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

Multiple volunteer positions available at Jackson NFH. Hatchery is located a half mile from south entrance to Teton National Park in recreation destination Jackson, Wyoming. Need tour guide and maintenance help. Work schedule is 28 hrs/week. Full hook-up RV sites provided on the National Elk Refuge...
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...
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.

Careers and Internships

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. 

Partnering With FWS

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.

Learning Opportunities

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.

Education Programs

The Fish and Wildlife Service offers many great education programs.

Young Explorers Club Flyer
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...
Albatross on Midway Atoll surrounded by marine debris.
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...

Proposed Rules and Notices Open for Comment

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.

Regulations.gov

Events

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

Presentation
Bring your cubs to the refuge for story-time and a fun craft they can take home! Every time will feature a different, unique activity; materials will be provided to make an age-appropriate, nature-themed craft, followed by a reading of a classic children's story such as The Lorax or The Rainbow...
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Refuge Visitor Center and Headquarters

Cool off with us inside the visitor center during kids' craft hour, happening every Wednesday in July! New guided nature craft or art project each week.

Kids and families welcome. No registration required - drop in any time!

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
Visitor Center
**Please note:  These activities are only for participants staying on-site at the National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, WV.

 

Tree Walk (5:30 - 6:30 PM ET)

Take a walkabout to learn about native trees and wildflowers of the season and their connection with this...

Get Involved Stories

Wild Read book club poster featuring An Immense World by Ed Yong
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America's Wild Read: Discussion Questions for An Immense World
We hope you join the USFWS Library for our Summer Wild Read. We're currently reading An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Pulitzer Prize winning science journalist, Ed Yong. Let's dive into the text through these questions at our upcoming book discussion on...
A green sweat bee on bright pink phlox flower
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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.
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.
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...
Staff talking to students on beach
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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.
Painting of white trumpeter swan flying out of the water. The swan’s wings are extended, and its head curved down. The background features a forest on the horizon with the pink, red, and orange hues of a sunset behind it.
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2024 Idaho Junior Duck Stamp Winners!
See the winners of the Junior Duck Stamp Contest!