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A pair of condors in Flight (6391185103)

A pair of California Condors soar above Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge near Maricopa in the southwestern San Joaquin Valley, in Kern County, California. Condors usually mate for life, raising one chic... More

Pair of Chinook salmon

Chinook salmon on the Lower Stanislaus River in Central Valley of California. The Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is an anadromous fish that is the largest species in the salmon family. Chinook salm... More

Tidewater Goby 1

Prior to the lagoon breach, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service went out to survey for the endangered Tidewater goby in California. Photo Credit SarahSwenty/USFWS

Tidewater Goby 2

Prior to the lagoon breach, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service went out to survey for the endangered Tidewater goby in California. Photo Credit: SarahSwenty/USFWS

Tidewater Goby 3

Prior to the lagoon breach, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service went out to survey for the endangered Tidewater goby, California. Photo Credit: SarahSwenty/USFWS

"Share the Shore" with our snowy plovers! (6588893809)

The "Share the Shore" project in partnership with Audubon California made these wonderful signs possible to be posted on the Tijuana Slough NWR coastal dune habitat. The original refuge boundary signs were van... More

"Where are we, guys?" (6555504453)

FWS Environmental Education Specialist gives an orientation on the Tijuana Estuary, and discusses why plants are so specialized there (Lisa Cox/USFWS).

-RefugioOilResponse (17314002254)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists and environmental contaminants staff are actively documenting impacts at the #RefugioOilResponse on wildlife by surveying the beaches and surrounding areas as part of t... More

-RefugioOilResponse (18204627215)

Wildlife operations crews work to protect Western snowy plover nests at Coal Oil Point Reserve. Partners from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, University of California Santa Barbara and California Department of ... More

-RefugioOilResponse Wildlife Operations (18748723812)

Wildlife operations crews from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Environmental Protection Agency and California Department of Fish and Wildlife respond to an oiled wildlife report west of Refugio State Beach ... More

-SavetheMonarch (38016392772)

PASADENA, Calif. - A mother and daughter at the Dia de los Muertos Monarch Butterfly Festival in Pasadena on October 28, 2017. The festival is hosted by the City of Pasadena, Friends of Washington Park, and U.... More

-ScienceWoman, JodyFraser (16307128154)

Title: Fish and Wildlife Biologist Duty station: Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife Office Who is your Female Conservation Hero or Mentor? Of course the classics – Rachel Carson and Mardy Murie – but here in the FW... More

15th Birthday Celebration on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge (6...

Refuge biologist leads a nature hike during the big event (Photo: Earl Stuart Cryer)

2 yr old birder at Humboldt Bay NWR (5411787404)

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge is located on Humboldt Bay on the northwest California coast. The refuge has two main purposes: to protect and enhance wetlands and bay habitats for migratory birds, especi... More

2010 Junior Duck Stamp Best of Show in California (5512878656)

2010 Junior Duck Stamp Best of Show in California, Fulvous Whistling Ducks by David Zhou, 14 years old. The next judging will be March 25, 2011 at Cornerstone Gardens. The new best of show will go on to compe... More

30,000 square feet will be planted this spring. Photo by Steve Henry U...

Simi Valley Adventist School is proud to partner with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to create a Schoolyard Habitat that will serve as a haven for native plant and animal species. Through a $5,700 grant pro... More

A Better Look (28001365383)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff peer through binoculars as two western snowy plover chicks are released back into the wild at Coal Oil Point Reserve in Santa Barbara, California. Photo by U.S. Fish and Wil... More

A little girl is proud to showcase her artwork at Western Monarch Day ...

Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS Public domain image related to the State of California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A lone Bald eagle (28015624393)

A Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) posts alongside a public road intersecting the Modoc National Wildlife Refuge. Photo submitted by Mary McGuire, an administrative office and R8 Uniform Coordinator with t... More

A sign advises beachgoers to avoid disturbing marine wildlife after an...

OXNARD, Calif. (May 1, 2017) - A sign advises beachgoers to avoid disturbing marine wildlife after an unusual number of ill or deceased marine wildlife washed up on Ventura and Santa Barbara county beaches. Bio... More

A small cluster of monarchs in Encinitas, California (38675074292)

Photo by Joanna Gilkeson/USFWS. Public domain image related to the State of California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A typical western snowy plover nest (33692415144)

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - A typical western snowy plover nest. For the first time in nearly 70 years, western snowy plovers are nesting on Los Angeles County beaches. Photo by K. Kughan/USFWS.

A view from the sky (14629015714)

Lena Chang, USFWS biologist, takes a photo of Firstbloom campers from the top of Puppy Dome in Toulumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park. Campers with the Bishop Paiute Tribe were treated to an afternoon of rock... More

AC-4 Tail ID (23426065824)

Supervisory condor biologist Joseph Brandt, biologist Eddie Owens and recovery program volunteer Bill Langford spread the tail feathers on AC-4 to for an ID photo. Condor tail feathers are distinctive and can ... More

Administrative Office at Don Edwards San Francisco Bay NWR (5408229910...

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. This is a photo of the newly completed administrative office remodel using ARRA funds. (Justine Belson/USFWS)

Aerial view of Calaveras River Fish Passage Project (10615873566)

located on Mormon Slough, a channel of the Calaveras River east of Stockton, CA USFWS Photo by Steve Martarano

Agencies working together at SR-76 Restoration Site (34064418064)

Partners from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Wildlife and Caltrans were involved in making sure this restoration provided suitable habitat for native wildlife. Photo by Joan... More

Alexandra Dibble Pitts, -ScienceWoman (16730448559)

Women in Wildlife March is Women’s History month, and we want to highlight some of the amazing women here at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on our social media sites. Name: Alexandra Dibble Pitts Title: Deputy ... More

All smiles (14444534228)

After Firstbloom campers developed basic rock climbing techniques with the help of the Yosemite Mountaineering School and Guide Service, the children fell in love with the sport and spent a whole day climbing a... More

All Smiles (25843135204)

Eight year old Matthew is a student at Bernice Curren School in Oxnard, and was one of more than 130 students who helped plant native plants as part of the school's new Schoolyard Habitat. The habitat will attr... More

All smiles (26175182040)

This young third grader was among more than 130 kids from Bernice Curren School who helped plant native plants as part of the Schoolyard Habitat Program. Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS.

All smiles as conservation partners watch release of California condor...

A 35-year-old male California condor that has served a pivotal role in returning condors to the skies above California for the past 30 years was returned to the wild on December 29, 2015 by biologists at Bitter... More

Alpine Wet Meadow Data (8795049766)

Partners for Fish and Wildlife biologists collect data in a alpine wet meadow in the Deer Creek watershed in Siskiyou County, Calif.

Alpine Wet Meadow in the Klamath Mountains (8794738958)

High alpine wet meadows are uncommon. This meadow is located in Siskiyou County, California, near the Oregon border. The US Fish and Wildlife Service Partners for Fish and Wildlife biologists joined with a priv... More

American Avocet Chicks (7172933562)

American Avocet chicks are starting to hatch around the refuges of San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex. These were found at Unit SF2 in East Palo Alto. (May 10, 2012) (Photo by Bryan White/USFWS)

An indicator of healthy marine environments (15256803751)

Did you know sea otters are indicators of the health of the overall marine environment? They live and feed along shorelines, making them a good indicator species for detecting pollutants and pathogens washed do... More

An unarmored threespine stickleback at the California Department of Fi...

FILLMORE, Calif. (April 7, 2017) - An unarmored threespine stickleback at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's (CDFW) Fillmore Fish Hatchery. A team of biologists and scientists from the U.S. Fish a... More

Anacapa Middle School Students Birding Ventura Harbor (23138149132)

Students from Anacapa Middle School joined FWS biologists Michael Glenn and Mark Ogonowski at the Ventura Harbor Wetlands Ecological Reserve for a day of birding. Treated waste water from the City of Ventura's ... More

Andrea Adams, Cat Darst and Connie Rutherford of the Ventura Fish and ...

Biologists from the Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office visited some of the few known sites for threatened and endangered plant species in southern California in Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Subspecies of th... More

Andrea Dransfield, a BeachCOMBERS volunteer, examines a California bro...

OXNARD, Calif. (June 3, 2017) - Andrea Dransfield, a BeachCOMBERS volunteer, examines a California brown pelican found on Silver Strand beach during her monthly survey. BeachCOMBERS trains volunteers to record ... More

Andrea Dransfield, a BeachCOMBERS volunteer, surveys Silver Strand bea...

OXNARD, Calif. (June 3, 2017) - Andrea Dransfield, a BeachCOMBERS volunteer, surveys Silver Strand beach. BeachCOMBERS trains volunteers to record data about deceased marine mammals or birds along a shoreline, ... More

Angela Picco (32894285233)

IN THEIR OWN WORDS: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in California, Nevada and the Klamath Basin recognizes the inspiring journeys and contributions of Service #WomenInScience. Angela Picco, Wildlife Biolog... More

Arriving at Santa Cruz Island (28872325660)

A group of young ladies prepares to board the small boat that will take them to Santa Cruz Island. Photo by Lara Drizd/USFWS.

Ashley Spratt with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service helps steady the bas...

Biologists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service teamed up with Girl Scouts of California’s Central Coast on November 22, 2015 at Camp Arnaz near Ojai to build floating nest platforms that will be used by fed... More

Ashy storm-petrel in flight (8242015229)

Photo taken offshore in Santa Cruz County., CA on Sept. 16, 2007 by Jeff Poklen

Baja California chorus frog (Pseudacris hypochondriaca) (27022605212)

Partners for Fish and Wildlife project in San Diego County Photo credit: USFWS/J.Snapp-Cook

Baker's Larkspur (5933879987) - Flowers from US Fish and Wildlife Serv...

The Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program is working with project partners and private landowners in the northern San Francisco Bay Area to establish several new populations of Baker's larkspur, one ... More

Bald eagle feather bustle (23947361528)

A bald eagle feather bustle recovered during Operation Jungle Book. Charges were recently filed against 16 defendants in connection with Operation Jungle Book – the largest prosecutorial sweep in the Los Angele... More

Bald eagles on Lower Klamath NWR, Siskiyou County, California (5710534...

Scientific Name: Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagles congregate by the hundreds in the Klamath Basin during the late winter months. Wintering eagles roost in nearby wooded areas, including a night roost on Be... More

Beetle (27083776596) - A beetle on the ground with rocks in the backgr...

Partners for Fish and Wildlife project in San Diego County

Tourist Attraction - Belden's Landing (5204366583)

USFWS photo/Steve Martarano:Image title: Belden's Landing, Montezuma Slough, Solano County, California, USA

Belden's Landing Bridge (5204367067)

USFWS photo/Steve Martarano:Image title: Belden's Landing, Montezuma Slough, Solano County, California, USA

Beldon's Landing Bridge (5204376511)

USFWS photo:Image title: Belden's Landing, Montezuma Slough, Solano County, California, USA

Tourist Attraction - Beldon's Landing Bridge (5204376981)

USFWS photo:Image title: Belden's Landing bridge over the Montezuma Slough, Solano County, California