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People wearing "I Heart Lenapehoking" shirts gather in a forested area under tall tree cover.

History and Culture

Rekindling Indigenous Knowledge

Endangered Species Act

Final recovery plan for the grotto sculpin

A Canada lynx sitting in deep snow surrounded by boreal forest.

Endangered Species Act

USFWS Proposes Revised Critical Habitat for Canada Lynx & Announces Final Recovery Plan

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Coastal Barrier Resources System Expands under Reauthorization

Endangered Species Act

Seeking public comment on proposed critical habitat for rusty patched bumble bee

Florida manatee head just above the water's surface, with a second manatee just behind the first

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Extends Comment Period on Proposed Florida and Antillean Manatee Critical Habitat Designation

Manatee resting in a body of water with a school of mangrove snappers..

El Servicio Federal de Pesca y Vida Silvestre extiende el período de comentarios sobre la propuesta de designación de hábitat crítico para el manatí de Florida y manatí Antillano

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History and Culture

One small step: More than 1,000 acres returned to the Onondaga Nation

Shiny tan and yellow fish with pink and blue coloration

Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Listing and Critical Habitat for Pecos Pupfish

Rolling mountains with conifer trees and a partly cloudy sky

2024 - Weekly Highlights from the Asheville Field Office, Asheville, North Carolina

Shrub-like plants with showy bright orange flowers grow in a brown field with other shrubs.

Endangered Species Act

Final Recovery Plan for the Gierisch Mallow Plant Now Available

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Land Management

Agencies renew Nevada's commitment to shared stewardship

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Habitat Restoration

BLM, FWS issue final analysis, preferred approach for proposed highway

Clouds surround the major peaks of the Teton Range over Jackson Lake and Willow Flats.

Wildlife Management

Grizzly #399’s Remains Returned to Grand Teton National Park

Endangered Species Act

Recovery plan for four imperiled freshwater mussels

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Endangered Species Act

Ocmulgee Skullcap Federally Protected

Conservation Success Story: A Tale of Two Mussels

Land Management

Public comment on Multi-Bat Species General Conservation Plan for NY, PA and WV

a group of little brown bats clinging to the roof of a cave

Invasive bat fungus confirmed in five California counties

A woodpecker perched on a tree with a bug in its mouth.

Endangered Species Act

Downlisting of Red-cockaded Woodpecker from Endangered to Threatened

Endangered Species Act

Grizzly Bear 399 Fatally Struck by Vehicle in Snake River Canyon

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service opens public review period for desert tortoise conservation plan

Endangered Species Act

Service proposes protections for the Bethany Beach firefly

Grizzly bear walking through a field

Endangered Species Act

Secure Food, Trash, Other Attractants: Help Protect Bears as They Prepare for Winter

Wildlife Management

Take A Walk On The Wild(life) Side

A stylized image of three fish, to the left a salmonid, in the middle, a larger sturgeon with a pointy nose and fins, and to the right a long, eel shaped Pacific lamprey

Science and Technology

New Ways Forward for Fish Passage in the Pacific Northwest

A small brown bat with what looks like white powder on its nose. The white is in fact a fungus.

Wildlife Wonders

Do "bat” an eye. These critters need our help!

A flowering bush with small pale pink flowers

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service completes 90-day finding for species in California, Nevada and Oregon

A bright yellow flower in a desert landscape with mountains in the background

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determines Las Vegas bearpoppy does not need ESA protections

Flat design graphic of wind turbines in the Ozark Mountains

New website launches to keep Carroll County informed about Nimbus Wind Farm project

Look & listen: Get to know the 'feisty' Owens pupfish

Two butterflies on purple flowers with a building in the background

Snapshot: College Students Begin Semester-Long Service With Day at Asheville Pollinator Garden

A large male Suwannee alligator snapping turtle rests on a riverbank.

Wildlife Management

Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle

Woman sitting on the forest floor examining something in a small tray she is holding

Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: Rare Spider Monitoring Season Comes to a Close in the Smoky Mountains Backcountry

An aerial view of a dry creek on the left and a blue body of water on the right, separated by green trees.

Habitat Restoration

$5 Million in BIL Funding Set to Transform Habitat for Bull Trout in Gold Creek

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Endangered Species Act

Snapshot: North Carolina Biologists Learn to Listen for Bats