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Endangered Species Act

Draft Habitat Conservation Plan and Categorical Exclusion Available for Public Comment

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Habitat Conservation Plan for Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle Available for Public Comment

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Service Finalizes Listing for the Pearl River Map Turtle

Crayfish in hand

Claws for Celebration

a photo or a small fish

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Proposed Critical Habitat for the Barrens Topminnow FAQ

a photo or a small fish

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Service Seeks Comment on Proposed Critical Habitat for the Barrens Topminnow

A Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan in summer plumage standing on light colored boulders

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Mount Rainier White-tailed Ptarmigan Federally Listed as Threatened Due to Climate Change Threat

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$48.4M for Collaborative Efforts to Conserve America’s Most Imperiled Species

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Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle

Habitat Restoration

Between a Rock and an Endangered Place

Biologists release Houston toad eggs into a pond in Central Texas

Wildlife Management

Houston Toad Population Gets a Boost

a dark brown fisher kit looks directly at the camera

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Orphaned Fisher Kit Receives Critical Care

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Service proposes protections for West Virginia spring salamander

Photograph of one Pinaleno talussnail on rock.

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Two Arizona Land Snails Do Not Warrant ESA Listing

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Draft recovery plan released for endangered San Bernardino kangaroo rat

Wildlife Management

National Dialogue Initiated on Working Landscapes and Gray Wolves

Texas Fatmucket freshwater mussel

Endangered Species Act

Conservation Agreement Approved for Lower Colorado River Basin Mussels

group of people outdoors posing for a photo. A small sign that reads Masonville Cove can be seen

Service celebrates a decade of Connecting People to Nature through Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnerships

A threatened Louisiana pinesnake (Pituophis ruthveni) basks atop bed of pine needles. This snake occurs in West Louisiana and East Texas in longleaf pine savannah, a habitat that was mostly reduced by the 1930s.

Endangered Species Act

Draft Recovery Plan for Louisiana Pinesnake Now Available

Biologist holds armored snails

Endangered Species Act

Armored Snail Draft Recovery Plan

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Service Reopens Public Comment Period on Listing Proposal for Texas Blind Catfish

Illegal Killing of Gray Wolf in Jackson County, Oregon

Fort Drum earns Regional Military Conservation Partner Award

Grotto sculpin underwater

Endangered Species Act

Draft Recovery Plan for grotto sculpin open for public comment

Land Management

Landscape conservation, fish passage, and ecosystem restoration — Oh, my!

an orange and brown butterfly with white and black markings standing on dry ground by a plant

New Project Aims to Give Endangered Bay Area Butterfly a Boost

An adult California spotted owl sits on a tree branch looking at the camera

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The Sound of Science

Several people walking into a river

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Snapshot: Haywood County, N.C. Students Learn About River Life First-Hand

Bill Tate, wildlife biologist for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service catches an Okaloosa darter in a stream on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

Endangered Species Act

Okaloosa Darter Makes Epic Comeback: What's Next?

Whooping crane pauses in the vegetation at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

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Flight to Survive

Grasses with tall seed heads and conifer trees in the distance

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Snapshot: 48 hours in search of one of the world’s rarest spiders

From top to bottom, blue skies, purple mountains, desert landscape with small shrubs all tan. Small body of stream-like water in the middle

Land Management

Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge – unique, worth every ounce of effort

Habitat Restoration

Partners Give Golf Course Second Life to Benefit People and Wildlife

Extreme close-up of a tiny brown snail.

Endangered Species Act

How a River Was Moved to Save Tiny Snails

A large light green and brown frog

Taking a Leap of Faith: Harnessing the Power of Community in Conservation

Freshwater mussel survey in southeast Georgia

2023 ACF Basin Freshwater Mussel Workshop