The Endangered Species Program works formally and informally with a large variety of groups and individuals to further species conservation.

Pine Ecosystem Conservation Handbook for the Gopher Tortoise Forest Ecosystem Conservation Handbook for Birds in Georgia

Partnerships Promote Species Conservation at Fort Stewart: A host of endangered, threatened, and at-risk species are benefiting from conservation partnerships between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Fort Stewart, an Army base in coastal Georgia.

Partnerships in Action: The Karner Blue Butterfly Protected by Partnerships

Photo by Ann B. Swengel/USFWS

Working Together: Partnerships for Endangered Species Recovery

Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act and the partnerships that make species recovery possible. Learn more...

The following are just a few of the groups with which we have formal or informal partnerships for protecting and recovering endangered and threatened species.

Check back as we develop this page to highlight the many ways that we are working with partners to conserve the nature of America.

• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service programs related to Endangered Species
• Other Federal Agencies
• State and Local Government
• American Indian Tribes
• International Partnerships
• Private Landowners
• Private Organizations (NGOs)

• Invasive Species Program
• Migratory Birds Program
• Habitat Conservation
• Fisheries
• Law Enforcement
• Wetlands
• International Affairs
• Duck Stamps
• Environmental Quality
• National Conservation Training Center
• Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Press Releases
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge System
  • Refuges Established for Endangered Species
• Endangered Species on Refuges

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• Department of Defense
  
  
• USGS Biological Resources Division
  • Interagency Taxonomic Information System
  • Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, USGS
    
    
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• USDA Forest Service
• USDA Plants Database

• National Marine Fisheries Service
  • NOAA Fisheries: Office of Protected Resources
    • The Endangered Species Act - Protecting Marine Resources [PDF]
    • NMFS Listed Species
    • NMFS ESA Recovery
    • NMFS 5-year Reviews
• National Park Service, Threatened and Endangered Species in the National Park System
  
  
  
• Environmental Protection Agency
  • Coral Reef Protection
    

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• American Forest Foundation -- Forests for Watersheds & Wildlife
  • Forest Ecosystem Conservation Handbook for the Gopher Tortoise
  • Forest Ecosystem Conservation Handbook for Birds in Georgia
• American Zoo and Aquarium Association
  • FWS/AZA Memorandum of Understanding
  • FWS Press release
• Bat Conservation International
  • FWS/BCI Memorandum of Understanding
• Center for Plant Conservation
  • FWS/CPC Memorandum of Understanding
• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
• The Nature Conservancy
• NatureServe The largest ongoing effort to collect standardized data on endangered plants, animals and ecosystems.
• North American Native Fishes Association
• The Peregrine Fund
• Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership

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