United States Fish and Wildlife Service

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The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that is dedicated to managing and preserving wildlife.

Units in the Fish and Wildlife Service include:

• National Wildlife Refuge System
• Bird Habitat Conservation
• Federal Duck Stamp
• National Fish Hatchery System
• Endangered Species program

[edit] History

It began as the U.S. Commission on Fish and Fisheries (later known as the Bureau of Fisheries) in the United States Department of Commerce and the Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy (later known as the Bureau of Biological Survey) in the United States Department of Agriculture. It took its present form in 1939 when these Bureaus were transferred to the Department of the Interior and were merged.

The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is a bureau within the Department of Interior. The FWS's mission is to protect and conserve fish/wildlife/plants and their habitats for future generations. The FWS manages more than 520 National Wildlife Refuges and 66 National Fish Hatcheries. On the FWS website, http://www.fws.gov are links and information about all the FWS does and supports from birds, budget, coastal, fishing, grants, habitat, hunting, kids/educators, offices, partnerships, permits, species, and videos. The FWS website is a useful tool to find information about what nature conservation efforts are going on in and around your area as well as nationwide. The FWS website is organized into different categories as listed above and more: contaminants, endangered species, fire, fisheries and habitats, images, jobs, law enforcement, news, policies, and more.

[edit] See also

• Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
• National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory
• National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966
• National Rifle Association
• Safari Club International
• Timeline of environmental events
• United States Fish and Wildlife Service list of endangered species
• World Hunting Association
• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
• International Migratory Bird Day

NPS - National Park Service 
FWS - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
BIA - Bureau of Indian Affairs 
BLM - Bureau of Land Management
MMS - Minerals Management Service
OSM - Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement
USGS - U.S. Geological Survey
BR - Bureau of Reclamation
OIA - Office of Insular Affairs

Extension Service of the USDA
FSA - Farm Service Agency 
FAS - Foreign Agricultural Service 
RMA - Risk Management Agency 
FSIS - Food Safety Inspection Service 
FS - Forest Service 
NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service 
RBS - Rural Business-Cooperative Service 
OCD - Office of Community Development 
RHS - Rural Housing Service 
RUS - Rural Utilities Service 
FNS - Food and Nutrition Service 
CNPP - Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion 
AMS - Agricultural Marketing Service 
APHIS - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
GIPSA - Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
ARS - Agricultural Research Service 
CSREES - Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service 
ERS - Economic Research Service 
NASS - National Agricultural Statistics Service 
ASCS - Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service 

NWS - National Weather Service 
NOS - National Ocean Service 
NGS - National Geodetic Survey 
NESDIS - National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service 
NMFS - National Marine Fisheries Service 
OAR - Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research 

EERE - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
EIA - Energy Information Administration
FERC - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
BER - Biological and Environmental Research
EM - Office of Environmental Management

[edit] External links

• Official web site of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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