Department of the Interior
Departmental Manual
Effective Date: 1/23/98
Series: Organization
Part 142: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Chapter 10: Field Organization
Originating Office: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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10.1 Regional Offices. There are seven Regional Offices which are largely operational in nature. They are responsible for the implementation of national policies in a line operation reporting to the Director. Regional Offices appraise and monitor their operations to ensure effectiveness and goal attainment for the Service, and recommend to the Washington Office revisions in national policies, plans, and procedures. Appendix 1 shows a map of the Regional Office boundaries.
A. Regional activities are carried out under the managerial and technical direction of the Regional Directors who are responsible to the Director for all Service operational activities within their Region. Regional Office addresses are listed in Appendix 2.
B. In each Region, a Regional Director is aided by a Deputy Regional Director and a staff of Assistant Regional Directors, and is responsible for managing the Regional refuge and wildlife, ecological services, fisheries, administrative, and law enforcement activities. The Regional Director is responsible for ensuring the accomplishment of all assigned, scheduled, and budgeted activities through the efficient utilization of available resources, maintaining liaison with States, local interest groups, and the public within stated areas of responsibility; and providing supervision over subordinate Regional Office organizational components that are established on a geographical or functional basis, and supervises a widely geographically dispersed number of field offices. Due to variations from Region to Region, information concerning subordinate organizational components under Regional Directors for a specific Region may be obtained from the Director.
10.2 Detached Service Offices.
A. The Fish and Wildlife Service Finance Center located in Denver, Colorado, is under the general direction of the Assistant Director - Administration and is responsible for implementing financial policies and procedures, processing all financial documents and transactions, preparing and maintaining official accounting records and reports, and producing and disseminating financial reports to Service managers. It operates and maintains the automated systems required to support the finance operations. This includes systems analysis and design support necessary to maintain financial automated data processing systems, and to identify and implement needed changes to the financial processing and accounting subsystems. The Center also provides financial support to the two Labor Department Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers staffed and managed by the Service. This support includes obligation review, payment processing, and preparation of various financial management and regulatory reports.
B. The National Wetlands Inventory Center located in St. Petersburg, Florida, is under the direction of the Assistant Director - Ecological Services. The Center's functions are to plan, coordinate, monitor, gather, analyze, disseminate, and evaluate photographic information related to the location, quantity, conditions, and ecological importance of the Nation's wetlands. Responsible for producing scientifically correct wetland maps and statistics on the status and trends of wetland habitat; for providing training in the use of the Service's wetland classification system and the use of all national wetland inventory products; and for providing technical assistance in the areas of wetland botany, soils, hydrology, and general wetland ecology.
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APPENDIX 2
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Regions
|
REGION |
AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY |
ADDRESS |
TELEPHONE |
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1 |
California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Pacific Islands |
Regional Director U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Eastside Federal Complex 911 E. 11th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97232-4181 |
(503) 231-6118
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|
2 |
Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas |
Regional Director U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 500 Gold Avenue, SW. P.O. Box 1306 Albuquerque, NM 87103 |
(505) 248-6282 |
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3
|
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio Wisconsin |
Regional Director U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Building 1 Federal Drive Fort Snelling, MN 55111 |
(612) 713-5302 |
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4 |
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands |
Regional Director U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1875 Century Boulevard Atlanta, GA 30345 |
(404) 679-4000 |
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5 |
Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, West Virginia |
Regional Director U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 300 Westgate Center Drive Hadley, MA 01035-9589 |
(413) 253-8300 |
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6 |
Colorado, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
|
Regional Director U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service P.O. Box 25486 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225 Delivery: 134 Union Boulevard Lakewood, CO 80228 |
(303) 236-7920 |
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7 |
Alaska
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Regional Director U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1011 E. Tudor Road Anchorage, AK 99503 |
(907) 786-3542 |
1/23/98 #3195
Replaces 9/16/94 #3022, #3007, and 2880