United States Fish And Wildlife Service

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Agency overview
Fish and Wildlife Service
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Formed	June 30, 1940
Preceding Agencies	Bureau of Biological Survey Bureau of Fisheries
Jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States
Headquarters	Ballston, Virginia
Employees	7,960 (2006)
Agency Executives	H. Dale Hall, Director Randall Luthi, Deputy Director Ken Stansell, Acting Deputy Director
Parent agency	Department of the Interior
Child Agencies	National Wildlife Refuge System Endangered Species program Federal Duck Stamp program
Website
www.fws.gov
Footnotes
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The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that is dedicated to managing and preserving wildlife.

Units in the Fish and Wildlife Service include:

History

It began as the U.S. Commission on Fish and Fisheries (later known as the Bureau of Fisheries) in the United States Department of Commerce and the Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy (later known as the Bureau of Biological Survey) in the United States Department of Agriculture. It took its present form in 1939 when these Bureaus were transferred to the Department of the Interior and were merged.

The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is a bureau within the Department of Interior. The FWS's mission is, working with others, to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The FWS manages more than 520 National Wildlife Refuges and 66 National Fish Hatcheries. On the FWS website, [4] are links and information about all the FWS does and supports from birds, budget, coastal, fishing, grants, habitat, hunting, kids/educators, offices, partnerships, permits, species, and videos. The FWS website is a useful tool to find information about what nature conservation efforts are going on in and around your area as well as nationwide. The FWS website is organized into different categories as listed above and more: contaminants, endangered species, fire, fisheries and habitats, images, jobs, law enforcement, news, policies, and more.

External links

Official web site of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Office of Law Enforcement of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Fish And Wildlife Service Meeting Notices and Rule Changes from The Federal Register RSS Feed

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• • [ e] Agencies under the United States Department of the Interior
Secretary of the Interior Deputy Secretary of the Interior Bureau of Land Management • Bureau of Indian Affairs • Office of Surface Mining • Bureau Of Reclamation • Fish and Wildlife Service • Minerals Management Service • National Park Service • Geological Survey • Office of Insular Affairs

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Department of the Interior

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Formed March 3, 1849

Employees 71,436 (2004)
Annual Budget $10.
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Location United States

Area 96,013,646 acres (388,533 km²)
Established 1903
Total visitation 39,847,108 (in 2004)
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The Endangered Species Act (, et seq.) of 1973 or ESA was the most wide-ranging of the dozens of United States environmental laws passed in the 1970s. This act was designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction due to "the consequences of economic growth
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The Federal Duck Stamp is a United States program to generate revenue to protect wetlands. In 1934, the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act, popularly known as the Duck Stamp Act, was passed by Congress. The Act requires the purchase of a stamp by waterfowl hunters.
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The National Fish Hatchery System was established by the U.S. Congress in 1871 through the creation of a U.S. Commissioner for Fish and Fisheries. The System is now administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency within the United States Department of the Interior.
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Formed February 14, 1903

Employees 36,000 (2004)
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Formed February 15, 1889

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The Coastal Barrier Resources Act of the United States (CBRA, Public Law 97-348), enacted October 18, 1982, designated various undeveloped coastal barriers, depicted by a set of maps adopted by law, for inclusion in the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS).
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The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (FWCA) provides the basic authority for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) involvement in evaluating impacts to fish and wildlife from proposed water resource development projects.
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The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 prohibits, with certain exceptions, the taking of marine mammals in United States waters and by U.S. citizens on the high seas, and the importation of marine mammals and marine mammal products into the U.S.
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Founded in 1975, the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory is located in Ashland, Oregon, in the United States. Run by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Forensics laboratory is the only such laboratory in the country.
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The provided guidelines and directives for administration and management of all areas in National Wildlife Refuge system including "wildlife refuges, areas for the protection and conservation of fish and wildlife that are threatened with extinction, wildlife ranges, game ranges, wildlife
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Formation November 1871
Headquarters Fairfax, Virginia
Membership 4.3 million
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Safari Club International

Formation 1973
Headquarters Tucson, Arizona
Membership 47,000
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Safari Club International is an international organization composed of hunters.
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The timeline of environmental events is a historical account of events that have shaped humanity's perspective on the environment. This timeline includes some major natural events, human induced disasters, environmentalists that have had a positive
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This list contains only the bird and mammal species described as endangered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. It contains species not only in the U.S. and its territories, but also species only found abroad.
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The World Hunting Association was founded in 2006 with the aim of organizing professional deer hunting competitions. The hunts were to be conducted in a fenced 1000 acre (4 km²) ranch and would involve the use of Rifles, muzzleloaders and archery equipment.
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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) was established by United States Congress in 1984 and dedicated to the conservation of fish, wildlife, and plants, and the habitat on which they depend.
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Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research, Inc. is a nonprofit conservation organization located in Newark, Delaware, dedicated to indigenous wild bird rehabilitation, especially rehabilitation efforts related to oil spills.
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A listing priority number is a United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) way of designating the relative priority of candidate species. Candidate species are species that the FWS believes should be listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, but due to
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This is an incomplete list of United States federal agencies. All are agencies within one of the three branches of the United States government. Executive Branch Departmental agencies are organized by department.
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