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From the Classroom to the River

Image of biologist holding a fish in a boat.

Wildlife Management

Tench on the Doorstep

Wildlife Wonders

Weathering the Cold

Elderly people fishing in tank

Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery Provides Fishing Opportunity to Local Nursing Home

A woman smiles while holding up a clear container holding water and a small, thin eel like fish. The ruler inside measures it around 12 cm in length

Tracy Bowerman: Love of Nature Opens World of Experiences

Wildlife Management

Take A Walk On The Wild(life) Side

Students gathered at informational booth

For Parents and Educators

2024 Outdoor Adventure Day at Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery

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

A huge culvert spanning a creek with a woman inside with outstretched arms and people walking on the road above

Habitat Restoration

Alaska's Largest Culvert Frees Tyonek Creek

Creative Juices flowing

For Parents and Educators

Trout Education Day 2024

Man holding fish and fishing pole by stream

Wolf Creek NFH Hosts 15th Annual Senior Fishing Event

Group of kids smiling with fish mascot

Wolf Creek NFH Hosts Annual Special Needs Fishing Event

Migratory Species

Partners launch new Connecticut River Migratory Fish Restoration Cooperative

Endangered Species Act

Fish and Wildlife Service Publishes Final Recovery Plan for Colorado Pikeminnow

A river running through a desert sage landscape with small mountains in the backdrop and bright blue skies above.

Habitat Restoration

Biden-Harris Administration Breaks Ground on Numana Dam Fish Passage Project to Benefit Two Listed, Culturally Important Fish Species in Northern Nevada

Habitat Restoration

Removal of two dams on the lower Saranac River marks milestone for Atlantic salmon restoration in Lake Champlain basin

Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst named Service’s Military Conservation Partner of the Year

A close-up underwater shot of an Apache trout swimming

Endangered Species Act

Proposed Delisting of Apache Trout

looking out at a snowy stream from within a round metal culvert pipe.

Habitat Restoration

Alaska Receives More Funding for Fish- and Flood-Friendly Infrastructure Projects

Freshwater mussel with a prominant spine at the top of its shell sits on a red net

Endangered Species Act

Altamaha Spinymussel

Image of dam with bridge overhead and fish passage structures in the foreground

Service and partners file settlement agreement with FirstLight for improved fish passage, flows

a sepia view from above showing a cluster of buildings and manmade fish ponds

History and Culture

Seeking comments on removal of historic buildings at Uvalde National Fish Hatchery

Migratory Species

Record numbers of American eels counted upstream of site of Bloede Dam in Maryland

Habitat Restoration

Notice of Funding Opportunity for FY 2023 Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act

From the Classroom to the River

Image of biologist holding a fish in a boat.

Wildlife Management

Tench on the Doorstep

Wildlife Wonders

Weathering the Cold

Elderly people fishing in tank

Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery Provides Fishing Opportunity to Local Nursing Home

A woman smiles while holding up a clear container holding water and a small, thin eel like fish. The ruler inside measures it around 12 cm in length

Tracy Bowerman: Love of Nature Opens World of Experiences

Students gathered at informational booth

For Parents and Educators

2024 Outdoor Adventure Day at Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery

Wildlife Management

Take A Walk On The Wild(life) Side

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

A huge culvert spanning a creek with a woman inside with outstretched arms and people walking on the road above

Habitat Restoration

Alaska's Largest Culvert Frees Tyonek Creek

Creative Juices flowing

For Parents and Educators

Trout Education Day 2024

Man holding fish and fishing pole by stream

Wolf Creek NFH Hosts 15th Annual Senior Fishing Event

Group of kids smiling with fish mascot

Wolf Creek NFH Hosts Annual Special Needs Fishing Event