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	We work for you...by conserving the nature of America! The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency for conserving, protecting, and enhancing fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of you, the American public. We manage the 93-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System--more than 530 individual refuges, wetlands, and special management areas that mark their 100th anniversary in 2003. We operate 66 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resource offices, and 78 ecological services field stations--local offices near to you, where we work to conserve natural resources. We enforce Federal wildlife protection laws, like the Endangered Species Act. We manage migratory birds...restore nationally significant fisheries...conserve wetlands...and help foreign governments with their conservation efforts. Below is a list of offices with major responsibilities for conserving wildlife and habitats. Please see our Index/Site Map to find other routes to our information online.
	Bosque Hydrology Group floor modeling, research, geomorphology, and links for the Middle Rio Grande Bosque... Ecological Services endangered species, contaminants, partners, wetlands, field stations... Endangered Species Information habitat conservation and recovery plans, action and data regarding threatened and endangered species... Endangered Species Lists state and county lists of threatened and endangered species, species information, Endangered Species Act of 1973, publications... Environmental Contaminants pesticides, water quality, contaminants... Fire Management prescribed fire, wildland fire, smoke management, statistics... Fisheries fish hatcheries, management assistance, fish passage... Invasive Species impacts, control and prevention. Coordination with others...	Laws Federal conservation laws, treaties... Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Mexican Spotted Owl Migratory Birds migratory bird management, including reports, background on major decisions, monitoring of species, and habitat conservation... National Wildlife Refuges alphabetical and state-by-state listings of refuges in the Southwest Region, links to refuge Web pages, information on the National Wildlife Refuge System... Map of all Regions Realty land acquisition for wildlife refuges... Region 2 States - Arizona - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Texas San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program Wetlands National Wetlands Inventory, maps, habitat assessment... .
	Questions? Please see our answers to the Frequently Asked Questions, and try the Index/Site Map and the Search Engine, before you contact us.

Last updated: June 12, 2007

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