The Texas Coastal and Central Plains Ecological Services Field Office Fort Worth Sub-office works to protect and recover our nation’s most imperiled species.

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A sea turtle with a dark brown shell and flippers with light margins lays in a rubberized box during transport
Endangered Species Act
Transatlantic Rescue Mission Bringing Endangered Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Home
A remarkable story of international collaboration and conservation is coming to a happy ending. With the help of a diverse group of partners and volunteers, a juvenile Kemp’s ridley sea turtle found stranded in the Netherlands is returning to her home waters in the Gulf of Mexico in early November.
A small fish swims broadside over coarse, colorful sand.
Endangered Species Act
Service Announces the Final Recovery Plan for the Arkansas River Shiner
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved a recovery plan for the Arkansas River shiner (Notropis girardi), a minnow found in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. This recovery plan serves as a roadmap for the conservation of the Arkansas River shiner and its habitat and establishes criteria for...
A bird sits at then end of a branch.
Endangered Species Act
Black-capped Vireo Surveys Show Continued Recovery
Today, spotting a black-capped vireo can feel almost ordinary, with an estimated 22,000 individuals found in the wild. But this small, inconspicuous bird was once on the brink of extinction, with a nearly unsustainably low of only 350 individuals thought to exist across its range in 1987, when the...
A small fish swims broadside over coarse, colorful sand.
Endangered Species Act
Service Announces Availability of Draft Recovery Plan for Imperiled Arkansas River Shiner
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public comments on a draft recovery plan for the Arkansas River shiner (Notropis girardi), an imperiled minnow native to the Arkansas River basin found in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. The 60-day comment period ends on Oct. 30th, 2023. 
Researchers assemble a mussel silo
Endangered Species Act
Comments sought for Draft Environmental Assessment for the Designation of Critical Habitat for the Louisiana pigtoe
The Service announces the opening of a 30-day public comment period on the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Designation of Critical Habitat for the Louisiana pigtoe. The public comment period will allow the public the opportunity to review and comment on the EA, which includes a...
a small rodent with a long thin tail and large rear feet
Endangered Species Act
Texas Kangaroo Rat Proposed Listing
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the Texas kangaroo rat, a small nocturnal rodent in north-central Texas, as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Service is also proposing designating 597,069 acres in five Texas counties as critical habitat that...
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About Us

The Texas Coastal and Central Plains Ecological Field Office Fort Worth Sub-office (formerly known as the Arlington, Texas, Ecological Services Field Office) works to promote the Service’s mission to conserve and protect wildlife across north Texas. Originally established in 1950 in Fort Worth, the office is currently located in Fort Worth, with satellite offices in Lubbock and Nacogdoches. In 2023, the Arlington, Texas, Ecological Services Field Office was absorbed by the Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office as a sub-office. We provide assistance to federal and state agencies, local governments, businesses, and the general public to conserve, protect, and restore habitat for migratory birds and species listed threatened and endangered under the Endangered Species Act.  

What We Do

The vision of the Texas Coastal and Central Plains Ecological Services Field Office Fort Worth Sub-office is to ensure healthy, abundant, and sustainable populations of fish, wildlife, and plants in North Texas, with an emphasis on recovery of species listed as threatened or endangered on the Endangered Species Act of 1973. We strive to conserve and protect species and their habitats for future generations through science-based decision-making and with the continued support and collaboration from our partners.  

Our Organization

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The Ecological Services Program works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend. Using the best available science, we work with federal, state, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to...
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Our Species

The Texas Coastal and Central Plains Ecological Services Field Office Fort Worth Sub-office works to protect and recover our nation’s most imperiled species. Our efforts encompass a variety of species, including migratory birds, lesser prairie chicken, black-capped vireo, red-cockaded woodpecker, Arkansas River shiner, sharpnose shiner, smalleye shiner, Louisiana pigtoe, Texas heelsplitter, alligator snapping turtle, Texas kangaroo rat, and Geocarpum minimum (rare plant).  

Get Involved

The Texas Coastal and Central Plains Ecological Services Field Office Fort Worth Sub-office frequently works with individual citizens, schools, local communities, public and private organizations, and state and other federal agencies. Please reach out to our office to find out more about these programs or to see how you can get involved! 

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