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Fish camp along the banks of a river with forest covered hills in the background and large drying racks on the shoreline filled with processed salmon.

Alaska Salmon and Invasive Species Efforts to Receive National Funding Investments

Dworshak National Fish Hatchery on the Clearwater, sunset after a storm.

History and Culture

50 Years of the Boldt Decision

Box culvert road-stream crossing

Science and Technology

Navigating Watershed Barriers

Coho salmon

Wildlife Management

2023 Fish Distribution Reports

A bluish-green fish with brown gills swims above a bed of rocks

Wildlife Management

National Fish Hatchery System: By the Numbers (2023)

New Complex Manager at Leavenworth Fisheries Complex

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

A woman smiles while holding a Pacific lamprey. Logs and structures from Makah National Fish Hatchery are in the background below the trees and sky.

Story of Service: Kathleen Gerard

Tim Ericson, sitting at the front of a boat, paddles on the Deshka River. The photo is taken from the back of the boat, and Ericson looks back at the camera over his shoulder. The boat is filled with supplies, including moose antlers.

Tim Ericson's Elemental Experiences

USFWS employee at info booth

Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery Attends 2024 Kentuckiana Fly Fishing Show

A large pool of water in a green, hilly landscape

Town Transformations Through Fish Passage Projects

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

Endangered Species Act

Altamaha Spinymussel

A woman smiles while holding a Pacific lamprey. Logs and structures from Makah National Fish Hatchery are in the background below the trees and sky.

Story of Service: Kathleen Gerard

Tim Ericson, sitting at the front of a boat, paddles on the Deshka River. The photo is taken from the back of the boat, and Ericson looks back at the camera over his shoulder. The boat is filled with supplies, including moose antlers.

Tim Ericson's Elemental Experiences

USFWS employee at info booth

Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery Attends 2024 Kentuckiana Fly Fishing Show

A large pool of water in a green, hilly landscape

Town Transformations Through Fish Passage Projects

Woman rowing raft on river

Meet Lauren Sarantopulos

Invasive zebra mussels

Region 4 Dive Team: Operation Zebra Safari

Biologists load boat full of invasive carp onto trailer.

Science and Technology

Please do not disturb me, I'm working!

Endangered Species Act

Songs for Species

A picture demonstrating the incredible filtration capacity of freshwater mussels by using two tanks. After only 30 minutes, the aquarium with freshwater mussels contains crystal clear water while the one without mussels is still very cloudy and turbid.

Endangered Species Act

Ripples of Hope

Michigan spaces becoming community places

A bridge over a free-flowing creek with burlap covered soil for replanting on the banks

Habitat Restoration

The National Aquatic Barrier Inventory & Prioritization Tool

Mayan cichlid

Early Detection Sampling for Aquatic Invasive Species