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A closed gate barricades the route to the Duvall Bridge on Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Photo Credit: Mike Assenmacher / USFWS

Duval Bridge Closure

Land Management

Interior Establishes Willamette Valley Conservation Area in Oregon

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

Left, Joe Lester Chesser and his grandson Andrew stand in front of the old Homestead site that is now part of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Joe, 89, grew up there and left when the refuge took over in 1971. Today Andrew works for the American Conservation Experience taking care of 120 canoe trails in the refuge.

History and Culture

Explore a Family Legacy: Journey Through Chesser Island in the Okefenokee Swamp

2024-2025 Station-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Proposed Rule

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

For Parents and Educators

State and Refuge Partners Host Hunter Education Course For the First Time

Northwest Montana Wetland Management District Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment

Youth pose with a fish and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff at the 2024 Cops and Bobbers Fishing Program

Building Connections Through Fishing

Drawing of a brown duck with a green patch above its eye sitting in greenish water.

For Parents and Educators

Fremont student wins California’s Digital Junior Duck Stamp Contest

Necedah National Wildlife Refuge firefighters assist local community

Wildlife Management

National Elk Refuge to End Supplemental Feeding for 2022-2023 Season

An adult and child read a sign at Wapato Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

For Parents and Educators

Community Celebrates New Public Access at Wapato Lake National Wildlife Refuge

The colorful back of an Arctic grayling is held just out of clear waters by a gloved hand

Habitat Restoration

Public Review and Comment Period Extended for Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Draft Environmental Assessment

Over $120M From Inflation Reduction Act Advances Resilience

Brown sign with the words Headquarters Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and a moose silhouette

Wildlife Management

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Withdraws Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Proposed Rule

The colorful back of an Arctic grayling is held just out of clear waters by a gloved hand

Habitat Restoration

Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Releases Draft Environmental Assessment for Arctic Grayling Overwintering Habitat

Waterway view at Bill Williams River Refuge

Land Management

Bill Williams River Environmental Analysis Available for Public Comment

Land Management

Rappahannock River Valley NWR Public Comment to Open the Cat Point Creek Unit

A wooden water control structure on the riparian shore of North Burnt Fork Creek

Habitat Restoration

Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge Releases Draft Environmental Assessment for Fish Passage Barrier Removal

McNeill-Peach Creek Unit at San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge

Land Management

Texas National Wildlife Refuges Grow by Nearly 6,000 Acres in 2022

Image of group in front of cabin

History and Culture

USFWS History Committee Conducts Annual Meeting

Habitat Restoration

Why is there water in that lake?

Eastern kingbirds in flight

Get Outdoors at Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Migratory Species

I'm a fish (Gonna spawn till I die): an original song by the Fish and Wildlife Band

Dander print on a glass window that outlines a bird’s outstretched body

Wildlife Management

Art and Conservation

A wildfire is burning in the desert. A black plume of smoke is behind an observation towet

Refuge Fire Update - Imperial NWR

Land Management

These Boots are Cleaned for Hiking

an old tree at the edge of the marsh

Land Management

Gaining Ground at Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge

A National Wildlife Refuge sign with a blue goose stands before a field of low-growing plants with a large wetland beyond. In the distance sand dunes are on the horizon beneath a blue sky.

History and Culture

A tribute to the Latino Legacy of the Salinas Valley

Mangroves Move North as the Climate Heads South

A Sticky Solution at Nestucca

Guam NWR volunteer labeling planted seeds at the plant nursery

Habitat Restoration

Restoring habitat after Typhoon Mawar