The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages the 150 million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System of more than 551 National Wildlife Refuges and thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. Under the Fisheries program we also operate 70 National Fish Hatcheries, 65 fishery resource offices and 86 ecological services field stations.
The vast majority of fish and wildlife habitat is on non-Federal lands. The Partners for Fish and Wildlife, Partners in Flight, Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, and other partnership activities are the main ways we foster aquatic conservation and assist voluntary habitat conservation and restoration.
The Service employs approximately 9,000 people at facilities across the U.S. The Service is a decentralized organization with a headquarters office in Washington, D.C., with regional and field offices across the country.
Mission
- Enforce federal wildlife laws,
- Protect endangered species,
- Manage migratory birds,
- Restore nationally significant fisheries,
- Conserve and restore wildlife habitat such as wetlands,
- Help foreign governments with their international conservation efforts, and
- Distribute hundreds of millions of dollars, through our Wildlife Sport Fish and Restoration program, in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to State fish and wildlife agencies.
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National Wildlife Refuges Through the Lens
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Living Monuments
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The Blue Continent: Journey to Rose Atoll Marine National Monument
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Closeness to the Wild
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Bayou Sauvage Refuge: In Concert With Nature
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Nature’s Home on the Front Range
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These Are Your National Wildlife Refuges
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Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Refuge: “A Little Green Island”
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge is about 50 miles...
Reconnect with Outdoor Traditions on a National Wildlife Refuge
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Prescribed fire at Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
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Duck Hunting at Cache River National Wildlife Refuge
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Bottomland Hardwood habitat at Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge
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National Wildlife Refuges Through the Lens
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Photographer/filmmaker Ian Shive has traveled from the South Pacific to Florida and from Alaska to New England capturing the natural beauty of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
Photographer/filmmaker Ian Shive has traveled from the South Pacific to Florida and from Alaska to New England capturing the natural beauty of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
