The Karner blue butterfly effect

This is Climate-closeups: an audio series that brings you the voices of those working against the tide of climate change through their daily work here at the Service. It’s an opportunity to take a look at the individuals behind the work and what drives them. But, as you’ll soon learn…

By Lauren Ramos, American Conservation Experience (ACE) Fellow, Assistant Grant Specialist When you set foot on Beech Hill in Goshen, Connecticut, you sense you’re someplace special. Birdsong wafts from the deep forest. A dirt road bisects a corn field and meanders into the distance, encouraging discovery. …

In honor of women’s history month, we would like to take a moment to honor two educated, professional, and influential women from the turn of the 20th century; Esther Lape and Elizabeth Read. These two women were life partners who not only made a difference for women’s rights, but also…

Community supports preservation of historic Meadowood parcel, where the civil rights leader toiled as a student Land offers a connection to nature, to ourselves, and to the spirit that guides us. On the small farm known as Meadowood in Simsbury, Connecticut, a young Martin Luther King, Jr., was able to…

For competitive birders, the Big Year is a big deal. Months of preparation and travel planning often go into the year-long competition to identify as many birds as possible in North America. The Big Year competition dates back to the 1930s after the publication of Rodger Tory Peterson birding guides…

The Delaware River Basin Restoration Program is helping to make “America the Beautiful” a reality in the four-state watershed By Wendi Weber, North Atlantic-Appalachian Regional Director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service In early September, communities across the Delaware River Basin saw anywhere from three to 10 inches of…

Staff at a fish hatchery in West Virginia are developing a new technique to help biologists tag freshwater mussels with food coloring. At White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery in West Virginia, biologists raise tens of thousands of freshwater mussels every year. The mussels that grow up in this facility…

Making refuge buildings — and our homes — safer for birds — During summer of 2021, Christine Fox participated in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Directorate Fellows Program, working for our Migratory Birds Division. She reflects on her fellowship and how it led to a home-improvement project that was for the birds. “Thump!” I heard the sound from the next room…

In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy ransacked the East Coast. And, while bigger storms — with even more devastating impacts — have certainly come along, Sandy was unique because it helped start a movement…