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Recovery plan for four imperiled freshwater mussels

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Conservation and Cooperation

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Riparian Woodrats Found After 7 Year Absence

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Wildlife Webcams

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

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Snapshot: North Carolina Biologists Learn to Listen for Bats

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Hold Virtual Informational Meeting on Red Wolf Recovery Program

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Recovery plan for Missouri population of eastern hellbender

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Snapshot: Endangered Spider Search at the Top of the Smoky Mountains

a brown relictual slender salamander rests on a decaying log

Wildlife Wonders

Sequoia's Slender Salamanders a Precious Sight

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

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Nearly $20M Going to Recovery Actions for Four Groups of Endangered Species

Land Management

Interior Establishes Willamette Valley Conservation Area in Oregon

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$48.4M for Collaborative Efforts to Conserve America’s Most Imperiled Species

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conducts Five-Year Status Reviews of 59 Southeastern Species

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Interior Department Finalizes Action to Strengthen Endangered Species Act

A striped fish, Roanoke logperch, swims along a rocky stream.

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Proposal to delist Roanoke logperch

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Revisions Strengthen Endangered Species Act

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Proposal to list pyramid pigtoe mussel withdrawn

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Information From the Public

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Service Announces Gray Wolf Finding and National Recovery Plan

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Draft recovery plan for four imperiled freshwater mussels

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10 Species Get Initial Reviews on Endangered Species Act Petitions

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Meet the Future of Conservation

Laysan albatross flying above Kahuku Golf Course

Migratory Species

Bird-Friendly Golf Courses

Habitat Restoration

Between a Rock and an Endangered Place

Migratory Species

I'm a fish (Gonna spawn till I die): an original song by the Fish and Wildlife Band

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Wildlife Management

Preventing and treating white-nose syndrome

Bright blue, Big Sandy crayfish resting on a rock.

Endangered Species Act

Threatened species gets head start at hatchery

Golden-cheeked warbler

Continental Conservation for the Golden-Cheeked Warbler

A yellow-shouldered blackbird perches on a tree limb. The bird is all black with yellow epaulets on its wings.

Wildlife Wonders

May 2024, Bird of the Month – Yellow-Shouldered Blackbird

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.

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Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle

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Small Wonder: Island Sloth Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection

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FAQs – Withdrawal of the pyramid pigtoe from listing consideration

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Wildlife Wonders

Tune In to California's Vernal Pools