United States Fish and Wildlife Service

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United States Fish and Wildlife Service - an agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife and their habitats; assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric dams and thermal pollution

FWS, US Fish and Wildlife Service

Department of the Interior, DoI, Interior Department, Interior - the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849

bureau, federal agency, government agency, agency, office, authority - an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"

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The visit was organised by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service with the participation of the Environment Society of Oman, Five Oceans Environmental Services and the Royal Air Force of Oman.

21 tracking devices installed on turtles in Masirah Island

$2 million for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's State and Tribal Wildlife Grants

The spoils of war. (Data)

We thank the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge for authorizing the collection of the specimen.

New county record for the Mexican long-tongued bat (Choeronycteris mexicana) from Texas