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Trudging through thick boreal forests full of devil’s club and cranberry bushes with hundreds of mosquitoes buzzing around our heads was how my field partner Kela and I spent almost every day this summer. All as an effort to search for a unique hawk and their nests. Our team was tasked by Joint...

The South Atlantic's iconic salt marshes are disappearing. A slew of federal, state, and nonprofit partners are trying to reverse the climate-fueled trend.

Deputy Director Steve Guertin was pleased to present awards to the 2021 and 2022 Presidential Migratory Bird Federal Stewardship Awardees: The Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Sector Delaware Bay and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health...

Despite adaptations that allow them to endure extreme conditions, populations of numerous butterfly species are shrinking. That's why the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working proactively with partners across the nation to change the trajectory for butterflies that are “at risk” of steep...

On Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, there’s a promontory of land that overlooks the expanse of the base, including the Santa Margarita River flowing next to the flightline. In October, a group of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees joined their Marine Corps counterparts on the promontory to...

Townsend, Georgia – U.S. Marine Corps jets and helicopters rain thousand-pound bombs and 30-caliber bullets on a slice of the Altamaha River corridor. Gopher tortoises, flatwood salamanders and eastern indigo snakes benefit mightily.