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graphic illustration of two people with backpacks looking at a map and a rising sun on the horizon with the text "goal: improving satisfaction" and an arrow pointing to "mapping our your journey"

Science and Technology

Personas, Journey Maps, and Usability Testing

Conservation Success Story: A Tale of Two Mussels

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

Invasive bat fungus confirmed in five California counties

Land Management

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

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

Conservation and Cooperation

Endangered Species Act

Grizzly Bear 399 Fatally Struck by Vehicle in Snake River Canyon

Endangered Species Act

Final NLEB and TCB Tools and Guidance Frequently Asked Questions

Close up of the brodiaea filifolia plant with purple leaves

Endangered Species Act

Celebrating the 20th Year of the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan

Wildlife Management

Take A Walk On The Wild(life) Side

Endangered Species Act

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

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

Regal fritillary butterfly on a common milkweed

Endangered Species Act

USFWS Proposes ESA Protections for Both Subspecies of the Regal Fritillary Butterfly

Light green, lobed leaves grow in a basal rosette. Two slightly blooming yellow flowers erupt from the plant’s center.

Endangered Species Act

Texas Golden Gladecress Draft Recovery Plan

Endangered Species Act

Service Extends Final Listing Rule and Reopens Comment Period for Texas Catfishes

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to delist wetland plant

A shrub-like plant with showy, bright orange flowers.

Endangered Species Act

Draft Recovery Plan for Gierisch mallow

mexican long-nosed bat

Endangered Species Act

Mexican Long-Nosed Bat Revised Recovery Plan

New resource provides guidance for wood-turtle friendly forest management

Seeking public comment for Alliant Wind Interstate Wind Project Habitat Conservation Plan

Two yellow and white speckled fish with slight frowns.

Endangered Species Act

The Service will Evaluate Sonora Chub's Critical Habitat

Seeking public comment on Cardinal Point Wind Project Habitat Conservation Plan

Endangered Species Act

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

Endangered Species Act

Draft Habitat Conservation Plan and Categorical Exclusion Available for Public Comment

Staff talking to students on beach

Florida State University Student Career Shadow Day

Bright blue, Big Sandy crayfish resting on a rock.

Endangered Species Act

Threatened species gets head start at hatchery

a blunt-nosed leopard lizard wearing a tracking collar is released into dry grass

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awards over $1 million in 2024 Recovery Challenge Grant Awards in California

a black, green and red frog peeks its head out of a pool of water

Habitat Restoration

Threatened Frogs Move Into Wetlands on Tahoe National Forest Burn Scar

California Condor soaring over mountains

Endangered Species Act

Informed Mitigation Hatches a Win for Condors

Bishop Paiute Tribe, USFWS and partners celebrate establishment of Owens pupfish sanctuary

Two smiling biologists flex their muscles along a river bank

Fighting for Underwater Underdogs

A monarch butterfly pollinates a yellow marigold flower.

5 Pollinator-Friendly Ways You Can Manage Garden Pests

Kevin Enge, left, FWC, and Travis Thomas, UF, right, pose while holding a large male Suwannee alligator snapping turtle with their boat and Suwannee River in the background. This is the 15th year the two men have been trapping and monitoring the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle to conserve and protect them.

Endangered Species Act

Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle

Habitat Restoration

Fish and Wildlife Service Pursues Nature-Based Solutions

A black and white marbled murrelet floating in calm water

Endangered Species Act

Revised Marbled Murrelet Inland Survey Protocol

a yellow bird with a short bill sits on a branch with green leaves

Birds on the Brink