Michael Bogan Tucson Water Arizona Game & Fish Sonoran Institute Regina Romero Dan Marries UA School of Natural Resources and the Environment City of Tucson AZ Game & Fish Dept Thank you for your partnership and supporting conservation!

Found a Woodcock on the Salt Plains NWR today. It sat in the snow and Ice and let me take its picture. #beautifulbird #notsupposedtobeinNWOkla @askUSFWS Cynthia Martinez Great Alone Cattle @bluegoose_2 Archived: USFWS Southwest

It's good to celebrate victories as we get them, and here are thousands - 25,000 threatened Chiricahua leopard frogs are released into the wild thanks to Phoenix Zoo. Full story- kjzz.org/content/163011…

The San Saba River is one of the last free-flowing river systems in Central Texas, but parts are at risk of drying up due to drought and pumping. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is funding a team of researchers to study how this could impact rare #mussel species in the river: bit.ly/SanSabaMussels

Endangered #WhoopingCranes are moving toward their wintering grounds in Texas thanks to the recent cold front. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Whooping Crane Coordinator said over half of the banded whoopers he studies have arrived so far, with the first of the season spotted in Seadrift Oct. 19.

IT Customer Support Specialist #fedjob in Albuquerque, NM & Boqueron, Cabo Rojo, PR $65K/Yr Careers at Interior US Fish and Wildlife Archived: USFWS Southwest regions. All Citizens - ow.ly/sRxB50CdMan Merit/VEOA - ow.ly/Onnw50CdMal Photo Credit: FDA/Ermarth

Check out what our San Marcos Aquatic Resources Center team caught during a sampling trip in San Marcos, Texas today. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists are holding in refugia and conducting research on ten species that live in the Edwards Aquifer, including the endangered Texas blind salamander.

In 2020, NFWF has awarded nearly $20 million for seven new projects in Texas from the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund. More than $6.5 million is going to help protect bird nesting islands and restore coastal wetlands & prairie habitat at Laguna Atascosa NWR and Brazoria NWR.

We are announcing a draft recovery plan and 60-day public comment period for the sharpnose and smalleye shiner, two small minnows endemic to the #BrazosRiver found in north-central Texas. Additional information is available at: bit.ly/ShinerRecovery 📷Chad Thomas/Texas State University

Once found in 5 states, the peppered chub is now only found in one river running through NE New Mexico & the Texas Panhandle. We are proposing to protect the species as endangered and designate 1,068 river miles as critical habitat: bit.ly/PepperedChubPL 📷Daniel Fenner/USFWS

When you think of cactus you probably imagine a warm climate, but did you know some grow in the north? Despite extreme conditions, some prickly pear cactus grow less than 600 miles from the Arctic Circle! Photo courtesy of Alan Levine: flic.kr/p/jS2i3V

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One of our favorite things to do this time of year is viewing the night sky. When you look at a star, you're actually seeing it how it was many years ago, so it's kind of like your time travelling. #PretendToBeATimeTravellerDay Photo: night sky at Coconino NF in AZ

Late last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region and @NOAAFish_SERO reached out requesting assistance with a large sea turtle cold-stunning event in Massachusets. Monday, Dec. 7, the Texas State Aquarium received 20 of these sea turtles. bit.ly/3qF2uFC #txstateaquarium

Stealing the show with cuteness! A rare look into a sweet family moment with a mamma bobcat and her two kittens at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge. Pic courtesy of Larry Armer #Texas