Habitat Restoration
Endangered Species Act
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Endangered Species Act
![Image is a picture of Florida golden aster...](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-01/20171205_151901Todd%20Meckenborg%2C%20FWS.png?h=5d8d1d0b&itok=T03JTGQT)
Endangered Species Act
![Spectacled eider](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/Spectacled%20eider%20by%20Laura%20L%20Whitehouse%20USFWS.jpg?h=42344686&itok=ezUbZwtx)
Migratory Species
![Several people walking into a river](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/20230911-Haywood-Co-Kids-in-Creek-Peeples-Students-entering-water.jpg?h=790be497&itok=u72zys1t)
Endangered Species Act
![Representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, members of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, and other partners pose for the Numana Dam groundbreaking.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/Groundbreaking%20Shovel%20Photo_Heil%20USFWS.jpg?h=58ee261b&itok=oLGSvjNW)
Habitat Restoration
![Grasses with tall seed heads and conifer trees in the distance](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/20230830-VA-Highlands-Spider-search-Peeples-Whitetop-field-view.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=feB2dsT1)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Freshwater mussel survey in southeast Georgia](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-08/ACF_Mussel_Workshop_surveying.jpg?h=61d6ec92&itok=7zHN8qKs)
Our Partners
Endangered Species Act
![By rubbing their flippers and forepaws simultaneously, sea otters increase the efficiency of a grooming session.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/sea%20otter%20banner.png?h=527bdae8&itok=ZToYnwO-)
Endangered Species Act
![Freshwater mussel with a prominant spine at the top of its shell sits on a red net](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/20210616_SSA_Report_Altmaha%20spinymussel_Final.jpg?h=f931602a&itok=Xwsz-aOj)
Endangered Species Act
![older female red wolf crossing a field](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-09/Wolf%201743F.jpg?h=84bf11b9&itok=gObFsZMd)
Endangered Species Act
![A small yellow flower on a thin green stalk in the foreground, with blurred stalks in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-02/Pectis_imberbis_Beardless_Chinchweed_FSR61_eofScotiaCanyon_HuachucaMtns_090119-2a.jpg?h=fa05cb6d&itok=9K-KCmGc)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Two people crouching beside an ice cube tray filled with water and insects, which is set on an identification key.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/2022%2009-Mitchell%20Toes%20in%20the%20Toe-Peeples-Students%20with%20tray%20of%20insects.jpg?h=790be497&itok=UTxrJGhZ)
Endangered Species Act
![Students walking across a broad, rocky beach to a shallow river](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-09/2022%2009-ToesInTheToe-Yancey-Peeples-Students%20walking%20to%20river.jpg?h=790be497&itok=hZGEW-Rh)
Endangered Species Act
![Biologist beside a boulder, teasing through moss and dirt with a pair of tweezers.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-09/2022%2009-Roan%20Mtn%20SFMS%20monitoring-Peeples-Sue%20Cameron%20searches%20for%20spiders%20%282%29.jpg?h=790be497&itok=sNGJWQ7S)
Endangered Species Act
![Two people standing in a forest looking up, one using binoculars](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-09/2022%2009-Big%20Tom%20Wilson%20spruce%20release%20marking-Peeples-Chris%20Kelly%20Matt%20Drury.jpg?h=790be497&itok=JvWewhnk)
Climate Change
![Guadalupe fescue](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/Guadalupe%20fescue%20by%20Carolyn%20Whiting%20UT.jpg?h=d318f057&itok=9Y8AGVwF)
Endangered Species Act
![Group of people walking along a dirt road past conifer trees and a scenic vista](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/2022%2006-Big%20Tom%20visit-Peeples-Heading%20into%20the%20backcountry.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=qrzCt2uV)
Habitat Restoration
![Compartmentalized trays holding soil and young trees](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-07/2022%2004-Southern%20Highlands%20Reserve-Peeples-Greenhouse%20spruce.jpg?h=790be497&itok=aCik-C1I)
Habitat Restoration
Our People
![Landscape of St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/St.-Marks_1.jpg?h=90d0893a&itok=FAGvN2Vm)
Climate Change
![Houston toad](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/HoustonToadByUSFWS.jpg?h=6ea05180&itok=yZdv5Qfc)
Endangered Species Act
![Hands holding four Texas hornshell mussels](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/Texas_Hornshell.jpg?h=37cc0eee&itok=h0mTvfHg)
Endangered Species Act
![Several adults in a semi-circle, listening to one person sitting on a truck tailgate](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/2022-03-Jay-Mays-gives-program-at-Stevens-Creek-Credit-Gary-Peeples.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=BzBXiUvX)
Endangered Species Act
![river](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/san%20saba%20river%20%282%29.jpg?h=ae39922d&itok=JkiVO_Uq)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Biologist pulling a red spruce tree from a trailer](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/2021-Sue-Cameron-offloading-red-spruce-Cherokee-National-Forest-Credit-Gary-Peeples.jpg?h=790be497&itok=dxVSbpwu)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Two people carry bags filled with young red spruce trees down a trail](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-02/2017%2009-Spurce%20rest-Peeples-Trees%20on%20pole.jpg?h=790be497&itok=UnqzoRs4)
Endangered Species Act
![A small brown bat with large ears sits on a rock](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/Virginia_big-eared_bat_female.jpg?h=5f62bdfc&itok=ApDMxnwe)
Endangered Species Act
![A male Attwater's Prairie Chicken walks across a grassy area](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-09/Attwater%20Prairie%20Chicken%20John%20Magera.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=OmpXcrnl)
Wildlife Management
![Biologist kneeling on the ground in a forest, holding a young tree with root ball that she's about to plant](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/2017-Sue-Cameron-plants-a-red-spruce-on-Cherokee-NF-Credit-Gary-Peeples.jpg?h=790be497&itok=5Ru35GW9)
Land Management
![Oregon silverspot butterfly on a yellow flower](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-08/1-OSB-ChristineDamiani1240px.jpg?h=1e9fc56e&itok=i5QKFQSC)
Habitat Restoration
![Underwater view of a snorkeler's face](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-02/2011%2006-Little%20River-Peeples-Jay%20Mays%20underwater.jpg?h=9ba8ce75&itok=XXQOZR52)
Endangered Species Act
![Woman holding a freshwater mussel](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-02/2017%2006-Recoery%20Champ-Peeples-Hoch%20looks%20at%20mussel.jpg?h=cd38cc78&itok=PN9OeZnU)
Endangered Species Act
Science and Technology
Endangered Species Act
![Snail crawling up a vertical rock face](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/2019%2005-Noonday%20globe%20hunt%20Nantahala%20Gorge-Peeples-Noonday%20globe%201.jpg?h=790be497&itok=Lun64D1W)
Endangered Species Act
![Image is a picture of Florida golden aster...](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-01/20171205_151901Todd%20Meckenborg%2C%20FWS.png?h=5d8d1d0b&itok=T03JTGQT)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![By rubbing their flippers and forepaws simultaneously, sea otters increase the efficiency of a grooming session.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/sea%20otter%20banner.png?h=527bdae8&itok=ZToYnwO-)
Endangered Species Act
![Freshwater mussel with a prominant spine at the top of its shell sits on a red net](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/20210616_SSA_Report_Altmaha%20spinymussel_Final.jpg?h=f931602a&itok=Xwsz-aOj)
Endangered Species Act
![older female red wolf crossing a field](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-09/Wolf%201743F.jpg?h=84bf11b9&itok=gObFsZMd)
Endangered Species Act
![A small yellow flower on a thin green stalk in the foreground, with blurred stalks in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-02/Pectis_imberbis_Beardless_Chinchweed_FSR61_eofScotiaCanyon_HuachucaMtns_090119-2a.jpg?h=fa05cb6d&itok=9K-KCmGc)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Guadalupe fescue](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/Guadalupe%20fescue%20by%20Carolyn%20Whiting%20UT.jpg?h=d318f057&itok=9Y8AGVwF)
Endangered Species Act
![Houston toad](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/HoustonToadByUSFWS.jpg?h=6ea05180&itok=yZdv5Qfc)
Endangered Species Act
![Hands holding four Texas hornshell mussels](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/Texas_Hornshell.jpg?h=37cc0eee&itok=h0mTvfHg)
Endangered Species Act
![river](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/san%20saba%20river%20%282%29.jpg?h=ae39922d&itok=JkiVO_Uq)
Endangered Species Act