Asheville Ecological Services Field Office
Conserving the Nature of America

 

 

   Photo of biologists looking for mussels. Photo credit: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

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  • Workshop Offered For Commercial Outdoor Guides
    A natural history workshop will be held for commercial outdoor guides on Thursday, April 30th, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. at the Nantahala Outdoor Center facilities on the French Broad River in Hot Springs. more

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Biologist Lora Zimmerman searching for mussels. Photo credit: Jennifer Koches, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Members of the media
Recent press releases • 2007 press releases • Southeastern Region press releases • national press releases • stock film footage • image library • national image library • media contacts
Photo of biologist looking at Virginia spiraea, a threatened plant. Photo credit: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Private landowners
Types of assistance available • qualifying for technical or financial assistance for private land management • fact sheets on developing backyard habitat • private lands conservation contact
Photo of educators in a birding workshop. Photo credit: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Educators, parents, and youth group leaders
Programs • workshops • curricula • reading list (pdf) • fact sheets on developing backyard habitat • image library • national image library • podcasts • publications • special projects • environmental education contact
Congressional staffer speaking with a constituent. Credit: USFWS Congressional staff
Endangered species, press releases, and issue fact sheets by Congressional district • national Congressional and legislative affairs website • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Congressional testimony • Digest of Federal Resource Laws • Southeast regional press releases • National press releases • Congressional affairs contact
Photo of littlewing pearlymussel. Photo credit: Dick Biggins, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Information on federally threatened or endangered species
List of federally threatened or endangered species in North Carolina (pdf) • list of threatened or endangered species by North Carolina county • species descriptions • regulatory background on species • species recovery plans • endangered species contacts
Photo of the ceremonial signing of the Tapoco hydroelectric project relicensing settlement agreement. Photo credit: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Information on federal natural resource laws
Digest of federal natural resources laws • Federal Register • Endangered Species Act fact sheets • regulatory background on federally threatened or endangered species • Congressional testimony by Fish & Wildlife Service officials
   
Last Updated: January 14, 2009