Our mission begins with the words, "Working with others." We invite you to join us in conserving wildlife and wild places for today and for generations to come.

You can get involved by volunteering, partnering, sampling learning opportunities, taking part in education programs, and attending events. You can also comment on proposed rules and notices. Here’s how.

Volunteering

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Common Volunteer Opportunities

Visitor Center and Grounds Volunteer
Join the team at Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge to help us with conservation needs on the ground! Located on a beautiful bay of Kentucky Lake, we offer a peaceful serene setting filled with wildlife encounters. This refuge is located near multiple other public lands to explore during your off...
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Spring Tram Driver/Narrator (Couple)
This volunteer opportunity consists of a pair (usually a couple) where one person drives a tram, and the other person narrates an interpretive tour for the riding visitors. There are 3 tours per day, each of which last about 1.5 hours driving along the 7 mile paved tour loop within the refuge.
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Winter Tram Driver/Narrator (Couple)
This volunteer opportunity consists of a pair (usually a couple) where one person drives a tram, and the other person narrates an interpretive tour for the riding visitors. There are 3 tours per day, each of which last about 1.5 hours driving along the 7 mile paved tour loop within the refuge.
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Volunteer Opportunities

Careers and Internships

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Are you passionate about conservation, science, nature, plants and wildlife? A career with us might be just what you’re looking for. It might also be the ticket if you’re into law enforcement, information technology, maintenance, real estate, engineering, communication, cartography, finance, budgeting and more. 

Join us in advancing our mission of working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance, fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. 

Careers & Internships

Partnering With FWS

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Partners are valuable allies to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and play a vital role in meeting the Service's conservation goals.

Featured Partners

Here are just a few of our nationals partners. You can view the full list of FWS partners, along with the regions and areas of focus our work together entails.

Our Partners

Learning Opportunities

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We offer many types of learning opportunities including formal and informal training. Some of the education we offer includes job training, career enhancement training, and education for environmental or technical professionals and students.

Learning Opportunities

Education Programs

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The Fish and Wildlife Service offers many great education programs.

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Young Explorer's Club
Calling all preschoolers! The Savannah National Wildlife Refuge hosts a monthly environmental education program geared specifically for 3- and 4-year old children. The programs are held the 1st Tuesday of each month, from 10 - 11 AM, and feature a different nature-related topic. Young Explorer's...
Education Program
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Albatross Bolus Education Program
Give your student's a first hand experience by dissecting a bolus in your classroom! Learn about the effects of marine debris on sea birds. Request boluses for your class and use activity sheets, pictures, and videos to better inform the future generation of conservationists on the impacts of...
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Proposed Rules and Notices Open for Comment

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Rulemaking is the policy-making process for agencies of the federal government. Each rule goes through a structured reviewing timeline, including a period for public comments. View policy open for public comment on regulations.gov.

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Events

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The Fish and Wildlife Service hosts many public events at sites across the country.

NCTC Campfire and Drum Circle
**Please note:  These activities are only for participants staying on-site at the National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, WV.

 

Campfire & Drum Circle (8:00-9:30 PM ET)

Come join the NCTC Community for the 1st NCTC Campfire and Drum Circle.  Looks like it may...

Outdoor Activity
High-elevation Bird Walk
Join volunteer Herb along Wilderness Way on a guided bird walk to see some of the birds that live in high-elevation areas! No birding experience required—we even provide binoculars! This walk will be around two miles along gravel road and native material trail with slight elevation increases....
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
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Outdoor Activity
Pea Island Canoe Tour
Escape the hectic beach and explore the quiet marshes, islands, and creeks of Pamlico Sound. Reservation required. $35 per person; $20 for children 12 and under. Call 252-216-9464 to reserve and pay. Children must be accompanied by an adult. We provide canoes, paddles, life jackets and two...
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Get Involved Stories

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Buzzworthy: The quest to protect Great Lakes pollinators
The Great Lakes basin is full of native insect pollinators flitting from flower to flower, quietly ensuring the survival of countless other species. Learn more about how we're leading an effort to make sure it stays that way.
Director Martha Williams and Assistant Secretary Shannon Estenox admire a monarch butterfly perched on Martha's outstretched palm
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Patuxent's Monarch Magic
Monarch butterflies migrate remarkable distances.  Their delicate, colorful wings can carry them across hundreds, even thousands of miles to reach warm, ancestral destinations – places monarchs have migrated to for millenia. This long journey has to start somewhere. What if that journey started in...
Monarch butterfly on purple coneflower
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Blossoming together: The story of Ron’s community garden
As Pollinator Week and Juneteenth converge, we want to shine a spotlight on the unique intersection of agriculture and environmental stewardship that’s happening beyond the lands and waters that we manage. Anybody can take action to help pollinators in their own community and make a difference.
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Florida State University Student Career Shadow Day
Students from Florida State University visited the Panama City Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office for a career shadow day to learn about agency programs and job opportunities.
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2024 Idaho Junior Duck Stamp Winners!
See the winners of the Junior Duck Stamp Contest!
Spring Wild Read Poster
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Discussion Questions for The Nature of Oaks
This spring as the trees put on a show by bursting with bright foliage, the USFWS Library is reading The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees by Douglas W. Tallamy. Oaks are some of the most ecologically and economically significant trees in the world. We hope you...

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