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Amargosa Pupfish Station

The Amargosa Pupfish Station refuge is contained within the larger Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex, which along with the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, also includes the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge, and the Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge, all managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Blackside Dace

On August 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey released together with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service a study which shows that after the spill of fracture-fluid a important number of fish and other water being, such as even the Blackside Dace, died.

Criterion Wind Project

A lawsuit was filed in December 2010 against the Criterion Wind Project alleging that the project must obtain an Incidental Take Permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for any Indiana bats killed or injured by the turbine blades.

Devil's River minnow

When the Devils River Minnows were first classified as threatened in 1999, a group of organizations including the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the City of Del Rio, Texas, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are involved in a Conservation Agreement to assist the minnows’ recovery to the point that it is no longer a threatened species.

Dwarf lanternshark

American ichthyologists Stewart Springer and George H. Burgess described the dwarf lanternshark from specimens collected via trawling by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service research ship Oregon in 1964.

Gila trout

By the time the Gila trout was listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1967 its range had reduced from several hundred miles of stream to just 20 in the Gila Wilderness and Aldo Leopold Wilderness.

Platte River caddisfly

Following a 12-month assessment, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2012 determined the Platte River caddisfly was not suited to be listed as an endangered species.

Scarecrow Island

A 2002 study conducted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service documented the occurrence of seven species of fish in the immediate vicinity of the island, with round whitefish, trout-perch, and lake chub predominating.

Snake River physa snail

In 1995, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported the known modern range of the species to be from Grandview, Idaho (ca. RM 487) to the Hagerman Reach of the Snake River (ca. RM 573).

Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program

Recovery Program partners include: the Colorado River Energy Distributors Association, the Colorado Water Congress, the National Park Service, the State of Colorado, the State of Utah, the State of Wyoming, the Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Utah Water Users Association, the Western Area Power Administration, the Western Resource Advocates, and the Wyoming Water Association.

Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge

The refuge is located immediately north of the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center, which is operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, Wisconsin State Historical Society, University of Wisconsin Extension Service, and Friends of the Center Alliance, Ltd.

Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery

The Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, located approximately 45 miles (72.4 km) South East of Las Vegas, Nevada, in Mohave County, Arizona on the Colorado River ten miles (16 km) south of the Hoover Dam.


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