More than $100 Million in Public-Private Funding will Benefit Wetland Conservation Projects

The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, chaired by U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, today approved $28 million in grants for the Service and its partners to conserve, enhance or restore more than 150,000 acres of lands for waterfowl, shorebirds and other birds in 20 states through the North American Wetlands Conservation Act matched by more than $72 million in partner funds. The commission also approved $4.2 million from the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund to conserve 2,200 acres in Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.
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Autumn Wonders

Fall brings a stir to national wildlife refuges. As daylight wanes, birds and butterflies start their long flights south, massing at many refuges along the way, and bull elk compete for mates. Check out our migration hot spots.
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Closeness to the Wild

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently expanded hunting and fishing opportunities at more than 90 national wildlife refuges and other public lands. At Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, biologist Dom Watts seizes those opportunities every chance he gets. "Hunting and fishing gives me this connection with nature that you can't get any other way," he says. "It gives you this closeness to the wild."
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Secretary Bernhardt Expands Public Access to Hunting and Fishing on 1.4 Million Acres Nationwide »

Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Notices Final Rule Proposed Rule Notice
	09/13/19. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Foskett Speckled Dace From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
	09/13/19. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status for Graham's Beardtongue (Penstemon grahamii) and White River Beardtongue (Penstemon scariosus var. albifluvis); Designation of Critical Habitat for Graham's Beardtongue and White River Beardtongue
	09/11/19. 2019-2020 Station-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations
	09/06/19. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Findings for Three Species
	09/04/19. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of Seven Northeastern Species
	08/28/19. Migratory Bird Hunting; Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for Certain Migratory Game Birds
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