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Dark colored gray wolf with a Uinta ground squirrel in its mouth

Endangered Species Act

USFWS finalizes designation of gray wolf experimental population in Colorado

Restoration projects in southeast Missouri available for public comment

A small cluster flower made up of multiple smaller modified leaves that look like smaller flowerets, shown in the center with three elongated green leaves radiate away from the flower. Other vegetation rocks are visible in the background.

Endangered Species Act

Service Reclassifies Plant Native to Caribbean Islands

A small cluster flower made up of multiple smaller modified leaves that look like smaller flowerets, shown in the center with three elongated green leaves radiate away from the flower. Other vegetation rocks are visible in the background.

Endangered Species Act

Servicio Reclasifica Planta Nativa de las Islas del Caribe

A photo of the oblong rocksnail taken by the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center

Endangered Species Act

Oblong Rocksnail

Small bat with long ears held by two hands wearing blue gloves

Endangered Species Act

A small brown bat with a silver band on its wing resting on a piece of bark with thin, frilly, silvery-green vegetation

First, find the bats

Tagged Mussels in Big Canoe Creek

Endangered Species Act

About Dam Time!

Endangered Species Act

Black Warrior Waterdog

Common terns

Habitat Restoration

Trustee agencies release draft plan and environmental assessment to restore natural resources in Buzzards Bay

Service to open new Office and Visitor Center in Kennebunk, ME

A large, black beetle with big orange markings and orange-tipped antennas crawls on a human hand.

Endangered Species Act

American burying beetle population in New England reinforced

Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Comments on California Condor Incidental Take Permit Application

a brown owl with white spots sits on a snag with brown foliage in the background

Endangered Species Act

Public Comment Sought on Proposal to List California Spotted Owl

A close up photograph of twoWhite Fringeless Orchid

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Final Recovery Plan for White Fringeless Orchid

Small bodied fish with a blunt snout, rounded fins, three saddles, and a blotched mottled pattern along the sides of its body.

Trispot Darter Conservation

A gray wolf sitting in dried grass. Only the head and shoulders are visible.

Endangered Species Act

Public invited to comment on draft rule & DEIS for proposed Colorado gray wolf experimental population designation

A parent wood stork, on the right, cares for three young nestlings, two to three weeks old.

Endangered Species Act

Service Proposes Delisting the Wood Stork

A tan tortoise crawls along sandy terrain, with some dry grass in the foreground. The there's a putty lump on the shell reading "S9"

Endangered Species Act

Seeking Comment on Bolson Tortoise Conservation Program

a close up photo of the relict darter

Endangered Species Act

Service Announces Availability of Final Recovery Plan for Relict Darter

Endangered Species Act

Service to initiate grizzly bear status review in the Northern Continental Divide & Greater Yellowstone ecosystems

A small yellow flower on a thin green stalk in the foreground, with blurred stalks in the background.

Endangered Species Act

Seeking Comments on Recovery Plan for Endangered Arizona Flower

New Mexico meadow jumping mouse feeding on grass

Endangered Species Act

New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse Final Recovery Plan

a brown snake in foliage

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reopens Comment Period on Proposal to Delist the Puerto Rican Boa

Group of people walking along a dirt road past conifer trees and a scenic vista

Habitat Restoration

Snapshot: Experts Come Together to Develop Strategy for Red Spruce Restoration

Habitat Restoration

Easing the squeeze on people and wildlife

a mountain landscape

Seeking Elusive Bats and Rare Desert Orchids in the Southwest

Wildlife Wonders

Which Texas Mussel Are You?

Endangered Species Act

Karner blue butterfly recovery in New Hampshire

Keeping the magic of monarchs alive

Compartmentalized trays holding soil and young trees

Habitat Restoration

Snapshot: Red Spruce Propagation Lays the Foundation for Forest Restoration

Mojave Desert Tortoise Survival

Habitat Restoration

Restoring Rare Plants on California's Channel Islands

Mr. Snake, a Louisiana pinesnake that helps the U.S. Forest Service with education and outreach, lying in pine straw July 11, 2022.

Wildlife Wonders

Conserving Louisiana’s Elusive Pinesnake

a snake on the branch of a tree

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Removal of Puerto Rican Boa From The List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife - Questions and Answers

a snake on the branch of a tree

Endangered Species Act

Propuesta para Remover la Boa de Puerto Rico de La Lista de Vida Silvestre Amenazada y en Peligro de Extinción Preguntas y Respuestas