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Endangered Species Act

Public Invited to Comment on Slabside Pearlymussel Draft Recovery Plan

A rosette of succulent leaves with pink and white flowers are splayed out among brown leaves.

Endangered Species Act

Bartram's Stonecrop Draft Recovery Plan Available

Cedar Key mole skink

Endangered Species Act

Cedar Key mole skink

A group of small yellow and speckled fish with a dark background.

Endangered Species Act

Service Seeks Public Comment on Long Valley Speckled Dace Proposed Listing Rule

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Service, Navy partner to protect San Clemente Island’s endemic wildlife

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

Arkansas Ecological Services Quarterly (January to June 2024)

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

Endangered Species Act

Partners help northeastern bulrush recover by finding and conserving new populations

Endangered Species Act

Proposal to list pyramid pigtoe mussel withdrawn

a stone jetty with sparse trees cuts through a still lake that reflects blue skies and clouds

Land Management

Trustees Release Onondaga Lake Natural Resource Damage Assessment Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment Addendum

Land Management

Continued Decline of Wetlands Documented in New U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Report

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Endangered Species Act

Final Roosevelt Dam Habitat Conservation Plan Amendment

Image of North Park phacelia, a small plant in muddy soil with purple flowers and green leaves

Endangered Species Act

North Park phacelia thrives due to conservation measures, proposed for delisting

Bushy whitlow-wort

Endangered Species Act

Rare South Texas Plant Proposed for Listing Under Endangered Species Act

Land Management

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Input on Proposed National Wildlife Refuge in Southern Maryland

Florida bonneted bat laying on a tree branch.

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Designates Critical Habitat for the Endangered Florida Bonneted Bat

various sized mussel shells on biologist’s hand above water.

Endangered Species Act

Conservation Agreement for Six Aquatic Species in the Trinity River Basin

Photo of a male silverspot butterfly, showing orange and black upper side in vegetation with wings spread

Endangered Species Act

Silverspot butterfly receives protections under Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Act

Seeking Public Input on Nebraska R-Project Transmission Line

A close up image of a very small dark brown springsnail on the tip of someone's finger.

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service completes initial review of ESA petition for Kings River springsnail

A bolson tortoise moving along a sandy surface next to some dry grass.

Endangered Species Act

How Gertie the Bolson Tortoise Led Her Species to Recovery: Part One

Endangered Species Act

30 Years after listing, seabeach amaranth population thriving on Long Island

Pink and purple skies over snow-covered marsh and unfrozen water.

Endangered Species Act

6 New Year’s resolutions to protect endangered species

a group of five people stand around a cooler holding frogs next to a stream. One person is holding a frog that will be released into the creek.

Endangered Species Act Supports Collaborative Conservation

Small, chubby marbled murrelets fly over a coastal landscape consisting of redwoods and ocean coves in this mural painted by Lucas Thornton in Arcata, CA

Road Trip! Go See These Endangered Species Murals

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Endangered Species Act

A Herculean Task of Shakespearian Proportions

New Mexico meadow jumping mouse feeding on grass

Endangered Species Act

Biobanking: a Wildlife Recovery Insurance Policy

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A Magnificent Return

Spectacled eider

Migratory Species

Diving into the Mysterious World of Sea Ducks

Panama City crayfish

Habitat Restoration

Crayfish Chronicles

Wildlife Management

A wave of emotion