National Park Service

Can brand recognition help kids relate to nature?

Millions of Americans visit national parks and national seashores each summer. If you’re looking for a quieter experience off the beaten path, try a nearby national wildlife refuge, too.

Sandwiched between fields of almonds, walnuts and rice in the Sacramento Valley near the agricultural town of Colusa, is an  unlikely burst of colors, sounds and aromas, all emanating from a native seed farmstead.

Sometimes the care of endangered species is unexpected. That was the case for staff at Fresno Chaffee Zoo and Yosemite National Park when they took in a six-week-old Southern Sierra Nevada fisher that was found abandoned in its den in the Sierra National Forest. Thankfully, multiple organizations...

The Council for the Conservation of Migratory Birds is pleased to announce the winner of the 2023 Presidential Migratory Bird Federal Stewardship Award: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, was honored at this year’s annual...

Staff from the US Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service are working together to find and recover the Alabama Lampmussel.

It was probably inevitable that mangroves would reach Georgia. They’ve rampaged up the Florida coasts after spreading across Louisiana and Texas. And, as the temperature continues to warm at historic levels, Georgia’s climate turns increasingly hot, muggy, tropical, and mangrove friendly

In late April, the Service’s Digital Strategists as well as additional outreach and communications employees were recognized for their year-long efforts to celebrate the Endangered Species Act turning 50 years old.

Saving species like the whitebark pine requires not only deep and careful consideration of current conditions but also assessment of survival under future conditions.

Located not far from Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Texas, Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge offers diverse vegetation which provides habitats for wildlife.  Species that call the refuge home, include ducks, geese, bobcats, coyotes, foxes, minks, white-tailed deer and alligators. ...

Saving the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle is one of the greatest Endangered Species Act success stories of our time. While continued efforts are needed to fully recover the species, actions undertaken for the species in the last 50 years are paying off and we are seeing increased numbers of Kemp’s ridley...

Wild animals are not all as wild as they seem. With so many cracks and crevices, our homes have become habitat for mammals, insects and arachnids. These curious critters have adjusted to share in the creature comforts of modern buildings. Although no roommate is perfect, living with these tiny...

As azure waves lap at a sandy beach at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Gaby and Goo rest for a minute looking out over the water. They have been coming here every year of their adult lives. But they aren’t summer vacationers admiring Lake Michigan. Gaby and Goo are endangered piping plovers...

After years of planning, conservation partners broke ground on the largest salt marsh restoration in the eastern U.S. 

Agencies across the government are taking action to reduce one of the leading causes of bird mortality: collisions with windows.

As part of a national effort to respond to a changing climate, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has identified a number of priorities and objectives that aim to unify the Service’s approach to climate adaptation and mitigation.

A new report shares the process behind a pilot effort for engaging with communities as partners to develop green infrastructure projects that meet local needs.

When you close your eyes and think of a healthy forest, you may picture one that’s thick with trees. But a healthy forest is complex, just like the plant and animal species that live there.

Biologists from the Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office went out to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Peninsula Watershed with Commission staff to collect seeds of summer lupine (Lupinus formosus), one of three native lupine species that feeds the caterpillar of the mission blue...

Background information on the final listing and critical habitat for marron bacora, a rare plant native to the Virgin Islands.

Fires have swept through large portions of habitat used by the southern Sierra Nevada distinct population segment of fisher over the past several years. By examining how fisher are using post-burn forest, the Service hopes to learn more about the needs and habits of this elusive endangered species.

Using eDNA, biologists find traces of a tiny, endangered crustacean that has remained elusive since it was discovered in Washington D.C. in 1938

In March 2022, biologists from the Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office accompanied Rob Grasso, aquatic ecologist from Yosemite National Park, in collecting California red-legged frog eggs from a lake owned by a longtime conservation partner.