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Habitat Restoration
Hurricane Season 2023
Jun 1, 2023
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For Parents and Educators
Fun and FREE Fishing Events Near You!
Jun 1, 2023
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Wildlife Wonders
Freshwater Drum: The Great Grunting Gaspergoo 
May 30, 2023
Mammoth Spring Earth Day 2023
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Earth Day
May 25, 2023
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Climate Change
People of the Salmon
May 24, 2023
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Endangered Species Act
National Fish Hatchery System: By The Numbers (2022)
May 24, 2023
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Climate Change
Olympic Peninsula Fish Hatcheries Adapt to a Changing Climate
May 24, 2023
Coho salmon
2022 Distribution Reports
May 24, 2023
Aquatic Invasive Species, Midas Cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus)
Aquatic Invasive Species Control in Florida - It Takes A Village
May 23, 2023
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Employees come together for All Kentucky Meeting
May 23, 2023
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Endangered Species Act
Fighting for Endangered Species - Just Below the Surface
May 18, 2023
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Recreation
2023 Summit Manor Fishing Event Organized by Wolf Creek NFH
May 18, 2023
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Wildlife Wonders
Four Fish Who Want You To Wet Your Plants
May 17, 2023
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Habitat Restoration
Swimming into Recovery
May 16, 2023
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Endangered Species Act
Raising the Razorback Sucker
May 16, 2023
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Endangered Species Act
Freshwater mussels and fish: a timeless love affair
May 15, 2023
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Habitat Restoration
Alaska Receives More Funding for Fish- and Flood-Friendly Infrastructure Projects
May 2, 2023
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Endangered Species Act
Altamaha Spinymussel
Apr 5, 2023
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Service and partners file settlement agreement with FirstLight for improved fish passage, flows
Apr 3, 2023
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Seeking comments on removal of historic buildings at Uvalde National Fish Hatchery
Feb 15, 2023
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Record numbers of American eels counted upstream of site of Bloede Dam in Maryland
Nov 10, 2022
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Habitat Restoration
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Partners Break Ground on Project to Restore the Sabattus River
Sep 15, 2022
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Habitat Restoration
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funded Fish Passage Projects Break Ground in Alaska
Sep 14, 2022
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Endangered Species Act
Service Recommends Delisting Arizona's State Fish
Aug 29, 2022
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Endangered Species Act
Taking Action to Support the Endangered Rio Grande Silvery Minnow
Jul 21, 2022
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Partners return winter-run Chinook salmon eggs to McCloud River
Jul 12, 2022
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Wildlife Management
Endangered California salmon returned to safer waters after more than a century
May 5, 2022
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Habitat Restoration
Alaska to Receive $3.5 Million for Fish Passage through Biden-Harris Administration Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Apr 14, 2022
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Habitat Restoration
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $38 Million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Protect Aquatic Species and Habitats
Apr 14, 2022
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Endangered Species Act
Humpback Chub Reclassified from Endangered to Threatened
Oct 15, 2021
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Endangered Species Act
Collaborations Leads to Improved Status of Topeka Shiner
Aug 12, 2021
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Endangered Species Act
Recovery Plan Available for Distinctive Alpine Plant
Jul 6, 2021
image shows an island neighborhood and houses connected to mainland by a bridge, which has been washed out by water. Debris litters the shoreline
Habitat Restoration
Hurricane Season 2023
Jun 1, 2023
Kid kneeling in front of a tackle box with fishing lures inside
For Parents and Educators
Fun and FREE Fishing Events Near You!
Jun 1, 2023
a tan fish with orange fish in a net
Wildlife Wonders
Freshwater Drum: The Great Grunting Gaspergoo 
May 30, 2023
Mammoth Spring Earth Day 2023
Get Involved
Earth Day
May 25, 2023
Coho salmon
2022 Distribution Reports
May 24, 2023
a fish in water by a log
Climate Change
People of the Salmon
May 24, 2023
A brownish fish with hints of pink and yellow, and is covered in small spots being held just above a tank of water.
Endangered Species Act
National Fish Hatchery System: By The Numbers (2022)
May 24, 2023
A huge school of silver fishes swimming in a stream
Climate Change
Olympic Peninsula Fish Hatcheries Adapt to a Changing Climate
May 24, 2023
Aquatic Invasive Species, Midas Cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus)
Aquatic Invasive Species Control in Florida - It Takes A Village
May 23, 2023
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Staff
Our People
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Employees come together for All Kentucky Meeting
May 23, 2023
A jet black, scaly snake with a burnt orange colored face curled up in some grass
Endangered Species Act
Fighting for Endangered Species - Just Below the Surface
May 18, 2023
USFWS fish distribution truck unloading fish for into tank
Recreation
2023 Summit Manor Fishing Event Organized by Wolf Creek NFH
May 18, 2023
water and marsh vegetation weave together throughout a wetland
Wildlife Wonders
Four Fish Who Want You To Wet Your Plants
May 17, 2023
Construction equipment working on the side of a flowing river
Habitat Restoration
Swimming into Recovery
May 16, 2023
A person smiling while holding a razorback sucker. River in background.
Endangered Species Act
Raising the Razorback Sucker
May 16, 2023
Cluster of freshwater mussel shells
Endangered Species Act
Freshwater mussels and fish: a timeless love affair
May 15, 2023
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