For Parents and Educators
Wildlife Management
![A view inside a lab. A woman wearing purple nitrile gloves places genetic material into a bright green tray.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-06/jennifer-lab-work-sequence_08.24.2023.png?h=aca7c91d&itok=X9-27lVd)
Science and Technology
![Head and upper shoulder photo of a sika deer with 3 to 4 inches of newly budding antler growth, looking toward camera with mouth open, probably chewing food.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-02/sika-elk-blackwater-nwr-Amy-Schaffer-usfws.jpg?h=9018cea6&itok=zIPSg6B9)
Recreation
Wildlife Management
![A lake trout with red, circular wounds and a sea lamprey attached, eating its side.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-06/lake-trout-with-sea-lamprey_0.jpg?h=c7ebfed9&itok=Hc2B6AWH)
Wildlife Management
![Photo of Crooked Creek after a dam removal](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-05/photo-gadsden-dam-after.jpg?h=29234840&itok=8ubA7R5D)
Habitat Restoration
![Boat on river](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-05/mettsbluff1_0.png?h=0d5f3a4f&itok=bSH0pMgt)
Our People
Wildlife Wonders
![Staff talking to students on beach](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-05/katie-talking-to-students.jpeg?h=71976bb4&itok=QWxAMYpM)
Get Involved
Endangered Species Act
Habitat Restoration
![A blue-eyed adult Pacific lamprey suckers onto a rock underwater.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/Pacific-lamprey-mid-columbia-fish-and-wildlife-conservation-office-jose-vazquez.jpg?h=6400b362&itok=yy1Hi7b3)
Migratory Species
![A fish facing right in clear water near a river bottom with rocks underneath and behind it.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-05/figure-10-aimee-taylor-mid-columbia-fisheries_edited.jpg?h=8a7fc05e&itok=853PdGTI)
Habitat Restoration
![Western Fanshell mussel next to it's conglutinate](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-05/large-western-fanshell-with-conglutinate.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=xAQH_5Td)
Wildlife Management
![Stringy green vegetation being held in a person's hand](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-12/07-Elodea-BeingHeldbyDeborahKornblut-USFWS.jpg?h=2fe01a32&itok=HUrrrPL7)
Science and Technology
Our Partners
![a clear creek with trees in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-10/moose%20creek%20usfws%20katrina%20liebich.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=5ByNQqZS)
![a clear creek with trees in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-10/moose%20creek%20usfws%20katrina%20liebich.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=5ByNQqZS)
![5 people on a bridge](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%2837%29.jpeg?h=9f795444&itok=VtxLMzhr)
Habitat Restoration
![Three images of the dam. 1. Full dam on a rocky stream, 2. Partial dam, part of the structure is gone, 3. open river bed and earthen streambanks held in place with canvas and rock.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-04/large_little-river-dam-before-during-and-after-removal.jpg?h=c56c88b4&itok=W5_PbGy5)
Land Management
Habitat Restoration
![A man using tongs picks out bright orange salmon eggs from a container full of eggs.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-04/shawn-at-eagle-creek-nfh-1.jpeg?h=71976bb4&itok=BUqleCy5)
Our People
![silhouette of a big fish surrounded by little fish in blue water](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-08/15951002241_1c44c86009_o.jpg?h=44e2402b&itok=h7sVqWzS)
Wildlife Wonders
![Little girl smiling with a fishing pole in front of a stream](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-10/11.jpg?h=77d896da&itok=JVp63jjC)
Recreation
![Two people holding a net and kissing some razorback sucker while laughing](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-05/PHS-03020.jpg?h=5b8fe106&itok=zqdyeQJE)
Our Partners
![Trout children's book displayed in front of tank](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-04/trout-book-tank.jpg?h=b6547fa5&itok=N_W6xD7x)
For Parents and Educators
![Freshwater spring](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-04/baltzell-springs.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=jyaA0Xbg)
Recreation
![Big Black rocksnails in water](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-04/0995_2.png?h=c282529e&itok=JB77_bqg)
Science and Technology
![2024 Junior Duck Stamp Winner](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-04/jds-winner.jpg?h=42d86326&itok=8KrEoWGO)
For Parents and Educators
Our Partners
Wildlife Management
Recreation
![A person stands in front of a lake and holds a large goldfish up to the camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/Marcus%20with%20gold%20fish%20USFWS.jpg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=qsEK3vlA)
Wildlife Management
![left: Man in dark cave. Center: Salamander in an enclosure. Right: Man in waders standing in water.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-02/utsa-texas-wildrice-project-san-marcos-river-1_1.jpg?h=22f2f9ba&itok=jpbKQlgk)
Our People
![Biologist in a Florida river holding a Gulf Sturgeon fish.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/gulf-sturgeon-fish-wildlife.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=m-X6bqxk)
Wildlife Wonders
![Landscape view of a bridge over a blue lake with surrounding vegetation on a clear day](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-07/old-cedar-avenue-minnesota-valley-nwr-thia-thiong-usfws-.png?h=31695f74&itok=oQ1UvV2v)
Habitat Restoration
![A biologist holding a wild lake trout while aboard a boat on Lake Ontario.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-02/wild-lake-trout-with-tag.jpg?h=654c4d2f&itok=m2LYyBlR)
Wildlife Management
![A woman wearing a beanie and jacket holds up a clear container with water and a small aquatic organism](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-02/nicole-hams-with-larval-lamprey_usfws-photo-typhanie-shepherd.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=6r-r6MiG)
Our People
![Rikeem Sholes, fish biologist, sitting in an OHV](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-09/Rikeem%20Sholes%20in%20OHV.jpg?h=9c86ceb9&itok=1SYiB2SQ)
Our People
![a long fish in the weeds](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-07/bowfin%20ryan%20hagerty.jpg?h=25fe4385&itok=4xB5c8gG)
Get Involved
![A small fish on a rocky stream bed. Text on image reads Eglin Air Force Base. 20th Annual Military Conservation Partner](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-03/untitled_0.png?h=57024e64&itok=kwsRu9OA)
Our Partners
Our Partners
![A large gray fish, with a flat head and rounded snout that has long barbels hanging from its nose, rests on a rocky lake bottom.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-02/lake-sturgeon-in-niagara-river-usfws.jpg?h=2e4be199&itok=8sLqqD6F)
Wildlife Management
![Box culvert road-stream crossing](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-02/ochjan2024_3_0.jpg?h=c673cd1c&itok=YYCIXNOM)
Science and Technology
![A bluish-green fish with brown gills swims above a bed of rocks](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-08/53084649608_2204342f63_o.jpg?h=caf26d13&itok=Izc62q16)
Wildlife Management
![Coho salmon](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-10/1200x675%20Coho%20adult%20bright4A.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=Px09HLY3)
Wildlife Management
![An ‘ākohekohe sits on a branch. It has a black body with orange patches strewn throughout its body. An orange circle outlines its eye.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/Akohekohe%20%28Robby%20Kohley%29.jpg?h=38761821&itok=iA40PcJ1)
Climate Change
![A woman smiles while holding a Pacific lamprey. Logs and structures from Makah National Fish Hatchery are in the background below the trees and sky.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-01/pacific-lamprey_kathleen-gerard_2023.jpg?h=d318f057&itok=gW4iytrU)
Our People
![Tim Ericson, sitting at the front of a boat, paddles on the Deshka River. The photo is taken from the back of the boat, and Ericson looks back at the camera over his shoulder. The boat is filled with supplies, including moose antlers.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-01/img_0497-1.jpg?h=310f0df3&itok=1HaTaIUy)
Our People
![Freshwater mussel with a prominant spine at the top of its shell sits on a red net](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/20210616_SSA_Report_Altmaha%20spinymussel_Final.jpg?h=f931602a&itok=Xwsz-aOj)
Endangered Species Act
![Woman rowing raft on river](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-01/Sarantopulos%20photo%205.jpg?h=cda1e6db&itok=a1sO-GCA)
Our People
![Invasive zebra mussels](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-01/Zebra-mussels.jpg?h=51e89918&itok=oHblzB5e)
Our People
![Biologists load boat full of invasive carp onto trailer.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-01/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%2816%29.png?h=1ac369e2&itok=B_-j5xuh)
Science and Technology
Endangered Species Act
![A picture demonstrating the incredible filtration capacity of freshwater mussels by using two tanks. After only 30 minutes, the aquarium with freshwater mussels contains crystal clear water while the one without mussels is still very cloudy and turbid.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-12/Freshwater%20Mussel%20Water%20Filtration_0.jpg?h=d01dab7a&itok=o3lQx8QE)
Endangered Species Act
![A bridge over a free-flowing creek with burlap covered soil for replanting on the banks](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-12/after.jpg?h=5dc9785f&itok=IhMYlSWx)
Habitat Restoration
![A person with a huge grin on their face stands in waders on a boat holding fish. Text on image reads "1st Day of Fishmas, a fishing license for the new year."](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-12/1.png?h=cd2a7045&itok=TnjjONTQ)
Recreation
Get Involved
![Wood slice Christmas ornaments](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-12/11.jpg?h=fd4ace7a&itok=JBof63uu)
Recreation
![Service intern in river holding a Chinook Salmon with a radio tag on it's dorsal fin.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/Bethany%20Fackrell_Elwha%20River%20Chinook_Radio%20Telemetry2_Roger%20Peters_July%202023.jpg?h=f2494e44&itok=dfZDeK11)
Our People
Habitat Restoration
![Service Tribal intern standing along a shoreline holding a fish in a small tank.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/Elena%20Prest_Costal%20Cutthroat_Elwha%20River%20outlet_NOAA_Anna%20Kagley_07-11-23.jpg?h=d3d2b5a9&itok=Tv4E3_6u)
Our People
![Panama City crayfish](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/panama-city-crayfish.jpg?h=ec041e41&itok=E4fE63A3)
Habitat Restoration
![Ochlockonee River in Florida](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/Ochlockonee%20River.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=1qQ88kms)
Science and Technology
![a fish with a birthday hat next to a cupcake. The text says "sorry, you're not invited to BIL's birthday". A culvert with eyes is saying "after all I didn't do for you?!"](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%288%29.png?h=eca34813&itok=xWy1KJ35)
Wildlife Wonders
![D.C. Booth NFH](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/thumbnail_image4.jpg?h=a93e8e2a&itok=YJuAo1UJ)
Our People
![Streambank restoration](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/Chipola_Streambank_Restoration2.jpg?h=9e21f0bd&itok=-XIDc7Kr)
Habitat Restoration
Endangered Species Act
![Biologist prepares boat with rock and oyster shell](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/JakeRoush_ShorelineRestoration_0.jpg?h=d023d7c9&itok=ENa_W4eV)
Habitat Restoration
Wildlife Wonders
Our Partners
Our People
![a shiny fish in someone's hand](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-10/herring%20KL.jpg?h=820b4f89&itok=TadhLr-V)
History and Culture
![A rocky river flowing between trees](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/stream.jpg?h=b8bfb7d8&itok=NacC_efL)
![A biologists uses a fine paintbrush to sort through sand and holds a petri dish with tiny snails.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-10/image1.jpeg?h=71976bb4&itok=5_yMw0Kz)
Endangered Species Act
Wildlife Wonders
For Parents and Educators
![An interpretive sign depicting Cripple Creek and its history, in front of the Chena River and fireweed stems.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-10/dscf7323.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=Q-1gnoR6)
Habitat Restoration
Endangered Species Act
Habitat Restoration
For Parents and Educators
Recreation
Press Release
Habitat Restoration
![two men releasing a bull trout from a blue cooler into a stream](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-10/Clackamas%20river%20release_resized.jpg?h=41bd4cb3&itok=z0lgUguC)
Climate Change
![A Pacific lamprey suctioned onto a clear surface with a view of its teeth and the inside of its mouth.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-12/Pacific%20lamprey_Sean%20Connolly.jpg?h=a4c82b23&itok=eZPiP8BV)
Climate Change
![Norfork National Fish Hatchery and Arkansas Game and Fish emplyees sifting through sand in search of mussels.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-10/image0.jpg?h=f0f19a11&itok=jKRSMYwx)
Endangered Species Act
Recreation
![5th grade student shooting a boar at the 3D archery course at Inks Dam NFH.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-10/archery%20boar.jpg?h=251aa37d&itok=KhYfyx0w)
For Parents and Educators
![Little girl smiling with a fishing pole in front of a stream](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-10/11.jpg?h=77d896da&itok=JVp63jjC)
![A new culvert extends beneath a road in Wasila, AK, to improve fish passage for salmon.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/DSCF6106.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=RFsC5Bhs)
Habitat Restoration
Endangered Species Act
![Bill Tate, wildlife biologist for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service catches an Okaloosa darter in a stream on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/BillTate.jpg?h=7c0b4e94&itok=erukkiDq)
Endangered Species Act
![A group of people standing and sitting on the floor while listening to a presentation.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/erwin%20event_0.jpg?h=e5c52b45&itok=vfXR2jza)
For Parents and Educators
Recreation
Endangered Species Act
![Spring River Crayfish](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/Spring%20River%20Crayfish%20%281%29_0.jpg?h=cd1caf41&itok=4obTRdpQ)
Wildlife Management
![Representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, members of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, and other partners pose for the Numana Dam groundbreaking.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/Groundbreaking%20Shovel%20Photo_Heil%20USFWS.jpg?h=58ee261b&itok=oLGSvjNW)
Habitat Restoration
![An aerial photo of wetlands and coastline near the Beaufort Sea](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/dscf7109.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=ezQz8y1g)
Science and Technology
![A river running through a desert sage landscape with small mountains in the backdrop and bright blue skies above.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/Numana%20Dam%20Project%20Site.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=AUGGhV_r)
![Extreme close-up of a tiny brown snail.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/Springsnail3_cover.jpg?h=88813667&itok=sAau-Fh_)
Endangered Species Act
![Freshwater mussel survey in southeast Georgia](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-08/ACF_Mussel_Workshop_surveying.jpg?h=61d6ec92&itok=7zHN8qKs)
Our Partners
For Parents and Educators
![Various species of freshwater mussels from the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-08/natdiglib_20495_full_0.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=c7v7kjnr)
Endangered Species Act
![A propeller is covered in tiny mussel shells.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/51220891309_552a8b822d_6k.jpg?h=790be497&itok=tDHuFnOW)
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
![A child looking at the camera smiling and showing off a trout being colored in a coloring book.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-08/Imani%20Dunn-Uvalde%20NFH-enlarged.jpg?h=533a2157&itok=DYBMoQLr)
For Parents and Educators
For Parents and Educators
![A close-up underwater shot of an Apache trout swimming](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-08/20230507_AZ_ApacheTroutSoldierCreek_jmonroe%20DSC09951.jpg?h=c3635fa2&itok=9VSOdGas)
Endangered Species Act
![Students visiting Wolf Creek NFH](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-07/ESL%20students%20Visitor%27s%20Center.jpg?h=5dc9785f&itok=7b8fwayF)
![Jakob Bengelink teaching a fisheries science technology lesson around a table outside at the academy.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-08/_KC_3682-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg?h=c8be493a&itok=PyY9Zcwn)
Our People
![Samson Creek outlet](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/Samson%20outlet.jpg?h=d08f423e&itok=QDsoI6hW)
Our Partners
Endangered Species Act
![silhouette of a big fish surrounded by little fish in blue water](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-08/15951002241_1c44c86009_o.jpg?h=44e2402b&itok=h7sVqWzS)
Wildlife Wonders
![Underwater photo of a lamprey attaching itself to a log.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-01/Northwest-Pacific-lamprey.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=gF5sgniP)
Climate Change
![Pop up canopy shelter with several Fish and Wildlife Service logos.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-08/Family%20Fun%20Day%2C2023%20%285%29.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=vSJBoRTD)
For Parents and Educators
![Underwater picture of an invasive fish](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-07/3-31-2023%20Drupal%20Story%20Banner%20Don%27t%20Spread%20Invasive%20Species%20While%20Fishing%20Green%20Crab%20USFWS%20Sam%20Stukel_1.jpg?h=a6f59e49&itok=M-kWEhFU)
Wildlife Management
![Child learning about parts of a fish](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-07/Family%20Nature%20Day%20at%20RCPL%207.21.23.jpg?h=a7d2deb9&itok=HncDMha-)
Wildlife Wonders
![Atlantic sturgeon being released](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-07/sturg_0.jpg?h=835262af&itok=drCakUba)
Endangered Species Act
Wildlife Wonders
![A river passes through a partially deconstructed dam](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-07/Day%201%20Final_High%20Street%20Dam%20Removal_Credit%20TNC_0.jpg?h=5dc9785f&itok=92tTjgb2)
Climate Change
Habitat Restoration
![Small gopher frog held in the right hand of a scientist equipped with a telemetry tag](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-07/GPH_tagged_2023.jpg?h=8fc55742&itok=p9bV3ZLm)
Wildlife Management
![Single fish underwater. Black band on fin.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-07/Side%20View3A.jpg?h=da126737&itok=FYNxybRC)
Habitat Restoration
![Kids and USFWS volunteers using shooting archery](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/355569737_6149608061822287_3237585873050983342_n%20-%20Copy.jpg?h=4521fff0&itok=BX64QT0Y)
Recreation
![Close up of biologist holding small brook trout.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-09/brook%20trout%20Credit%20Scott%20Cornett%2C%20NYDEC.jpg?h=08b866d1&itok=VG2nsVmD)
Climate Change
Climate Change
![Male Service employee stands beside Big Brothers Big Sisters event participant as he holds a rainbow trout she caught. Lake in background.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/Big%20Brothers%20Big%20Sisters%20Event%20-%20girl%20with%20trout%20-%20Kevin%20Cody%20-%2005-25-23_cropped.jpg?h=f5eb4fc7&itok=jck8y2v9)
Recreation
![Elderly people fishing out of blue stock tub under a tent](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/2_0.jpg?h=f27b4c73&itok=Tgzen0IE)
Recreation
Recreation
![Kid kneeling in front of a tackle box with fishing lures inside](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-05/Sauls%20Tackle%20box%20051223.jpg?h=d318f057&itok=xzMFQUIZ)
For Parents and Educators
![image shows an island neighborhood and houses connected to mainland by a bridge, which has been washed out by water. Debris litters the shoreline](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/Sandy_NJ%20Neighborhood%20Damage.jpg?h=481a4661&itok=fjuX_pyN)
Habitat Restoration
![a tan fish with orange fish in a net](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-05/gherman47%20Freshwater%20drum%20ccbync4.jpg?h=7e77adf5&itok=n2V86f8w)
Wildlife Wonders
![Uwharries Elktoe Inner Shell](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-05/UwharriesElktoe_internalview_0.png?h=ba4f7059&itok=u4GwFxBZ)
Science and Technology
![Mammoth Spring Earth Day 2023](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-05/project%20image.jpg?h=4bbaaf4b&itok=QNIZNJR1)
Get Involved
![a fish in water by a log](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-05/scs%20fws%202.jpg?h=6f3285a6&itok=f2vtecvn)
Climate Change
![A brownish fish with hints of pink and yellow, and is covered in small spots being held just above a tank of water.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-07/Lahontan-cutthroat-trout-OUT-OF-WATER-Joanna-Gilkeson-USFWS.jpg?h=7ab1eea8&itok=K8mEE5vW)
Endangered Species Act
![A jet black, scaly snake with a burnt orange colored face curled up in some grass](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-06/eastern-indigo-snake-red-face.jpg?h=193fa5cb&itok=z0-JAMgE)
Endangered Species Act
![water and marsh vegetation weave together throughout a wetland](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/5187274473_7573d07343_o.jpg?h=e90b0c29&itok=o0DgS9g2)
Wildlife Wonders
![A person smiling while holding a razorback sucker. River in background.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-05/PHS-03196.jpg?h=6165570b&itok=PGZOGXOv)
Endangered Species Act
![Construction equipment working on the side of a flowing river](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-03/Sabattus%20Upper%20Town%20Dam%2009-21-22%20during%20construction_credit%20ME%20DMR.jpg?h=c673cd1c&itok=ERnMEbJB)
Habitat Restoration
Endangered Species Act
![Photo of a mussel mimicking a minnow, luring a bass close enough to take a bite so baby mussels can attach to the fish's gills for a ride upstream.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-05/PHOTO%20Mussel%20mama%20story%20lure%20for%20Drupal.png?h=7917b763&itok=mufYuixk)
Endangered Species Act
![Photo of arch which facilitates fish passage in St. Clair County, Alabama.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-05/PHOTO%20Manulife%20Drupal%20arch.jpg?h=f97871b5&itok=BBx6U5de)
Migratory Species
![School of river herring swimming.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-09/River%20herring.jpg?h=a98032fe&itok=pTzKDWgN)
Habitat Restoration
![looking out at a snowy stream from within a round metal culvert pipe.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-05/22791659_1558092984229930_3487798818112308052_o.jpg?h=92704f59&itok=bZaSkN6C)
Our People
Wildlife Wonders
![USFWS employee giving a presentation](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-04/Mak.jpg?h=89329d7f&itok=sr-ksWI4)
Endangered Species Act
![Image of dam with bridge overhead and fish passage structures in the foreground](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-04/Turners-falls-dam-ken-sprankle.png?h=94b28deb&itok=AxgYR_iF)
![Professor examining fossils in a classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-04/Dr.%20Meyer.jpg?h=4521fff0&itok=1J-FtbIn)
Science and Technology
![Two side by side photos of a girl wearing a blue life vest, smiling and holding a fish. In one photo, she appears to be about to eat or kiss the fish. She stands in a raft in water.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-04/Emersyn%20Wiese%20catfish%20collage.png?h=6377f7ce&itok=6yykQ7lh)
Our People
![Invasive carp in tub on boat](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-04/Carp.jpg?h=b8483a7a&itok=5zpZ6VYQ)
Habitat Restoration
Endangered Species Act
![Pair of oregon chub swimming](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-01/Oregon%20Chub%20-%20USFWS-Pacific%20Region.jpg?h=80a51f15&itok=WbZfqbPX)
Endangered Species Act
Our People
![Freshwater mussel with a prominant spine at the top of its shell sits on a red net](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/20210616_SSA_Report_Altmaha%20spinymussel_Final.jpg?h=f931602a&itok=Xwsz-aOj)
Endangered Species Act
History and Culture
![Image of dam with bridge overhead and fish passage structures in the foreground](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-04/Turners-falls-dam-ken-sprankle.png?h=94b28deb&itok=AxgYR_iF)
![photo of a duck in flight](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-03/339117018_495066662687811_3768301475069039450_n.jpg?h=7352b137&itok=sX40ye2G)
For Parents and Educators
![close-up view of a butterfly and a hummingbird moth sipping nectar from some pink flowers.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-03/swamp-milkweed-by-erin-huggins-usfws.jpg?h=ec84c1f0&itok=LC3FeV9x)
Wildlife Wonders
![A group of people gathered around a tree observing lichen](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-03/5_0.jpg?h=4521fff0&itok=tp-nJxQ6)
For Parents and Educators
![A swimming eastern brook trout, a colorful fish with red fins along a yellow belly, and yellow and red spots on its olive green body.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-01/Brook%20trout_Seneca%20Creek%20WV_FWS%20Ryan%20Hagerty.jpg?h=d3d9c0b6&itok=GqswSylW)
![image of a fish on a sign](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-03/Grass_Carp_Signage-Alpena_FWCO2_0.jpg?h=18855b7c&itok=stP51lsH)
Get Involved
Our People
Endangered Species Act
![Gloved hands hold a small, green, spiky fish](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-12/Juvenile%20green%20sturgeon%20Red%20Bluff%20hand_0.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=7zKEG29F)
Habitat Restoration
![a man with long hair holding a spiky fish](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-02/60074340_10216165032172590_2253342857995747328_n.jpg?h=026830cb&itok=x5vE2daO)
Wildlife Wonders
![a sepia view from above showing a cluster of buildings and manmade fish ponds](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-02/UvaldeHatchery-Historic.jpg?h=cf8a981b&itok=ES1Bs4CL)
![A rust colored crayfish at the bottom of an aquarium tank](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/Big_Sandy_crayfish_%2816382866013%29.jpg?h=c73f39cf&itok=xPX7jAfO)
Endangered Species Act
![girl in pink holding a shiny silver fish](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-02/DSC04516.jpg?h=8a3aa4aa&itok=5VfkPV-r)
Recreation
![USFWS employee and volunteer sitting behind blue information booth](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-01/327370629_726114232351044_2331263568245002231_n.jpg?h=36b85d0a&itok=6YgNHaI2)
Recreation
Get Involved
![a round polka dotted fish with red fins](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-01/opah%20ralph%20pace.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=o2Tu2yK8)
Wildlife Wonders
Our Partners
Wildlife Wonders
Habitat Restoration
Get Involved
![A biologists hefts a gila trout from a natural body of water, with wetland plants and forest in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-09/gila%20trout%20photo.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=6b1JhWCa)
Wildlife Management
![several shiny, silver fish underwater](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-11/EDIT_American-Shad_by%20Bill%20Byrne-MassWildlife.png?h=2a62b8cc&itok=wlqsOFf9)
Migratory Species
Habitat Restoration
Science and Technology
![A graphic of a light blue sky with puffy clouds. A green highway sign hangs from the top and reads "The Great American Hatchery Road Trip." At the bottom, a fish drives a blue car along a road toward a brown sign with the USFWS logo and text that reads "Little White Salmon National Fish Hatchery."](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-11/Hatchery-Road-Trip-Representative-Image-Little-White-Salmon-01.png?h=1fd454ff&itok=iCNuI-M9)
Recreation
Our People
![A graphic of a light blue sky with puffy clouds. A green highway sign hangs from the top and reads "The Great American Hatchery Road Trip." At the bottom, a fish drives a blue car along a road toward a brown sign with the USFWS logo and text that reads "Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery."](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-11/Hatchery-Road-Trip-Representative-Image-Spring-Creek-01.png?h=228784f6&itok=TKTB9vZH)
Recreation
![2 adult Cape Fear shiners in net](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-11/CapeFearShinerCollectionEdentonNFHcreditSymonsHighres.jpg?h=5d8d1d0b&itok=Uz2i-wD3)
Endangered Species Act
![A close up image of a hand holding a young lake sturgeon. In the background is a tree lined river.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-05/Baby-lake-sturgeon-%20Genessee-River-NY-usfws.jpg?h=d318f057&itok=7OlsCg4I)
Wildlife Management
Get Involved
History and Culture
Get Involved
![A graphic of a light blue sky with puffy clouds. A green highway sign hangs from the top and reads "The Great American Hatchery Road Trip." At the bottom, a fish drives a blue car along a road toward a brown sign with the USFWS logo and text that reads "Quilcene National Fish Hatchery."](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/Hatchery-Road-Trip-Representative-Image-Quilcene-01.png?h=c6f92d8f&itok=rRWYwKN8)
Recreation
Story
Wildlife Management
For Parents and Educators
![a common mola swimming](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/mola%202%20%20Dennis%20Rabeling.jpeg?h=4521fff0&itok=Op6LcVDQ)
Wildlife Wonders
![a salmon suspended in clear water with a moldy head](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/Chinook%20salmon%20zombie%20Jan%20Boyer%20USFWS.jpeg?h=e78a1630&itok=_KWJlGM7)
Wildlife Wonders
![Park picnic area in a grassy meadow with lush green trees and a national fish hatchery banner](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/096.jpg?h=19f14c2c&itok=yFqwZ-5s)
For Parents and Educators
![looking down stream at trees in fall colors and cloudy skies](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/LIttle%20Tronsina-Recovered.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=lWU86fmq)
![A person holds a European Green Crab in their hand. The crab has one pincher in the air.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/EGC%20from%20Pacific_Ryan%20Munes_USFWS%20PR_large.jpg?h=74b934ab&itok=VpPXlsEc)
Get Involved
Wildlife Management
![Student holds seedball](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-01/IMG_6932.jpg?h=a18d8d31&itok=w4hhvo02)
For Parents and Educators
![Hand holding a small fish](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/LVSD4.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=1RWO3WuF)
Wildlife Management
![Pinicon Ridge Park Dam in Iowa](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/Pinicon%20Ridge%20Park%20Dam.jpg?h=6f2da855&itok=1Hh8KiEB)
Habitat Restoration
![A graphic of a light blue sky with puffy clouds. A green highway sign hangs from the top and reads "The Great American Hatchery Road Trip." At the bottom, a fish drives a blue car along a road toward a brown sign with the USFWS logo and text that reads "Saratoga National Fish Hatchery."](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/Hatchery-Road-Trip-Representative-Image-Saratoga.png?h=602b367c&itok=COQr0cM0)
Recreation
Wildlife Management
![Large fish laying in an antler in water on top of a bed of colorful stones](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/bull%20trout%20Photo%20Credit%20Jim%20Mogen%20USFWS%20flickr.jpg?h=a5eb5da0&itok=tzujD6DS)
Habitat Restoration
Our People
![A close-up shot of an Eastern brook trout in front of large, rocky substrate.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-03/eastern-brook-trout.jpg?h=58dcccc3&itok=SMJocplc)
For Parents and Educators
![Vials in vial holder in lab](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/Vials%20for%20BacT.jpeg?h=71976bb4&itok=UTuqMUh7)
Science and Technology
![Klaskanine Fish Hatchery Dam #3 under removal and restoration](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-09/article%20pic%201.jpg?h=6a77de94&itok=eBVeg3SG)
Habitat Restoration
![A graphic of a light blue sky with puffy clouds. A green highway sign hangs from the top and reads "The Great American Hatchery Road Trip." At the bottom, a fish drives a blue car along a road toward a brown sign with the USFWS logo and text that reads "Private John Allen National Fish Hatchery."](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-09/Hatchery-Road-Trip-Representative-Image-Private-John-Allen.png?h=ca90df93&itok=LUB8DtZt)
Recreation
Wildlife Management
![large jackhammer removes concrete dam](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-09/TownDam_Jackhammer.jpg?h=b80a9625&itok=hdBcpLgG)
Habitat Restoration
Our People
![Service intern, Eric Klingberg, holding a fish containment bag as a biologist inserts a floy tag into a salmon.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-09/Eric%20004.jpg?h=f09d18f1&itok=nCDVPIAc)
Our People
![A graphic of a light blue sky with puffy clouds. A green highway sign hangs from the top and reads "The Great American Hatchery Road Trip." At the bottom, a fish drives a blue car along a road toward a brown sign with the USFWS logo and text that reads "Leadville National Fish Hatchery."](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-09/Hatchery-Road-Trip-Representative-Image-Leadville.png?h=228784f6&itok=lIBrd6lX)
Recreation
![excavator digging near stream with mountains and clouds in background](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/20220812_121430.jpg?h=5ae68d57&itok=F4S58S2d)
Our Partners
Our People
![5 people on a bridge](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%2837%29.jpeg?h=9f795444&itok=VtxLMzhr)
Habitat Restoration
Endangered Species Act
Recreation
Our Partners
![A fish swimming with yellow and orangish coloration and black spots over the body and tail photographed under water.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-07/Apache-trout-USFWS.jpg?h=3e2d02cc&itok=JnEdoa8Q)
Endangered Species Act
![A graphic of a light blue sky with puffy clouds. A green highway sign hangs from the top and reads "The Great American Hatchery Road Trip." At the bottom, a fish drives a blue car along a road toward a brown sign with the USFWS logo and text that reads "Neosho National Fish Hatchery."](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/Hatchery-Road-Trip-Representative-Image-Neosho.png?h=228784f6&itok=uH_SOMBi)
Recreation
![Man smiling](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/Summit%20Manor%20Fishing%20Event5%208.17.22_0.jpg?h=404059e4&itok=EI5lkdJE)
Recreation
Habitat Restoration
![a group of people standing on a bridge over water holding a blue sign](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-08/DSCF6669.jpg?h=19842dfc&itok=b-JbApBr)
Habitat Restoration
Wildlife Management
Recreation
Migratory Species
![Dark gray fish are visible beneath the surface of clear water.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-05/rainbow-trout-run-credit-usfws.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=oGYsEt6D)
Recreation
![A graphic of a light blue sky with puffy clouds. A green highway sign hangs from the top and reads "The Great American Hatchery Road Trip." At the bottom, a fish drives a blue car along a road toward a brown sign with the USFWS logo and text that reads "Erwin National Fish Hatchery."](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/Hatchery-Road-Trip-Representative-Image-DC-Booth.png?h=bdede7e9&itok=ZtANjLAh)
Recreation
![A graphic of a light blue sky with puffy clouds. A green highway sign hangs from the top and reads "The Great American Hatchery Road Trip." At the bottom, a fish drives a blue car along a road toward a brown sign with the USFWS logo and text that reads "Orangeburg National Fish Hatchery."](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-07/Hatchery%20Road%20Trip%20Representative%20Image%20-%20Orangeburg.png?h=6490b0ac&itok=fXkuvM_s)
Recreation
![An eel is swimming along against the current over a rocky river bottom.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-05/American-eel-credit-usfws.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=bGi5OfKq)
Habitat Restoration
![man standing by a river in rain gear](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-12/usfws%20Will%20Rice%20southeast.jpg?h=d4a5129e&itok=u9pHrRkg)
Recreation
History and Culture
Endangered Species Act
![children with fishing poles](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-07/Card%20Carrying%20anglers%205.18.22%20family%20checked%20out7.jpg?h=5dc9785f&itok=IID7bE54)
Our Partners
History and Culture
![A graphic of a light blue sky with puffy clouds. A green highway sign hangs from the top and reads "The Great American Hatchery Road Trip." At the bottom, a fish drives a blue car along a road toward a brown sign with the USFWS logo and text that reads "Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery."](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-07/Hatchery%20Road%20Trip%20Representative%20Image%20-%20Warm%20Springs-01.png?h=287d56b8&itok=QiSTAm2E)
Recreation
![Several people stand in a circle around a woman wearing traditional Tribal garments](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-07/01.jpg?h=8779381a&itok=Og3ZCQUy)
Wildlife Management
![A graphic of a light blue sky with puffy clouds. A green highway sign hangs from the top and reads "The Great American Hatchery Road Trip." At the bottom, a fish drives a blue car along a road toward a brown sign with the USFWS logo and text that reads "Mammoth Spring National Fish Hatchery."](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-07/Hatchery%20Road%20Trip%20Representative%20Image%20-%20Mammoth%20Spring-01.png?h=bdede7e9&itok=UOoEoBWh)
Recreation
![A graphic of a light blue sky with puffy clouds. A green highway sign hangs from the top and reads "The Great American Hatchery Road Trip." At the bottom, a fish drives a blue car along a road toward a brown sign with the USFWS logo and text that reads "Erwin National Fish Hatchery."](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-07/Hatchery%20Road%20Trip%20Representative%20Image%20-%20Erwin-01.png?h=892bdc18&itok=u5FOt_bj)
Recreation
![Several yellow juvenile freshwater mussels held in hands](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-07/Mussels%20from%20baskets.jpg?h=9c86ceb9&itok=uJF35eaf)
Endangered Species Act
![A graphic of a light blue sky with puffy clouds. A green highway sign hangs from the top and reads "The Great American Hatchery Road Trip." At the bottom, a fish drives a blue car along a road toward a brown sign with the USFWS logo and text that reads "White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery."](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-07/Hatchery%20Road%20Trip%20Representative%20Image%20-%20White%20Sulphur%20Springs-01.png?h=4350b837&itok=9SSSYodW)
Recreation
![Three men measure a large fish in shallow water near a river's edge](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-07/Sturgeon%20measure.jpg?h=790be497&itok=Y-mstCPR)
Migratory Species
Our People
![A group of men fly fishing](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-07/reel%20recovery2%205.19.22.jpg?h=9f711c3a&itok=FwEeJGfP)
Our Partners
![s brown fish that looks like a snake](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-07/Snakehead%20pmk00001%20CCbyNC.jpg?h=a8406094&itok=zM_x0_et)
Wildlife Management
![A tracked wheelchair in front of the Simpson Trail sign at Iron River National Fish Hatchery in Wisconsin.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-07/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%281%29_0.png?h=d2b8ac9a&itok=4F6aP873)
Recreation
Wildlife Wonders
![Step pools fish passage](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-12/step%20pools.jpg?h=4521fff0&itok=Eb6j6bKR)
Habitat Restoration
![volunteer Wayne Allan helps visitors in Friends shop](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-01/volunteer_Wayne_Allan_helps_visitors-in_Friends_shop_Wolf_Creek_NFH_Brett_Billings_USFWS.jpg?h=87951989&itok=Dv-sqaJK)
Get Involved
Get Involved
History and Culture
![Landscape of St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/St.-Marks_1.jpg?h=90d0893a&itok=FAGvN2Vm)
Climate Change
![A graphic of a light blue sky with puffy clouds. A green highway sign hangs from the top and reads "The Great American Hatchery Road Trip." At the bottom, a fish drives a blue car along a road toward a brown sign with the USFWS logo and text that reads "Berkshire National Fish Hatchery."](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/Hatchery%20Road%20Trip%20Representative%20Image%20-%20Berkshire-01.png?h=19a79977&itok=kYM5wjgm)
Recreation
![Two young brothers are fishing in the Sewee Pond at the annual Youth Fishing Rodeo.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/youth-fishing-rodeo-tricia-midgett.jpg?h=8122a1f2&itok=nGEM-X8t)
Recreation
![A graphic of a light blue sky with puffy clouds. A green highway sign hangs from the top and reads "The Great American Hatchery Road Trip." At the bottom, a fish drives a blue car along a road toward a brown sign with the USFWS logo and text that reads "Dwight D. Eisenhower National Fish Hatchery."](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/Hatchery%20Road%20Trip%20Representative%20Image%20-%20Eisenhower-01.png?h=904983b8&itok=zE_-c0PE)
Recreation
![A graphic of a light blue sky with puffy clouds. A green highway sign hangs from the top and reads "The Great American Hatchery Road Trip." At the bottom, a fish drives a blue car along a road toward a brown sign with the USFWS logo and text that reads "Nashua National Fish Hatchery."](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/Hatchery%20Road%20Trip%20Representative%20Image%20-%20Nashua-01.png?h=904983b8&itok=YwNjR6If)
Recreation
Wildlife Management
![shiny silver scales up close](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/sicklefin%20redhorse%20scales.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=p4JzSHQR)
Migratory Species
Wildlife Management
Wildlife Wonders
![A profile view of a green-colored, spotted fish held with two hands.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-09/Gila%20trout_Craig%20Springer.jpg?h=800cb475&itok=BTmxLraj)
Wildlife Management
![Seven Brook Trout fish swimming in water with rocks underneath them](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/brook%20trout%20by%20Ryan%20Hagerty%20USFWS.jpg?h=66ebd104&itok=pgaSYPa9)
Wildlife Management
Migratory Species
For Parents and Educators
![X-Ray Story](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/X-Ray%20Cover%20Story%20%281%29.jpg?h=199ec08d&itok=zPKg35tl)
Science and Technology
History and Culture
![A smiling, bearded man in a ballcap holds up a small carved salmon](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/Andy-Jaynes-Friends-of-NW-Hatcheries-receives-award-Julia-Pinnix-2022-5-9.jpg?h=436e712b&itok=TqRwRh3j)
Our Partners
![USFWS employee holding a Rainbow trout between two seated elderly women](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/6.jpg?h=d318f057&itok=NGbPL7i_)
Recreation
![A group of people work in a garden with mountains and blue sky with clouds in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/pollinator-garden-volunteers-at-work-2022-5-leavenworth-national-fish-hatchery-julia-pinnix.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=hVa6o-RS)
Get Involved
Get Involved
![Small blue fish](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/Devils%20Hole%20pupfish.jpg?h=06db0562&itok=HMkO_g0i)
Wildlife Wonders
For Parents and Educators
![Adult Chinook salmon on a black background](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-12/WCS_jumpstart_LMahoney.png?h=482418d5&itok=v86TL_2n)
Wildlife Management
![trees by a bouldery river](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/Little%20Susitna%20River%20%20jan%20boyer%20USFWS.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=9Cp3gBjX)
Wildlife Wonders
![A graphic of a light blue sky with puffy clouds. A green highway sign hangs from the top and reads "The Great American Hatchery Road Trip." At the bottom, a fish drives a blue car along a road toward a brown sign with the USFWS logo and text that reads "Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery."](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/Hatchery%20Road%20Trip%20Representative%20Image-Craig%20Brook-01.png?h=19a79977&itok=2IJHzW1P)
Recreation
Wildlife Management
![A young woman fishing from a platform](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-02/6-J.ClarkSalyerRefuge-ND-GaryEslingerUSFWS.jpg?h=370fea1b&itok=L-HYw0Sk)
Recreation
![Round Hickorynut mussels](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/Round%20Hickorynut%20mussels_0.jpg?h=ea54e190&itok=UodY7sh4)
Endangered Species Act
![Honeybees storing honey and pollen on an apiary frame](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/Bees%20on%20frame%20%28resized%29_0.jpg?h=2c67b92e&itok=okfGkpyX)
Land Management
Our Partners
![Rainbow trout eggs prepared for shipment](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-03/Eggs%20packed%20in%20cooler%20tray.jpg?h=2992ba0a&itok=EDc4jplo)
Wildlife Management
![Rainbow trout eggs prepared for shipment](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-03/Eggs%20packed%20in%20cooler%20tray.jpg?h=2992ba0a&itok=EDc4jplo)
Science and Technology
![a round perched culvert pinching a creek](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%2818%29.png?h=19f14c2c&itok=AYIuFlEd)
Habitat Restoration
Our Partners
![looking down stream at trees in fall colors and cloudy skies](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/LIttle%20Tronsina-Recovered.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=lWU86fmq)
![A wet area of ground in the forest](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/Hays%20Spring%20site%202_0.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=NjLPc4BH)
Endangered Species Act
![Dozens of silver fish swim over a rocky stream bed.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-06/Alewife%20Ryan%20Hagerty%20Deer%20Creek%20MD.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=NfagUgRG)
Migratory Species
![Outdoor Eco Day](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/Outdoor%20Eco%20Day%20Mammals%20of%20Kentucky%20.jpg?h=9f711c3a&itok=jTkJPi-L)
For Parents and Educators
Get Involved
![Kentucky Junior Duck Stamp Best of Show 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/2022%20Kentucky%20Junior%20Duck%20Stamp%20WInner.jpg?h=4cfd7935&itok=i3ho5uVj)
Our Partners
![A close up of a brook trout showing its beautiful dots and patterns on its side.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-05/underwater-brook-trout-credit-usfws.jpg?h=fc44d703&itok=tVzdf_cm)
Habitat Restoration
![A ruby throated hummingbird hovering upwards to a light purple flower to feed.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/ruby-throated-hummingbird-jim-hudgins-usfws.jpg?h=826e55b8&itok=JW7xWU__)
Land Management
![Log inoculated with mushroom spawn sealed with wax](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-03/thumbnail_IMG_7225.jpg?h=9c86ceb9&itok=w4zEWCJa)
Recreation
![2 men in t-shirts peer into a rectangular cage as they slide it into the back of a pickup, with a beaver inside the cage.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-03/beaver-loaded-for-transport-leavenworth-national-fish-hatchery-mid-columbia-fish-and-wildlife%3Dconservation-office-julia-pinnix.jpg?h=0d915b3a&itok=vpyIV5Zw)
Habitat Restoration
![Card Carrying Anglers program](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-03/Card%20Carrying%20Anglers2.jpg?h=12c6a9c8&itok=rHGY81jj)
Recreation
Wildlife Wonders
Land Management
Land Management
![An fish with large, sail-like dorsal fin and colorful body markings. Their dorsal fins are fringed in red and dotted with large iridescent red, aqua, or purple spots and markings.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-07/Arctic-grayling-Ryan-Hagerty-USFWS.jpg?h=34e7a2da&itok=UsTa9Lwf)
Migratory Species
![Fish Collecting at Artur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-11/MicrosoftTeams-image_0.png?h=aebd4313&itok=rpBU-5rR)
Wildlife Management
![fish in a hand with mountains in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-06/DSC01790.jpg?h=d2e1b7c8&itok=g-N-2hnt)
History and Culture
![a shiny brown tube like fish](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-12/Lamprey2%20square.jpg?h=046d311a&itok=Th1lTPo7)
Wildlife Wonders
![Chinook salmon fry juvenile fish in murky green-brown water with vegetation on both sides.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-12/IMG_1785.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=vAsUGZ_T)
Migratory Species
![a beaver dam in a wetland](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-12/kwethluk%20beaver%20dam.jpg?h=19f14c2c&itok=qqWeLmV9)
Wildlife Wonders
![A long and slender fish, dark in color, with white spots, swimming along a grass covered stream bed.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-07/Northern-pike-Ryan-Hagerty-usfws.jpg?h=c46ea77e&itok=WHN2nh-H)
Recreation
![a brown speckled fish](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-12/Lucas%20Beaver%20CCbyNC%20burbot.jpg?h=70491a58&itok=1Ky5cwI_)
Recreation
![school bus passing over a fish passage culvert](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-12/Salmon_PetersonCreekCulvert_LioneClare-2.jpg?h=906e4bae&itok=iw_hm4XA)
Habitat Restoration
![Close up of a juvenile sturgeon's head. Left eye is visible.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-07/baby%20sturgeon.jpg?h=a2a88269&itok=xpR6ca6u)
Migratory Species
![Biologists visually inspect juvenile mussels](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-12/Hatchery%20produced%20mussels%20Aubry%20Buzek.jpg?h=a580faff&itok=sUI-661m)
Science and Technology
Wildlife Wonders
![A lamprey is held by two gloved hands above transportation tanks.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-12/pacific-lamprey-before-release-mid-columbia-fish-and-wildlife-conservation-office-sarah-ortiz.jpg?h=d9b1a243&itok=6QSPxD9y)
Our Partners
Science and Technology
Habitat Restoration
![Deputy Manager of Edenton NFH, Sam Pollock, shows lake sturgeon to children](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/Sam%26ChildrenLake%20Sturgeon%202021%20%285%29.jpg?h=5840db29&itok=rlL1qyRt)
Science and Technology
![Edenton NFH staff member and NC Wildlife Resources Commission staff member release lake sturgeon using net into French Broad River, NC](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/Lake%20sturgeon%20release%20French%20Broad%20River%20NC%20Aubrey%20Onley%20Luke%20Etchison%20Credit%20Symons.jpg?h=5c4d6242&itok=EmjhS5GX)
Science and Technology
![A man with a large tribal tattoo on his right upper arm reaches into a fishing hoop net, his face hidden by a large straw hat.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/tribal-man-nets-salmon-for-surplus-leavenworth-national-fish-hatchery-julia-pinnix.jpg?h=a5eb5da0&itok=D3Uy-wvS)
Our Partners
Science and Technology
Our People
Endangered Species Act
Land Management
![Dark colored newt on bright green vegetation](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/eastern%20newt_Grear.jpg?h=30c08e7f&itok=fOvyyn-D)
Wildlife Management
Wildlife Management
Endangered Species Act
![A graphic showing a red stop sign with a boat on a ramp.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-10/SAH_Brand_Icon.jpg?h=80c0b1a9&itok=E11PiKxo)
Recreation
![woman holding an alligator gar boatside](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-10/natdiglib_32090_extralarge.jpg?h=e46dc74e&itok=HP2ljNDr)
Wildlife Wonders
![big fish raised out of the water](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-10/lahontan%20usfws.jpg?h=10eba24d&itok=RUg659cg)
Wildlife Wonders
Migratory Species
Wildlife Wonders
Recreation
Habitat Restoration
Habitat Restoration
Habitat Restoration
![In the foreground, a bush blooms with white flowers. Mid-ground, a blue bird bath stands inside a garden surrounded by wooden fencing. In the background, a gazebo is near the garden, and the hatchery main building is beyond.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-09/pollinator-garden-at-leavenworth-national-fish-hatchery-julia-pinnix.jpg?h=2e08d46a&itok=heRcJLvq)
Habitat Restoration
History and Culture
Wildlife Management
![Black and white photo of a man bent over, pressing milt from a male salmon into a metal bucket. 5 or 6 other fish lie on boards on the ground behind him.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-09/fertilizing-salmon-eggs-leavenworth-national-fish-hatchery-1940-8-22.jpg?h=dae4909d&itok=p0gwmy7A)
History and Culture
Endangered Species Act
Wildlife Wonders
![A small, spotted fish swimming.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-07/Muskellunge-Brett-Billings-usfws.jpg?h=3de7c1f4&itok=tNBMlcUT)
Science and Technology
![A fish swims in a tank with other fish and has a large mouth and dark, horizontal stripe along the side of its body.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-07/largemouth-bass-ryan-hagerty-usfws.jpg?h=aceffb67&itok=aad8rNrD)
Science and Technology
Wildlife Management
![Native Cutthroat trout swimming in Yellowstone National Park](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/cutthroat-trout-credit-nps.jpg?h=0c771a41&itok=0mHe_G41)
Science and Technology
![Native Cutthroat trout swimming in Yellowstone National Park](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/cutthroat-trout-credit-nps.jpg?h=0c771a41&itok=0mHe_G41)
Science and Technology
![Native Cutthroat trout swimming in Yellowstone National Park](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/cutthroat-trout-credit-nps.jpg?h=0c771a41&itok=0mHe_G41)
Science and Technology
![Native Cutthroat trout swimming in Yellowstone National Park](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/cutthroat-trout-credit-nps.jpg?h=0c771a41&itok=0mHe_G41)
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Habitat Restoration
For Parents and Educators
![A baby tortoise perches in grass and looks at the camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/baby-gopher-tortoise-Chris-Potin---Mississippi-Army-National-Guard.jpg?h=5d444c2b&itok=8TyP5gY4)
Wildlife Management
Endangered Species Act
Recreation
![Photo of kids fishing at a lake](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/Katrina.png?h=f3202380&itok=O3VEMDXy)
Recreation
![zebra mussel nestled in a marimo moss ball](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/zebra-mussel-nestled%20in-marimo-ball-credit-usgs.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=nztk6SWY)
Science and Technology
Get Involved
Endangered Species Act
![two women by a stream in the forest](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/DSC03381.jpg?h=97f0b295&itok=qg9WFR5S)
Habitat Restoration
Recreation
Wildlife Management
![A person stands in front of a lake and holds a large goldfish up to the camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/Marcus%20with%20gold%20fish%20USFWS.jpg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=qsEK3vlA)
Wildlife Management
Get Involved
![Water flows through narrow gorge with moss-covered rock in the foreground.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/flowing-river-credit-courtney-celley-usfws_0.jpg?h=e7a02329&itok=OcecoRnD)
Habitat Restoration
Endangered Species Act
![A Native Alaskan wearing a warm camo jacket pulling a white and silver fish out of the ice](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-02/subsistance-fishing.jpg?h=6af821df&itok=L4mdhaFA)
History and Culture
![A dam crosses a river, but a portion has been removed to that water can flow through. People stand on an overlook that crosses the open section of the river.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-07/ASFHeadTide.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=wUAdFz57)
Habitat Restoration
![person's hands holding a bright red fish with hearts](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-07/1_8tCVL9vFPu8qnBQA6nBFBQ%20%281%29.jpeg?h=409fa0e9&itok=XbHH3TY7)
Migratory Species
Wildlife Wonders
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Juvenile Pacific lamprey from the hatchery](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-07/Lamprey%20research%20photo.jpg?h=2b532fb3&itok=rWA2qhcl)
Science and Technology
![Dozens of silver fish swim over a rocky stream bed.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-06/Alewife%20Ryan%20Hagerty%20Deer%20Creek%20MD.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=NfagUgRG)
Habitat Restoration
Get Involved
![Avista biologist holding a Bull Trout before transport to be released into the Clark Fork River](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-06/Avista%20biologist%20holding%20a%20Bull%20Trout%20before%20transport%20to%20be%20released%20into%20the%20Clark%20Fork%20River%2C%20MT..jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=1P_ZplAD)
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
History and Culture
Science and Technology
![a man in a boat on a river holds a hook with a dead salmon on it.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-09/1_JGS5095.jpg?h=150d09c5&itok=SH0PrPt9)
Wildlife Management
Habitat Restoration
Our Partners
Habitat Restoration
![A creek with a small waterfall](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-09/Dry%20Creek%20ramp.jpg?h=dcc25298&itok=892BHLuw)
Habitat Restoration
Habitat Restoration
Habitat Restoration
![Construction of the Diversion Channel spillway outlet at Leavenworth NFH in 1939.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-04/Outlet-channel-spillway-construction-1939-Leavenworth-NFH-USFWS.jpg?h=0625e73c&itok=r0Kh5Xtm)
History and Culture
![A USFWS volunteer drives a golf cart carrying fertilized spring Chinook salmon eggs from the spawning area to the nursery.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-04/volunteer-spawning-egg-transport-Leavenworth-NFH-Marjie-Lodwick-USFWS.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=qoPEmr73)
Get Involved
![a purple flower](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-09/4_Water_Hyacinth_Flower.jpg?h=4a9d1e17&itok=zsNZ4acP)
Land Management
![a man kayaks down a river in rapids](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-06/5_Rapids.jpg?h=ef2c7511&itok=m8wjGpX6)
Wildlife Management
Endangered Species Act
![a salmon](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-06/1_Spring_Run_Chinook.jpg?h=b6b2a568&itok=8N0HHqmf)
Wildlife Management
![Fish swimming](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-06/9_Summer_Steelhead.jpg?h=6cf95957&itok=hFt1rLgZ)
Wildlife Management
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Wildlife Management
![Close-up of photo of hands holding a fish with its mouth open](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-09/7_LCT_tagging_JGIlkeson.jpg?h=5ee9a5cf&itok=5fevRJHy)
Endangered Species Act
For Parents and Educators
![small fish coming out of a steel pipe](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/1-WR-Salmon-Shoot.jpg?h=6645cb5b&itok=D65AUKNP)
Migratory Species
![a woman holding a large fish](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-09/Lisa-Heki.jpg?h=cc0e7aff&itok=mSCHFYHF)
Wildlife Management
![A man writes on a poster board](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/IMG_6896.jpg?h=d3a75b3e&itok=t4YI6zjf)
Migratory Species
Endangered Species Act
![two men standing in a river](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/StewartDamon.jpg?h=33381ad6&itok=Q-o7aJCv)
Wildlife Management
Endangered Species Act
Wildlife Management
![small fish in a tank](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/3-Captive-DHP.jpg?h=a97ec303&itok=bAJJIUwl)
Endangered Species Act
Habitat Restoration
Wildlife Management
![four men looking at a culvert](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-09/Photo1.jpg?h=3200cca8&itok=UOU-zH3L)
Habitat Restoration
Our People
![A parasitic eel-like fish with a gaping mouth](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-06/Lamprey-glass-wall-Heil.jpg?h=35987d69&itok=-AzKHbMZ)
Wildlife Wonders
Get Involved
![a fish with a fish tail in its mouth](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-09/LCT-Migration6.jpg?h=d2f6dca2&itok=hser9ihq)
Wildlife Wonders
Endangered Species Act
Habitat Restoration
Endangered Species Act
![a clear creek with trees in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-10/moose%20creek%20usfws%20katrina%20liebich.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=5ByNQqZS)
![Landscape view of a bridge over a blue lake with surrounding vegetation on a clear day](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-07/old-cedar-avenue-minnesota-valley-nwr-thia-thiong-usfws-.png?h=31695f74&itok=oQ1UvV2v)
Habitat Restoration
![Freshwater mussel with a prominant spine at the top of its shell sits on a red net](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/20210616_SSA_Report_Altmaha%20spinymussel_Final.jpg?h=f931602a&itok=Xwsz-aOj)
Endangered Species Act
![A rocky river flowing between trees](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/stream.jpg?h=b8bfb7d8&itok=NacC_efL)
Endangered Species Act
Habitat Restoration
Press Release
Endangered Species Act
![A river running through a desert sage landscape with small mountains in the backdrop and bright blue skies above.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/Numana%20Dam%20Project%20Site.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=AUGGhV_r)
![A close-up underwater shot of an Apache trout swimming](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-08/20230507_AZ_ApacheTroutSoldierCreek_jmonroe%20DSC09951.jpg?h=c3635fa2&itok=9VSOdGas)
Endangered Species Act
![looking out at a snowy stream from within a round metal culvert pipe.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-05/22791659_1558092984229930_3487798818112308052_o.jpg?h=92704f59&itok=bZaSkN6C)
![Freshwater mussel with a prominant spine at the top of its shell sits on a red net](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/20210616_SSA_Report_Altmaha%20spinymussel_Final.jpg?h=f931602a&itok=Xwsz-aOj)
Endangered Species Act
![Image of dam with bridge overhead and fish passage structures in the foreground](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-04/Turners-falls-dam-ken-sprankle.png?h=94b28deb&itok=AxgYR_iF)
![a sepia view from above showing a cluster of buildings and manmade fish ponds](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-02/UvaldeHatchery-Historic.jpg?h=cf8a981b&itok=ES1Bs4CL)
![excavator digging near stream with mountains and clouds in background](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/20220812_121430.jpg?h=5ae68d57&itok=F4S58S2d)
![A fish swimming with yellow and orangish coloration and black spots over the body and tail photographed under water.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-07/Apache-trout-USFWS.jpg?h=3e2d02cc&itok=JnEdoa8Q)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Several people stand in a circle around a woman wearing traditional Tribal garments](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-07/01.jpg?h=8779381a&itok=Og3ZCQUy)
Wildlife Management
![Adult Chinook salmon on a black background](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-12/WCS_jumpstart_LMahoney.png?h=482418d5&itok=v86TL_2n)
Wildlife Management
![looking down stream at trees in fall colors and cloudy skies](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/LIttle%20Tronsina-Recovered.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=lWU86fmq)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Habitat Restoration
Endangered Species Act