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

– 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– 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 AgenciesRefuse 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

US Department of the Interior (USFS, BLM, BIA, NPS, BOR, OSM, USFW)Environmental Protection Agency US Department of AgricultureUnited States Senate & House of Representatives Department of Justice

National Forests (e.g.. Boise National Forest)Idaho Department of LandsIdaho Department of Fish & GameIdaho Department of AgricultureOffice of Species ConservationIdaho Department of Water Resources

Northwest Power and Conservation Council (multi-state)Idaho Department of Park and RecreationIdaho Rangeland Resource CommissionIdaho Soil Conservation DistrictsIdaho Department of Transportation

State level agencies

Federal agencies

Federal laws