The Ohio River, running between Ohio and West Virginia, provides habitat for endangered mussels. For more information about threatened and endangered mussels visit http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/clams/mussels.html
Southern Appalachian bogs are one of the rarest natural communities in North America and are often home to rare plant and animal species. The conservation of these habitats and the species found there is a high priority for the Service and many of...
Plants; Endangered species; Employees (USFWS); Work of the Service;
Southern Appalachian bogs are one of the rarest natural communities in North America and are often home to rare plant and animal species. The conservation of these habitats and the species found there is a high priority for the Service and many of...
Southern Appalachian bogs are one of the rarest natural communities in North America and are often home to rare plant and animal species. The conservation of these habitats and the species found there is a high priority for the Service and many of...
The FWS is currently monitoring the two populations of the Mountain Yellow-Legged frog; the endangered Southern California population found in California and Nevada and all the mountain yellow-legged frogs that occur north of the Tehachapi...
From left to right standing: John Keys, Commissioner of Reclamation, Tom Weimer, Acting Assist. Secretary for Water and Science, DOI; Mike Chrisman, Secretary for Resources, California; Judge Craig Manson, Assist. Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and...
Sarracenia oreophila; green pitcher Plants; Endangered species Plants; Blue Ridge Physiographic Province; Georgia; North Carolina; bog; habitat; fire-dependent species
Sarracenia oreophila; green pitcher Plants; Endangered species Plants; Blue Ridge Physiographic Province; Georgia; North Carolina; bog; habitat; fire-dependent species
Antioch Dunes NWR, Mare Island, California: Located in northeast San Pablo Bay, Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge was the first refuge established for an endangered insect and two endangered plants. The insect is Lange's metalmark butterfly...
Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge; California; Birds; Shorebirds; Endangered species
FWS biologist examines a dead California least tern at its nest on Seal Beach in California. The interior population of least tern was listed as endangered in 1985. Populations along the East and West coasts are not endangered. The interior...
refuge centennial; History; Endangered species; Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge; Resource management
By the 1970's, an added responsibility emerged for America’s National Wildlife Refuge System – promoting the recovery of Federally-listed endangered and threatened species, some of which found their last sanctuary on undeveloped tracts of...