Missouri Ecological Services Field Office

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Ecological Services Program traces its roots back to 1946 with the founding of the River Basins Program that reviewed federal water development projects. Since then, responsibilities of the program have expanded to include reviews of most federal construction projects, endangered species, environmental contaminants and a variety of conservation partnerships and grants.

The Missouri Ecological Services Field Office achieves conservation from the Ozarks to the Missouri and Mississippi rivers and other parts of Missouri through partnerships and collaboration. Together with our conservation partners at state and federal agencies, local governments, private citizens and non-government organizations. We strive to protect federal trust resources like threatened and endangered species and the habitats they depend upon, migratory birds and interjurisdictional fish. We also expend significant energy assessing and restoring injuries to natural resources through the Natural Resource Damages Assessment and Restoration Program at numerous Superfund sites throughout the state.