Download Wildlife Agencies

Wildlife Agencies
Government Organizations that Work
for Wildlife
Wildlife Agencies
• Who deals with managing wildlife in the
United States?
Wildlife Agencies
• The management of wildlife in the United
States is often complicated
• Laws are generally created at a federal level
and then implemented by a variety of federal
and state government agencies
– Ecosystems and wildlife habitats are not defined
by state boundaries, so states often work with
neighboring states on management or recovery
plans, usually under Federal guidance
Wildlife Agencies
As you can see,
wildlife populations
do not stay within
state lines – it
sometimes takes
multiple states to
manage a single
species.
Wildlife Agencies
Wildlife Agencies
Federal umbrella of management
• U.S. Department of the Interior
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U.S. Forest service (USFS)
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
National Park Service (NPS)
Bureau of Reclamation (BOR)
Office of Surface Mining (OSM)
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (US F&W)
Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Department of Justice (interpret laws via the courts)
United States Senate and House of Representatives (create laws &
policies)
Wildlife Agencies
Wildlife Biology – Managing Agencies
and Laws
• State level agencies – interact with federal
agencies, influence or manage
wildlife/habitat, and are responsible for
upholding federal environmental/wildlife laws
Wildlife Biology – Managing Agencies
and Laws
• Agencies in Idaho that have interactions with
wildlife/management
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National Forests (e.g. Boise National Forest)
Idaho Department of Lands
Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Idaho Department of Agriculture
Office of Species Conservation
Idaho Department of Water Resources
Northwest Power and Conservation Council (multi-state)
Idaho Department of Park and Recreation
Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission
Idaho Soil Conservation Districts
Idaho Department of Transportation
Wildlife Agencies
Federal laws
Refuse Act, Lacey Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act, Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, Dingell-Johnson Act, Clean Air Act, Wilderness Act, Solid Waste Disposal Act,
Water Quality Act Air Quality Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Air Act, Clean Water
Act , Endangered Species Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, CERCLA (Superfund) , Oil
Pollution Act , Healthy Forests Initiative
Federal agencies
US Department of the Interior (USFS, BLM, BIA, NPS, BOR, OSM, USFW)
Environmental Protection Agency US Department of Agriculture
United States Senate & House of Representatives Department of Justice
State level agencies
National Forests (e.g.. Boise National Forest)
Idaho Department of Lands
Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Idaho Department of Agriculture
Office of Species Conservation
Idaho Department of Water Resources
Northwest Power and Conservation Council
(multi-state)
Idaho Department of Park and Recreation
Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission
Idaho Soil Conservation Districts
Idaho Department of Transportation