildlife Management

Service Promotes Public Access to Hunting and Fishing

Wildlife Management

San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex announces Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Voluntary Pilot Programs for Lead-Free Hunting

Northwest Montana Wetland Management District Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment

Land Management

Pahranagat Refuge announces proposal to modernize water infrastructure

Kuskokwim River Mainstem Fishing Opportunities - Federal Subsistence Board News Release

a bobtail squid with large black eyes floats in front of a rock face

Land Management

Biden-Harris administration publishes final management plan for Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

Successful 2024 Elk Antler Auction

Land Management

Service Provides Landowners Clarity and Assurances on Wetland Easements

Migratory Species

Interior Department Announces $87 Million for Wetland Conservation Projects and Refuges

Wildlife Management

Avoid sick or dead waterfowl

a buena vista lake ornate foraging at a pile of dried mealworms

Wildlife Wonders

Camera trap catches Buena Vista Lake ornate shrews

Mentor Autumn and Mentee Natasha at Mentored Archery Deer Hunt at Cherry Valley NWR November 2024

From Field to Fork

A unformed FWS employee shakes hands with another individual while holding an award. A woman stands smiling to the right of the awardee.

Habitat Restoration

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Biologist Wins Natural Resources Conservation Service (WA) Annual Partner Award

Migratory Species

One bird too many

Honoring All Veterans and Battle of Midway Heroes

Maintenance Action Team Restores Habitat at Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge

Man with a beard wearing a Marine veteran hat

Veteran protects Alaska's waters

2024-2025 Station-Specific Hunting and Fishing Final Rule

Pinkish-purple speckles cover a seed pod growing off the green stem of a Fish Slough milkvetch plant.

Wildlife Wonders

The Amazing Native Plants of the Great Basin

"Conservation Found Me"

Great Drives on National Wildlife Refuges