About Us
Migratory birds are some of nature’s most magnificent resources. They have a significant role in the health of the environment, economy, and culture in the U.S. and internationally. The mission of the Fish and Wildlife Service’s Migratory Bird Program is to conserve migratory bird populations and their habitats for future generations, through careful monitoring, effective management, and by supporting national and international partnerships that conserve habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife.
Fish and Wildlife Service Programs
Benefiting Migratory Birds
As the lead Federal agency
for managing and conserving migratory birds in the United
States, many Service programs are actively involved in migratory
bird conservation activities. Although these activities
are generally developed within a specific Service Program,
the success of these activities is also dependent upon close
intra-Service coordination in addition to building and sustaining
vital partnerships with other Federal and State agencies,
tribes, and private entities. For additional information, see http://www.fws.gov/.
These migratory bird activities will be further enhanced
within the Service as Director’s Order 172, signed
June 9, 2004, is implemented and the Service coordinates,
develops, and implements additional migratory bird conservation
activities with other Federal agencies in accordance with
Executive Order 13186, “Responsibilities of Federal
Agencies to Protect Migratory Birds”, signed January
10, 2001.
A Blueprint
for the Future of Migratory Birds
Migratory
Bird Program Strategic Plan 2004-2014 (pdf 7,360 kb)
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