The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service lists as endangered 99 animals, fish, and birds, and 18 plant species.

The island now forms the Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge and is an unincorporated and unorganized territory of the U. S. Its defense is the responsibility of the United States ; though uninhabited, it is visited annually by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service aerial view of Baker Island

Along with six other islands, the island was administered by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Pacific Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex.

Public entry to the island is by special-use permit from the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service only and is generally restricted to scientists and educators.

Image: Fish and Wildlife sign on Baker Island. jpg | Fish and wildlife sign

* Fish and Wildlife Service ( Department of the Interior )

Due to an affliction affecting bats in the northeastern US known as white nose syndrome ( WNS ), the US Fish & Wildlife Service has called for a moratorium effective March 26, 2009 on caving activity in states known to have hibernacula ( MD, NY, VT, NH, MA, CT, NJ, PA, VA, and WV ) affected by WNS, as well as adjoining states.

In Florida, the toad is a regarded as a threat to both native species and to pets, so much so, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recommends residents euthanize them.

Other federal agencies, such as the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service pursue primarily conservation missions, while still others, such as the United States Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, tend to focus more on beneficial use of natural resources.

The island is managed by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an insular area under the U. S. Department of the Interior and is part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.

The island is visited every two years by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Along with six other islands, the island was administered by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Pacific Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex.

Public entry to the island is by special-use permit from the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service only and is generally restricted to scientists and educators.

The Ozark hellbender has been listed as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Oct. 5, 2011.

* Ozark Hellbender at U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service

“ The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service-funded Ivory-billed Woodpecker searches will continue through the 2008-09 search season ,” says Laurie Fenwood, Ivory-billed Woodpecker Recovery Team Coordinator for the U. S, Fish and Wildlife Service .… If no birds are confirmed, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology will not send an organized team into the field next year.

It is an unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States, administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system.

Jay Norwood Darling was appointed Chief of the new Bureau of Biological Survey in 1934 ; the same year Congress passed the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act ( FWCA ), one of the oldest federal environmental review statutes.

** Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958,

** Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958,

However, on January 7, 2008, George W. Bush appointee H. Dale Hall, Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ( USFWS ), signed a recommendation to abandon jaguar recovery as a federal goal under the Endangered Species Act.

* Billingsgate Fish Market is sanctioned as a permanent institution by Act of Parliament.

* FURSEAL. HTML-summary of the Fur Seal Act at U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service web site.

Pursuant to the eagle feather law, Title 50, Part 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations ( 50 CFR 22 ), and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service administers the National Eagle Repository and the permit system for Native American religious use of eagle feathers.

* Anadromous Fish Conservation Act

To be accepted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ( FWS ) as a bona fide animal sanctuary and to be eligible for an exemption from the prohibition of interstate movement of big cats under the Captive Wildlife Safety Act ( CWSA ), organizations must meet the following criteria:

They were protected under the Wildlife Act 1953 and the population was managed by Fish and Game New Zealand who culled excessive bird numbers.

As a result, the City of Austin applied for and was issued an Incidental Take Permit under Section 10 ( a )( 1 )( b ) of the Endangered Species Act by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1998.

In North America, several non-governmental conservation organizations petitioned the Department of Interior, United States Fish & Wildlife Service ( 1991 & 1997 ) to list the Goshawk as " threatened " or " endangered " under the authority of the Endangered Species Act.

However, though petitions have been made to list the Gunnison Sage-Grouse under the Endangered Species Act, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service has not yet listed them.

The first Rebuilding Act, passed in 1669, stipulated that " the better to preserve the memory of this dreadful visitation ", a column of either brass or stone should be set up on Fish Street Hill, on or near the site of Farynor's bakery, where the fire began.

In terms of the slavery issue, Fish was a moderate ; having disapproved of the Kansas Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery.

In 1987, Dennis D. Murphy from Stanford University petitioned the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to add Artemia monica to the endangered species list under the Endangered Species Act ( 1973 ).

On January 11, 2007, Otter announced his support for a " gray wolf kill ," in which all but 100 of Idaho's recently-recovered population would be eradicated, pending the forthcoming U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service removal of the wolves ' federal protections under the Endangered Species Act.

Billingsgate Fish Market was formally established by an Act of Parliament in 1699 to be " a free and open market for all sorts of fish whatsoever ".

The Northern Spotted Owl and Mexican Spotted Owl subspecies are listed as threatened in the United States under the Endangered Species Act ( ESA ), which is administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ( USFWS ).

* Fish and Wildlife Service site on the Coastal Zone Management Act

On October 30, 2006, the Union issued a press release claiming that high-ranking members of the U. S. Department of the Interior, including Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Julie MacDonald, systematically tampered with scientific data in an effort to undermine the protection of endangered species and the Endangered Species Act.

The Act is administered by two federal agencies, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ( FWS ) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ).

As habitat loss is the primary threat to most imperiled species, the Endangered Species Act of 1973 allowed the Fish and Wildlife Service ( FWS ) and National Marine Fisheries Service ( NMFS ) to designate specific areas as protected " critical habitat " zones.