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Elderly people fishing out of blue stock tub under a tent

Fishing Brought to Nursing Home

Woman in usfws uniform looks through microscope

Getting on the same page: aging invasive carp with partners

Boy holding large rainbow trout with hand scale

Annual Fishing Derby Success

Kid kneeling in front of a tackle box with fishing lures inside

For Parents and Educators

Fun and FREE Fishing Events Near You!

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

Uwharries Elktoe Inner Shell

Science and Technology

A New Freshwater Mussel Species - Meet Uwharries Elktoe

a tan fish with orange fish in a net

Wildlife Wonders

Freshwater Drum: The Great Grunting Gaspergoo

Mammoth Spring Earth Day 2023

Olympic Peninsula Fish Hatcheries Adapt to a Changing Climate

Coho salmon

2022 Distribution Reports

a fish in water by a log

People of the Salmon

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)

Construction equipment working on the side of a flowing river

Habitat Restoration

Swimming into Recovery

Endangered Species Act

Freshwater mussels and fish: a timeless love affair

Photo of a mussel mimicking a minnow, luring a bass close enough to take a bite so baby mussels can attach to the fish's gills for a ride upstream.

Endangered Species Act

Happy Mother’s Day

Photo of arch which facilitates fish passage in St. Clair County, Alabama.

Migratory Species

Team Wins Big in Alabama

School of river herring swimming.

Habitat Restoration

An Open Penobscot

Alison Deary: Voyages of a Lifelong Learner

Family looking at an eagle

Wildlife Wonders

Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery Celebrates Earth Day 2023

USFWS employee giving a presentation

Endangered Species Act

2023 Kentucky Freshwater Mussel Meeting

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

Habitat Restoration

Fish Passage Projects Support Migrating Fish, Recreational Opportunities and Flood Prevention

Professor examining fossils in a classroom

Science and Technology

Fossil I.D. Workshop

Two side by side photos of a girl wearing a blue life vest, smiling and holding a fish. In one photo, she appears to be about to eat or kiss the fish. She stands in a raft in water.

Cast to Table: Southwest Catfish Fajitas

Invasive carp in tub on boat

Habitat Restoration

Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery Staff Assist With Tagging Invasive Species