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The Mountain-Prairie Region consists of 8 states in the heart of the American west including Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.
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Science
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a long tradition of scientific excellence and always uses the best-available science to inform its work to conserve fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitat for the benefit of the American public.
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National Wildlife Refuges
Where Wildlife Comes First
Created in 1903 by President Theodore Roosevelt, today's National Wildlife Refuge System protects habitats and wildlife across the country, from the Alaskan tundra to subtropical wetlands. Managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Refuge System's 560-plus refuges cover more than 150 million acres and protect nearly 1,400 species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.
While national wildlife refuges were created to protect wildlife, they are for people too. Refuges are ideal places for people of all ages to explore and connect with the natural world. We invite you to learn more about and visit the national wildlife refuges and wetland management districts in Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
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Ecological Services
The Mountain-Prairie Region's Office of Ecological Services (ES) works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend. Using the best available science, ES personnel work with Federal, State, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to avoid, minimize, and mitigate threats to our Nation's natural resources.
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Migratory Birds
Providing leadership in the conservation of migratory bird habitat through partnerships, grants, and outreach for present and future generations. The Migratory Bird Program is responsible for maintaining healthy migratory bird populations for the benefit of the American people.
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Fish and Aquatic Conservation
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Fish and Aquatic Conservation Program in the Mountain-Prairie Region helps conserve, protect, and enhance aquatic resources and provides economically valuable recreational fishing to anglers across the country. The program comprises 12 National Fish Hatcheries.
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Law Enforcement
Law enforcement is essential to virtually every aspect of wildlife conservation. The Office of Law Enforcement contributes to Service efforts to manage ecosystems, save endangered species, conserve migratory birds, preserve wildlife habitat, restore fisheries, combat invasive species, and promote international wildlife conservation.
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External Affairs
External Affairs staff in the Mountain-Prairie Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provides support to the regional office and field stations to communicate and faciliate information about the Service's programs to the public, media, Congress, Tribes, partners, and other stakeholders in the 8-state region.
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Planning Resources
Climate change | Glossary | Landscape conservation | Planning career | Planning procedures | Plants and animals | State plans | Supplemental reports | Writing | Open / close all
Planners search far and wide for resources that may be important to our planning efforts. The below links are resources we commonly use.
Big Sky carbon atlas (Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Project)
Climate change (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Conservation in a changing climate
Global change (U.S. Global Change Research Program)
The glossary defines terms that planners commonly use and that you will read in this Web site.
We have tried to reduce the abbreviations in this Web site. Find the few that we do use in the glossary.
Conserving the Future
Fulfilling the Promise (3 MB PDF)
Landscape conservation cooperatives
Strategic habitat conservation
Strategic habitat conservation approach
Career pathways (1 MB PDF)
Fulfilling the Promise (3 MB PDF)
Conserving the Future
Fulfilling the Promise (3 MB PDF)
Land Protection Planning for the National Wildlife Refuge System (PDF)
Landscape conservation cooperatives
National Environmental Policy Act coordination
Preplanning Guidance for Comprehensive Conservation Plans (1 MB PDF)
Strategic habitat conservation
Strategic habitat conservation approach
Writing Refuge Management Goals and Objectives (1 MB PDF)
Biological inventories of the world's protected areas (Inventory Center for the Environment)
Birds of North America (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Butterflies and Moths of North America
The Center for North American Herpetology
Global Invasive Species Database (Invasive Species Specialist Group)
Global Invasive Species Information Network
Integrated Taxonomic Information System
National digital library
Nonindigenous aquatic species (U.S. Geological Survey)
Breeding bird atlases in the United States and Canada (U.S. Geological Survey)
Checklist of freshwater fishes of North America (North American Native Fishes Association)
North American mammals (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History)
PLANTS Database (Natural Resources Conservation Service)
Colorado wildlife action plan
Kansas wildlife action plan
Montana fish and wildlife conservation strategy
Nebraska natural legacy project
North Dakota wildlife action plan
South Dakota wildlife action plan
Utah wildlife action plan
Wyoming wildlife action plan
Hydrogeomorphic analysis
Use of genetically modified, glyphosate-tolerant soybeans and corn on national wildlife refuge lands in the Mountain-Prairie Region (2 MB PDF)
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation (GrammarBook.com)
The OWL (Online Writing Lab, Purdue University)
Plain language (PlainLanguage.gov)
Quick tips to help you write more clearly (PlainLanguage.gov)
Writing Refuge Management Goals and Objectives (1 MB PDF)
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