Here are our latest endangered species annoucements, activities, and species statistics. Media representatives are invited to contact the Office of Public Affairs.

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This page is provided to you by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program. Visit our home page or use the links at left for more about endangered species and the programs we administer to protect and recover them.

• View Fish and Wildlife Service National endangered species news releases. To access all national and regional FWS news releases, go to the News release page. Our home page also has a What's New section.
  
  
• Subscribe to have Fish and Wildlife Service news releases e-mailed to you.
  
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The national public affairs page gives you several ways to contact the people in the Fish and Wildlife Service who can help you get your job done.

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• Use our Species Information page to search for a particular species or to retrieve lists of threatened and endangered species around the country. State maps with species counts are available.
  
  
• Species in the Spotlight focuses on those species most often in the news.

  
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The Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs has transcripts of testimony given by officials with the Fish and Wildlife Service and Department of the Interior on issues important to the Fish and Wildlife Service.

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We administer the Endangered Species Act in accordance with published policies, available here.

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• What We Do has an overview and history of the Endangered Species Act and links to all our program pages.
• The Endangered Species Bulletin featured an Overview of the Endangered Species Program in the November/December 1999 issue.
• We have collected fact sheets and publications that describe endangered species program activities and answer frequently asked questions.
  
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The Endangered Species Bulletin is a great source to learn about the Endangered Species program and what people are doing in the field to protect and recover endangered species.

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publications

Our publications page consolidates fact sheets, brochures, Questions and Answers, and other material posted throughout our web site.

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