United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The United States Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) is the Bureau within the Department of Interior that is charged with the mission of working with partners to protect the health of aquatic habitats, restore and maintain fish and other aquatic resources at self-sustaining levels, and to support Federal migration programs for benefit of the American public.

Major offices and divisions related to aquatic life include:

·Birds

·Bird Habitat Restoration

·Ecosytem Approach to Fish and Wildlife Conversation

·Endangered Species

·Fisheries

·Habitat Conservation

·Migratory Bird Managment

·National Wetlands Inventory

·Partners for Fish and Wildlife

·Shorebirds

Federal legislation specifically charges America's National Wildlife Refuge System to preserve a national network of lands and waters for the conservation and management of the fish, wildlife, and plants of the United States for the benefit of present and future generations. Wildlife and Habitat Management provides an overvie