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Fish and Wildlife Programs
More than one tool may describe the status of species on your property and meet your specific goals.
To assist you in learning our language, a glossary of terms is on page 22.
Question Your Needs and Concerns Tool
Do...
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Montana: Endangered Species Grants
Help Keep “ Big Sky Country” Big
“ That’s one of the most productive bull trout streams
in the country,” said Fish and Wildlife Service
biologist Bob Lee of the headwaters of the Bull River
in...
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Conserving the Elusive Louisiana Pine Snake:
Partners Take Action
Candidate
Conservation
Agreements
What are CCAs?
Agreements between
one or more parties that
address the conservation
needs of candidate or
at- risk species. Both
Federal and non-...
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Private Stewardship
Grants
What are the benefits?
For the landowner: Allows private landowners
to submit project proposals directly to the Fish
and Wildlife Service and offers a low cost- share
ratio to assist landowners in...
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Glossary
Species Status categories:
at- risk species — species of plants and animals that are
Federal candidate species and those that the Service
has not identified as candidate species, but are facing
threat( s) and are potential...
Fish and Wildlife Service worker at night holding live trap with ferret inside getting ready to release into research area. For more information on the listing status and fact sheets of black-footed ferrets visit...
Birds; Birds of prey;Endangered species; Migratory birds;
Bald eagle flying in clear blue sky. Vertical. For more information about bald eagles and their listing status visit http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/BaldEagle.htm
Birds; Birds of prey; Endangered species;Migratory birds;
Bald eagle sitting on tree stump. Vertical.
For more information about bald eagles and their listing status visit http://www.fws.gov/midwest/eagle/viewing/index.html.
Drew Wirwa, Assistant Manager, Breton, Delta & Bayou Sauvage NWRs phones for another observer to hop aboard the boat heading to Breton NWR to determine the status of booms placed there to help deflect oil away from 1,300 nesting brown pelicans....
Drew Wirwa, USFWS employee makes his way across a lagoon to inspect the status of 1,300 nesting brown pelicans at North Island, Breton National Wildlife Refuge, along with volunteer Kelby Ouchly (L), and Jack Bohannan, Refuge Manager for Breton,...
Jack Bohannan points to a lagoon to inspect the status of 1,300 nesting brown pelicans at North Island, Breton National Wildlife Refuge, along with volunteer Kelby Ouchly (middle), and USFWS Assistant Manager Drew Wirwa.
A close-up view of a Pinyon Jay perched on a branch in the Deshutes National Forest. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources' Red List the status of the Pinyon Jay is vulnerable with a decreasing...
A close-up view of the Tricolored Blackbird photographed in the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge located in California. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources the status of the Tricolored...
Black-footed ferret at borrow entrance investigating scientific equipment laying on ground. The black-footed ferret is one of the most endangered mammals in North America.
For more information about the status of black-footed ferrets visit...
