Program News
Here you can find news and stories related to the National Wildlife Refuge System.
![duck flying low over brown wetland plants](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-08/53718021596_7462c8c146_o.jpg?h=597b52ed&itok=28c6wzs6)
![Person dressed up in a blue and white goose mascot with large orange, black and white monarch butterfly wings planting a garden along with two people in. blur shirts](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-08/puddles-planting-monarch-garden-in-illinois.jpg?h=5c19cf51&itok=YB8-G-KX)
Get Involved
![Left, Joe Lester Chesser and his grandson Andrew stand in front of the old Homestead site that is now part of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Joe, 89, grew up there and left when the refuge took over in 1971. Today Andrew works for the American Conservation Experience taking care of 120 canoe trails in the refuge.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-07/3s9a4365-copy.jpg?h=af5bf868&itok=S_THp7MT)
History and Culture
Wildlife Management
![](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2008-01/11277.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=soTo5-3s)
For Parents and Educators
![Youth pose with a fish and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff at the 2024 Cops and Bobbers Fishing Program](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-07/img_0943.jpeg?h=71976bb4&itok=8NSOa1PR)
Recreation
![A small yellow helicopter with a crew member looking out soars above rocky mountains in Wyoming.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-07/teton-interagency-helitack-crew_adams.jpg?h=8eba1593&itok=2jAE02ck)
Emergency Management
![A man with white hair and beard and wearing a Hawai'ian shirt signs a book at the counter of a visitor center store.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-07/author-russ-cahill-signs-book-in-norm-dicks-visitor-center-billy-frank-jr-nisqually-nwr-julia-pinnix-2023.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=GZ-7sHOy)
History and Culture
For Parents and Educators
Press Release
![Laysan albatross flying above Kahuku Golf Course](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-07/laysan-albatross-kahuku-golf-course-and-pasture-kahuku-tom-wilberding.jpg?h=f3862d1d&itok=TWTlkCKY)
Migratory Species
Migratory Species
Habitat Restoration
![A glowing mountain at sunset sits behind a wetlands in shadow](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/20220928SMITH-84.jpg?h=cffedd30&itok=btqQOsnV)
History and Culture
![Veteran in wheelchair catches fish](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-06/disabled-veterans-fishing-at-wrnwr-06.01-46.jpg?h=debdc445&itok=DU-i2-jT)
For Parents and Educators
![Head and upper shoulder photo of a sika deer with 3 to 4 inches of newly budding antler growth, looking toward camera with mouth open, probably chewing food.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-02/sika-elk-blackwater-nwr-Amy-Schaffer-usfws.jpg?h=9018cea6&itok=zIPSg6B9)
Recreation
![Northern pintail on a wetland](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-06/northern-pintail-tom-koerner-usfws.jpg?h=16c27dfb&itok=hWrWk1ve)
Wildlife Management
Land Management
History and Culture
![a bobtail squid with large black eyes floats in front of a rock face](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-10/bobtail%20squid_northeast%20canyons%20and%20seamounts_NOAA.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=85RC-epx)
![Image of group in front of cabin](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-06/fws-history-committee-with-john-turner-at-murie-ranch_2024.png?h=715c7c40&itok=hfO59Flo)
History and Culture
Habitat Restoration
![USFWS logo centered above a photo of elk in winter. Logo depicts a fish breaching and a duck flying over a pond near sunrise.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-03/press%20release%20photo.png?h=0a8b6f8b&itok=NQ28J5as)
Our Partners
![Dander print on a glass window that outlines a bird’s outstretched body](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-09/mourningdove-Jeanne-%20Donaldson-Audubon.png?h=10d202d3&itok=PGxFxr9h)
Wildlife Management
Land Management
![an old tree at the edge of the marsh](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-06/macstone-8154.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=lGoBlF61)
Land Management
![A National Wildlife Refuge sign with a blue goose stands before a field of low-growing plants with a large wetland beyond. In the distance sand dunes are on the horizon beneath a blue sky.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-05/salinas-river-nwr.jpg?h=8f9cfe54&itok=kPCeI7jm)
History and Culture
Climate Change
![Guam NWR volunteer labeling planted seeds at the plant nursery](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-10/volunteer%20at%20the%20refuge.jpeg?h=404059e4&itok=1BWsVSwW)
Habitat Restoration
![Painting of white trumpeter swan flying out of the water. The swan’s wings are extended, and its head curved down. The background features a forest on the horizon with the pink, red, and orange hues of a sunset behind it.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-05/jds-hazel-black-trumpeter-swan_0.jpg?h=a8364203&itok=qs3Xtaaj)
Get Involved
![Two people smile at each other](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-05/tnc_40th_2024-295.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=GFtYnZR4)
Our Partners
![An ʻIʻiwi perching on a branch while reaching with its beak for nectar from a white flower](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-05/36474996884_efef7a29e1_o.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=bAONyNym)
Endangered Species Act
Habitat Restoration
![A man standing in a grassy area holding one end of a net with brush and trees in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-05/jim-king-08202008-yukon-flats-refuge_0.jpg?h=67eabc4d&itok=S6eB50Zy)
Our People
![A pile of Higgins Eye Pearly Mussels facing many different directions with light glinting off their shells.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-04/minnesota-valley-national-wildlife-refuge-higgins-eye-pearly-mussel-gary-j-wege-fws.jpg?h=66f48909&itok=yHKY86Bg)
Wildlife Wonders
Our Partners
Climate Change
Climate Change
![Little girl smiling with a fishing pole in front of a stream](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-10/11.jpg?h=77d896da&itok=JVp63jjC)
Recreation
![A wetland surrounded by brown trees and some green vegetation](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-09/TensasRiverRefuge-LA%231-BillO%27BrianUSFWS.jpg?itok=GzKdgcIz)
Climate Change
![Kevin Enge, left, FWC, and Travis Thomas, UF, right, pose while holding a large male Suwannee alligator snapping turtle with their boat and Suwannee River in the background. This is the 15th year the two men have been trapping and monitoring the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle to conserve and protect them.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-04/kevin-travis.jpg?h=c7444bf1&itok=y7wsBBiU)
Endangered Species Act
![Sandhill Cranes at Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-04/usfws-muleshoe-nwr-sandhill-cranes.jpg?h=aa34054d&itok=ITXW83fq)
![Thick-trunked trees with leafy green foliage grow out of standing water](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-07/cypress-tupelo-swamp-roanoke-river-nwr-usfws-jean-richter.png?h=8bf864a1&itok=ZxYdwPYd)
Land Management
![2 Canada geese, which are large birds with black heads with a white section below their eyes, a brown backside and black-tipped white tail, are swimming close to each other. One goose is closer to the camera, and one is further away. The goose that is further away has its head above the goose that is closer as if it is resting its head on the other.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-04/minnesota-valley-natinal-wildlife-refuge-canada-goose-cuddles-jim-hudgins-usfws.jpg?h=90263694&itok=KwPqd1Et)
Wildlife Wonders
![three whooping cranes](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-08/Whooping%20Cranes%20at%20Aransas.%20Klaus%20Nigge.USFWS_.jpg?h=02fd1b3e&itok=KBT0sOIg)
Habitat Restoration
![Set of antlers in field with distant snowy mountains](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-03/Image.jpeg?h=df86a402&itok=Yf5CJd2P)
Wildlife Crime
![USFWS logo centered above a photo of elk in winter. Logo depicts a fish breaching and a duck flying over a pond near sunrise.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-03/press%20release%20photo.png?h=0a8b6f8b&itok=NQ28J5as)
![a yellow bird with a short bill sits on a branch with green leaves](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-04/akekee_dsc01534024.jpg?h=92554e78&itok=fcei5Kvk)
Climate Change
Recreation
Wildlife Wonders
Wildlife Crime
Land Management
Migratory Species
![A National Wildlife Refuge sign with a blue goose stands before a field of low-growing plants with a large wetland beyond. In the distance sand dunes are on the horizon beneath a blue sky.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-05/salinas-river-nwr.jpg?h=8f9cfe54&itok=kPCeI7jm)
History and Culture
![A firefighter walks the edge of a controlled burn in a dry grassland with mountains in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2020-09/prescribed-fire-camas-nwr-to-restore-sagebrush-habitat-austin-catlin.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=ZOC1u9jJ)
Land Management
![Biologist Robin Corcoran in chest waders and cold weather clothing holding a surfbird with both hands while sitting near a rocky shoreline in Alaska .](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-03/robin_corcoran_with_surfbird_samsimonphoto_2024.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=AVd8wZSB)
Our People
![Kara Hilwig standing next to a single engine bush plane on a dirt airstrip.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-03/kara-hilwig-found_kara.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=f18d2jRV)
Our People
![A person with frost-covered hair peeking out of a hood. Their mouth is covered by a neck gaiter and they smile with their eyes.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-03/karin-boldony.png?h=cd2a7045&itok=n8LuDMOX)
Our People
![Maria Fosado smiles for a selfie on an ocean shore. Snow-covered mountains loom in the distance.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-03/maria-fosado_1.jpg?h=7decc180&itok=nRjgEkCu)
Our People
![Biologist Heather Renner holds a puffin chick with both hands on the side of a steep slop with green vegetation and a hilltop in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-03/heather-with-puffin-chick.png?h=9c86ceb9&itok=cEBkc1H7)
Our People
Migratory Species
![Dark silhouettes of trees and their branches stand out in front of the sun shining in the background. These silhouettes are further emphasized when they are seen reflected in flooded water below them with added texture from the ripples in the water.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-03/minnesota-valley-national-wildlife-refuge-spring-flooding-mike-malling-usfws.jpg?h=c7230544&itok=uTF_6zs_)
Wildlife Wonders
![Rachel Carson sitting on mountain cliff](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/Carson5.jpg?h=8ede06c9&itok=7VXDR1Jv)
Climate Change
Habitat Restoration
Wildlife Management
Science and Technology
Land Management
![Monica Iglecia in a boat on Copper River Delta](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-03/thumbnail_monica-iglecia_copper-river-delta.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=22AuB6FQ)
Our Partners
Habitat Restoration
![Two men in uniform smiling in an outdoor setting](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-03/two-employees-at-refuge.jpg?h=f40a49cc&itok=jbZQrTJO)
Our People
Story
Story
Habitat Restoration
Habitat Restoration
![A young man in waders smiles and holds a crayfish in front of a shallow freshwater lake](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-02/boy-with-crayfish.jpg?h=566ef8a8&itok=c9Kym1Wf)
Recreation
Story
Migratory Species
![A wide river stretches from the foreground to the background, edged by bright green grasses and dark green trees, with a cloudy sky above](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-02/york-river-rachel-carson-refuge-marsh-maine-coast-heritage-trust_0.jpg?h=adbb760b&itok=cqFnq5to)
Climate Change
Habitat Restoration
Our People
![a woman in a US Fish and Wildlife Service uniform and hat holds her hand over a saltmarsh ditch](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/Nancy%20pau-saltmarsh%20ditch_Margie%20Brenner_USFWS.jpg?h=a5eb5da0&itok=z2Fc8r6-)
Habitat Restoration
Our Partners
![Dworshak National Fish Hatchery on the Clearwater, sunset after a storm.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-07/usfws-sunset-dworshak-national-fish-hatchery.jpeg?h=a1b7c100&itok=COM-BQN5)
History and Culture
![Barred Owl resting with its eyes closed in a tree, perched right next to the white papery trunk. No leaves on any of the trees within the background with the light blue winter sky seen through tree trunks and branches.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-02/usfws-midwest-region-barred-owl-resting-courtney-celley-fws.png?h=55b50745&itok=1s19CYqF)
Wildlife Wonders
![Landscape painting of marsh and forest](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-02/drive-by-sunset-20231110_142715.jpg?h=70c703e9&itok=tKeBte1e)
History and Culture
Climate Change
![A snowcapped mountain sits in the background under a blue sky in front of green hills and a lake](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-02/widgeonpond_jordan.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=0YhqkSr0)
Wildlife Management
![Yellow warbler perches on branch in sunlight.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-12/Yellow%20Warbler.jpg?h=12d73a41&itok=CwRmg5cv)
Our People
![An ‘ākohekohe sits on a branch. It has a black body with orange patches strewn throughout its body. An orange circle outlines its eye.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-04/Akohekohe%20%28Robby%20Kohley%29.jpg?h=38761821&itok=iA40PcJ1)
Climate Change
![Ground-level view of a moist soil unit with shallow water and wetland vegetation.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-01/island-unit-at-cibola-nwr-ground-view.jpg?h=b8bfb7d8&itok=K9Vuubzd)
Land Management
![grasses glow in the golden hour of sunset with mountains stretching behind](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-02/Golden%20Grassland%20SH.jpg?h=0a8b6f8b&itok=ubOyG8vG)
Land Management
![students setting up trail camera in the woods](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-01/Muhannad%20on%20the%20left%20and%20other%20students%20set%20up%20trail%20cameras%20credit%20Ela%20Carpenter%20USFWS.jpg?h=c9a55663&itok=T6EAI3nh)
Wildlife Management
Wildlife Wonders
Our Partners
![A metal structure dams a ditch and prevents water from flowing out.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-01/water-control-structure-great-dismal-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge.jpg?h=da20a9c0&itok=s1u_LjYC)
Habitat Restoration
Climate Change
Our People
![Two people kneel as they place small seedlings in the ground](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-01/marsh-pink-planting-Great-Meadows-Marsh-Connecticut-Kris-Vagos-Michael-Piantedosi-Native-Plant-Trust-credit-Will-Perret-Audubon-Connecticut.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=fvbPX9tH)
Habitat Restoration
Endangered Species Act
![Bull elk walking across frozen land](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-10/bull%20elk%20in%20snow_cieszkiewicz.png?h=5811ffc2&itok=a-_QiU2d)
Recreation
![three whooping cranes](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-08/Whooping%20Cranes%20at%20Aransas.%20Klaus%20Nigge.USFWS_.jpg?h=02fd1b3e&itok=KBT0sOIg)
Land Management
![three whooping cranes](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-08/Whooping%20Cranes%20at%20Aransas.%20Klaus%20Nigge.USFWS_.jpg?h=02fd1b3e&itok=KBT0sOIg)
Land Management
![A bulldozer works to remove part of an earthen levy separating two bodies of water.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-12/Ravenswood%20Breach_Video%20Still%204.png?h=0ac50c40&itok=Gwo7OceA)
Habitat Restoration
![Pale bluish-grey foliose lichen adorns the top and sides of a purplish-brown rock, it is accompanied by some moss in the upper corners.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-12/foliose-lichen-eslie-king-usfws.jpg?h=ede3d2ed&itok=J3iVYbqn)
Wildlife Wonders
Emergency Management
![group of people outdoors posing for a photo. A small sign that reads Masonville Cove can be seen](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-12/masonvillecove-group-mason-wheatley-usfws-12112023.png?h=71976bb4&itok=KJFgDEPD)
![manatees in pool with people](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-12/juliet%20in%20sling%20as%20clarity%20waits_usfws.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=DgesaO-k)
Endangered Species Act
![New Mexico meadow jumping mouse feeding on grass](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-12/NM-jumping-mouse-feeding-greg-wright.jpg?h=87f308e3&itok=4AK86E4O)
Endangered Species Act
Recreation
Land Management
![Many rows of corrugated evidence boxes stacked on shelves](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/Vermont%20Archaeology%20Heritage%20Center%20Missisquo_Esther%20Westfall%20%281%29.jpg?h=ef8999b0&itok=oiqQb2Zw)
History and Culture
![a brown, wooden building on a grassy hill](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/cat-point-lodge-virginia-usfws.png?h=6eb229a4&itok=sPpUKRwh)
History and Culture
Habitat Restoration
![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
Habitat Restoration
Recreation
![grasses glow in the golden hour of sunset with mountains stretching behind](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-02/Golden%20Grassland%20SH.jpg?h=0a8b6f8b&itok=ubOyG8vG)
Land Management
Our Partners
Wildlife Wonders
![wetland with yellow marsh plants at edge](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/Agency%20Lake-UKNWRwebpg.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=UvR7_5o7)
Habitat Restoration
Our Partners
![American toad sprawled out and floating with its head above the surface of a slightly murky pond with water vegetation visible beneath the surface.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/minnesota-valley-national-wildlife-refuge-american-toad-in-pond-courtney-celley-usfws.jpg?h=d995bce4&itok=K5CZjy16)
Wildlife Wonders
Wildlife Wonders
![a brown, wooden building on a grassy hill](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/cat-point-lodge-virginia-usfws.png?h=6eb229a4&itok=sPpUKRwh)
Recreation
Wildlife Wonders
Wildlife Wonders
Wildlife Wonders
![A biologists uses a fine paintbrush to sort through sand and holds a petri dish with tiny snails.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-10/image1.jpeg?h=71976bb4&itok=5_yMw0Kz)
Endangered Species Act
Wildlife Management
Recreation
Wildlife Wonders
![Image of shorebird](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-03/Semipalmated%20sandpiper.jpeg?h=f4da6c54&itok=GVyVHyxK)
Migratory Species
Habitat Restoration
Wildlife Wonders
Recreation
![Photo of Rebekah Martin who recently earned Refuge Manager of the Year honors](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-10/PHOTO%20Rebekah%20Martin.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=fAMPC8-m)
Our People
![USFWS logo centered above a photo of elk in winter. Logo depicts a fish breaching and a duck flying over a pond near sunrise.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-03/press%20release%20photo.png?h=0a8b6f8b&itok=NQ28J5as)
Wildlife Management
![A black bear stands on its hind legs, facing camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-06/Standing-Black-Bear-pocosin-lakes-nwr-beverly-Meekins.jpg?h=8766ce95&itok=_FZjNSoZ)
Land Management
Endangered Species Act
Science and Technology
Wildlife Wonders
Land Management
Land Management
Migratory Species
Land Management
Recreation
Recreation
![large tractor with an attachment on the back](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/IMG_5070.jpeg?h=d1249e6c&itok=WAofoW6r)
Land Management
![Whooping crane pauses in the vegetation at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/whooping%20crane%20close%20up.jpg?h=c3635fa2&itok=5KcGEkMH)
Endangered Species Act
![Inside of a log public use cabin with table, woodstove, and bunks.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/IN0A5288.jpg?h=9855f42d&itok=7p-GKT-0)
Recreation
Recreation
![A bird sits at then end of a branch.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/52928208405_ed2e3eba7f_o.jpg?h=db98489e&itok=aeQUCw_C)
Endangered Species Act
![a pink octopus sitting on the sea floor.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-10/pink%20octopus_northeast%20canyons%20and%20seamounts_NOAA.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=h1RdOVXn)
![A person in a black shirt and gray pants, standing on a wooden platform looks away from the camera through binoculars, at green vegetation, the ocean, and blue sky.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/9.6.23_Martha%20birdwatching_psedit_USFWS%20Anna%20Rehkopf_0.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=RUpdH4lF)
Recreation
![ducks flying](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-08/Image%20%289%29.jpeg?h=a32b3037&itok=f7v3nfS9)
![Extreme close-up of a tiny brown snail.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/Springsnail3_cover.jpg?h=88813667&itok=sAau-Fh_)
Endangered Species Act
![Bee on goldenrod in bloom](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-12/9BumblebeeGoldenrod_JimHudginsUSFWS.png?h=ba0ee30d&itok=n3C4H64T)
Wildlife Wonders
Land Management
Our Partners
Land Management
Habitat Restoration
Our People
![USFWS logo centered above a photo of elk in winter. Logo depicts a fish breaching and a duck flying over a pond near sunrise.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-03/press%20release%20photo.png?h=0a8b6f8b&itok=NQ28J5as)
Wildlife Management
Get Involved
Our People
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Habitat Restoration
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Habitat Restoration
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Endangered Species Act
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Endangered Species Act
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Wildlife Wonders
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Land Management
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Recreation
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Wildlife Wonders
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Habitat Restoration
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Wildlife Wonders
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Wildlife Wonders
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Wildlife Wonders
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Migratory Species
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Climate Change
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Our People
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Migratory Species
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Wildlife Wonders
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Wildlife Management
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Recreation
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Wildlife Management
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Climate Change
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Recreation
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Wildlife Wonders
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Habitat Restoration
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Wildlife Wonders
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Habitat Restoration
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Habitat Restoration
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Our People
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Habitat Restoration
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Science and Technology
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Habitat Restoration
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Migratory Species
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Wildlife Wonders
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Wildlife Wonders
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Migratory Species
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Wildlife Wonders
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Wildlife Wonders
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Habitat Restoration
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Climate Change
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Wildlife Wonders
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Recreation
Recreation
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Recreation
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Habitat Restoration
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