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A sea turtle attempts to nest, but tourists and their lights scared it back into the water.

A Shining Light

a brown relictual slender salamander rests on a decaying log

Wildlife Wonders

Sequoia's Slender Salamanders a Precious Sight

U.S. fisha dn wildlife staff talk with Fort Meade's Colonel Gore about stream restorationists Ben Hutzell speak with Colonel Gore and ARD Sharon Marino about stream restoration techniques

Habitat Restoration

Fort George G. Meade – A Strong Partner for Climate Resiliency and Wildlife

Endangered Species Act

Service Releases Five-Year Status Review for Marbled Murrelet

Endangered Species Act

Strategy to Manage Invasive Barred Owls to Protect Imperiled Spotted Owls

a bright orange lily with dark red speckles and anthers

Endangered Species Act

Service announces availability of draft recovery plans for three listed California plants

Person standing in the back of a flatbed truck examining artificial bat roosts

Endangered Species Act

Concerned about a construction project and how it may affect an endangered species?

Watercraft inspector physically inspecting two kayaks on top of truck roof rack for aquatic invasive species.

Preventing dreissenid mussels from entering Alaska

Endangered Species Act

Seeking public comment on Michigan habitat conservation plan

A cluster of light green, cone-shaped flowers of Arizona eryngo blooms among other Arizona eryngo plants.

Endangered Species Act

Arizona Eryngo Draft Recovery Plan Available

Intern in river holding a freshwater mussel

Meet the Future of Conservation

Service Proposes Listing Santa Ana Speckled Dace as Threatened Species

Habitat Restoration

NV Native Seed Partnership awarded $3.74 million for habitat restoration in the Great Basin

Grizzly bear attempting to cross the road, surrounded by cars and people.

Endangered Species Act

Wildlife Partners Urge Responsible Behavior on Togwotee Pass

Mojave Desert Tortoise facing out of burrow

Endangered Species Act

BLM, USFWS seek public input on Northern Corridor Alternatives in Utah

Seeking public comment for Sweet Acres Wind Project Habitat Conservation Plan

Seeking public comment for Prosperity Wind Project Habitat Conservation Plan

Endangered Species Act

Collaborative conservation keeps lake sturgeon off endangered list

A black-footed ferret in their enclosure.

Science and Technology

Innovative Cloning Advancements for Black-footed Ferret Conservation

Endangered Species Act

Interior Department Finalizes Action to Strengthen Endangered Species Act

5 brown coal darters in a viewing container.

Endangered Species Act

Coal Darter Proposed Listing

Female Grizzly Bear

Wildlife Management

As Grizzly Bears Emerge from Dens, Wildlife Managers Ask Public to Help Keep Bears Wild

A National Park Service biologist studies a nesting Kemp's ridley sea turtle and records data.

Wildlife Wonders

Public Urged to Help Protect Sea Turtles as Nesting Season Arrives in Texas

A picture of a roseate tern, and black and white bird on a beach

Habitat Restoration

Plan to restore natural resources in Buzzards Bay targets Ram Island, home to endangered terns.

Habitat Restoration

Saving the Salt Marsh

Flowering bush with yellow flowers in the Florida scrub

Endangered Species Act

Recovering the Florida Golden Aster

Three people standing on a tractor-pulled seed planter, with a large tractor tire in the foreground.

Land Management

Snapshot: Planting the Seeds of Pollinator Conservation. Literally.

Two Florida Manatees in Three Sisters Springs surrounded by small fish

Endangered Species Act

Manatee Conservation in Georgia

Prescribed burn on island

Land Management

Burning for Biodiversity

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

Endangered Species Act

3 Efforts Underway that Support the California Spotted Owl and Reduce Wildfire Risk

An ‘ākohekohe sits on a branch. It has a black body with orange patches strewn throughout its body. An orange circle outlines its eye.

Decision-making in a new era of conservation

students setting up trail camera in the woods

Wildlife Management

An Amazing Journey From Intern to Zoologist

Yellow and green fish held in hand within a net.

Science and Technology

Lahontan cutthroat trout biologists have a new tool for conservation

Two people kneel as they place small seedlings in the ground

Habitat Restoration

Innovative restoration shows promise

Endangered Species Act

Songs for Species

One person hands a large tortoise to another person, with desert grasslands in the background.

Endangered Species Act

How Gertie the Bolson Tortoise Led Her Species to Recovery Part Two