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class="block-container"><h1 class="fws-banner-title">Laws & Regulations</h1><div class="field field--name-field-banner-slideshow field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"><div class="field--item"><div class="paragraph paragraph--type--slide paragraph--view-mode--default"><div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><div class="image-with-credit"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/banner_image_xl/public/banner_images/2020-03/ianshive_19933147_Full.jpg.webp?h=bc90e79e&itok=iRrbJPof 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1200px)" type="image/webp" width="2560" height="710"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/banner_image_lg/public/banner_images/2020-03/ianshive_19933147_Full.jpg.webp?h=bc90e79e&itok=eR0ahrTD 1x" media="all and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/webp" width="1200" height="365"/> <source 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During the past one hundred years, the United States has enacted wildlife laws and regulations, and ratified international treaties to protect our heritage of wild animals and plants and their habitats. </p></div></div></section></div></div><div class="layout layout--onecol--with-heading bg-lhgrey container-children margin-block padding-top two-column-padded layout--onecol"><div class="layout__region layout__region--content"><h2>Laws, Agreements and Treaties</h2> <section class="margin-bottom-block block block-block-content block-block-content09301cc8-9637-4a80-9ce4-418371c83296 clearfix block-type-block-with-image-and-text"><div class="block-container"><div class="layout layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--50-50"><div class="layout__region layout__region--first"> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blockblock-contentblock-with-image-and-textfield-image clearfix"><div class="block-container"><div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><div class="image-with-credit"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_600/public/2021-12/Camille-Sims-Lab.JPG?itok=wTb46eN1" width="600" height="450" alt="Wildlife Inspection Sims in her uniform at the office with wildlife and parts.." class="img-responsive" /><div class="attribution"> <a href="/media/camille-sims">Image Details</a></div></div></div></div></section></div><div class="layout__region layout__region--second"> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blockblock-contentblock-with-image-and-textbody clearfix"><div class="block-container"><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service receives its authority through a number of laws, treaties, and regulations focused on conservation. These various forms of legislation provide a framework and specific guidelines for much of the work the Service does domestically and internationally. </p><p>Learn more about the U.S. Conservation Laws, Bilateral/Multilateral Agreements, Treaties and Conventions that guide FWS and its work.</p><p><a class="btn-primary" href="/library/categories/laws">Laws, Agreements, and Treaties</a></p></div></div></section></div></div></div></section></div></div><div class="layout layout--onecol--with-heading container-children margin-block two-column-padded layout--onecol"><div class="layout__region layout__region--content"><h2>Implementing Laws</h2> <section class="margin-bottom-block block block-block-content block-block-content227cf708-1021-45c9-8058-989243783783 clearfix block-type-block-with-image-and-text"><div class="block-container"><div class="layout layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--50-50"><div class="layout__region layout__region--first"> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blockblock-contentblock-with-image-and-textfield-image clearfix"><div class="block-container"><div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><div class="image-with-credit"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_600/public/2019-10/fly-fishing-clinic-at-wolf-creek.jpg?itok=DTWace3G" width="600" height="450" alt="A group of students gathers around an instructor on the bank of a creek." class="img-responsive" /><div class="attribution"> <a href="/media/fly-fishing-clinic-wolf-creek">Image Details</a></div></div></div></div></section></div><div class="layout__region layout__region--second"> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blockblock-contentblock-with-image-and-textbody clearfix"><div class="block-container"><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Laws passed by Congress often need additional details so that everyone impacted knows exactly what is allowed and what isn't. Congress has authorized the Fish and Wildlife Service to add detail to laws through additional rules or "regulations."</p><p>Regulations go through a rigorous process before being put into place. All rules we propose are open to public scrutiny and comment, after which we make needed changes. Only after we are sure the rule is needed and properly constructed do we make it final, announcing it in the Federal Register.</p><p><a class="btn-primary" href="https://www.govinfo.gov/help/fr#about">about the Federal Register</a></p><p><a class="btn-primary" href="/library/categories/federal-register">Our Federal Register content</a></p></div></div></section></div></div></div></section></div></div><div class="layout layout--twocol-section layout--twocol--with-heading layout--twocol-section--50-50 bg-lhgrey container-children two-column-padded"><div class="container-fluid"><h2>Open For Public Comment</h2><div class="layout__region layout__region--first"> <section class="block block-block-content block-block-content8032c1be-00c9-4c08-b6e1-058ed4c9c503 clearfix block-type-block-with-image-and-text"><div class="block-container"><div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><div class="image-with-credit"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_600/public/2019-10/5699598059_08f514d5b4_b.jpg?itok=vzKQpqt8" width="600" height="840" alt="A Federal Wildlife Officer smiles at the camera, tilting her hat" class="img-responsive" /><div class="attribution"> <a href="/media/federal-wildlife-officer">Image Details</a></div></div></div></div></section></div><div class="layout__region layout__region--second"> <section class="block block-block-content block-block-content210a014e-e165-45aa-a541-3bd9eb2aa390 clearfix block-type-block-with-image-and-text"><div class="block-container"><div class="block-image-and-text-medium"><div class="block-deck"><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>As a government agency, FWS has procedures to creates rules and regulations. Every proposed rule goes through a process of drafting, comment and review before it becomes final.  The Federal Register is where we publish official notices about proposed and final rules, including rulemaking timelines.</p><p>View all rulemaking documents concerning FWS or search for a specific rulemaking document by title, docket ID or term.</p><p><a class="btn-primary" href="https://www.regulations.gov/search?agencyIds=FWS&documentTypes=Notice%2CRule%2CProposed%20Rule&sortBy=commentEndDate&withinCommentPeriod=true">PROVIDE COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK</a></p><p><a class="btn-primary" data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="0af627ee-bb10-451d-ba66-cb224f29bad7" href="/node/376066" title="How We Handle Your Comments">How we handle your comments</a></p></div></div></div></div></section></div></div></div><div class="layout layout--onecol--with-heading container-children margin-block layout--onecol"><div class="layout__region layout__region--content"><h2>Code of Federal Regulations</h2> <section class="margin-bottom-block block block-block-content block-block-contentebd3e26d-ea32-49d9-8aa8-72cac95c56d7 clearfix"><div class="block-container"><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Each year, the general and permanent rules we publish in the Federal Register are bundled up and added to an annual update to the Code of Federal Regulations (often called the CFR). Our updates go into “Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries.”</p><p><a class="btn-primary" href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-50/chapter-I">Our Code of Federal Regulations content</a></p><p><a class="btn-primary" href="https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr">More about the Code of Federal Regulations</a></p></div></div></section></div></div><div class="layout layout--onecol--with-heading bg-lhgrey container-children margin-block padding-top layout--onecol"><div class="layout__region layout__region--content"><h2>Congressional Testimony</h2> <section class="margin-bottom-block block block-block-content block-block-contentda2ce380-7865-4bb8-8693-a89c9101dc91 clearfix block-type-block-with-image-and-text"><div class="block-container"><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Interested in learning more about how FWS takes part in the legislative process? View an archive of Congressional Testimonies given by officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Department of the Interior on issues important to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. </p></div><div class="field field--name-field-call-to-action field--type-link field--label-hidden field--item"><a href="/testimony">Congressional Testimony</a></div></div></section></div></div><div class="layout layout--onecol--with-heading container-children layout--onecol"><div class="layout__region layout__region--content"><h2>Latest Stories Related to Laws & Regulations</h2> <section class="views-element-container block block-views block-views-blockstories-topics-laws-regs clearfix"><div class="block-container"><div class="form-group"><div class="stories view view-stories-topics view-id-stories_topics view-display-id-laws_regs js-view-dom-id-269fa1b37bfb9a117c3681a3cf74d1b7d6f0ac0c30618c53671c44944b0992ff"><div class="view-header"></div><div class="view-content"><div class="story"><div class="views-field views-field-field-banner-image"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-representative-image"><div class="field-content"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/story_slider/public/images/2025-03/usfws_service_award_kate_fitzwilliams800.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=lOl_yT7m" width="390" height="295" alt="Image of officers receiving award" class="img-responsive" /></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-fieldset"> <span class="field-content"><div class="story__deck"><div class="views-field views-field-fieldset-1"> <span class="field-content"><div class="category-information"><div class="views-field views-field-field-icon"><div class="field-content"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1" id="Layer_1" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 500 500" style="enable-background:new 0 0 500 500;" xml:space="preserve"><g><path d="M73.7,345.8c0.4-39.9,35-85.1,33.2-128.3c-0.2-16.7-4.3-32.2-11.1-47.2c-9.1-27.3,14.5-65.7,24.1-91.5 c15.5-33.5,51.6-106.2,93.6-62.7c9.1,16.7,25.5,13,40.1,14.3c3.2,0.3,5.2-2.2,7.3-4.1c18-19.2,41-39.3,64.1-14.4 c12.1,11.5,22.2,24.8,30.2,39.4c12.3,25.7,46,84,39.3,110.6c-6.5,15.1-10.5,30.6-11.5,47.2c-1.7,41.9,25.6,76.1,34.5,115.7 c13.3,61.9-20.2,112-75.5,131c-30.3,9-64.2,14.9-86.9,39.2c-6.7,6.7-4.7,6.8-11.1,0.3c-19.5-17.8-43.1-26.5-68.6-31.9 C116,454.3,72.8,411.3,73.7,345.8z"></path></g></svg></div></div><div class="story__deck-category"><div>Wildlife Crime</div></div></div></span></div><div class="story__deck-title"> <span><a href="/story/2025-03/wildlife-officers-recognized-investigating-oklahoma-whooping-crane-shooting" hreflang="en">Wildlife Officers Recognized for Investigating Oklahoma Whooping Crane Shooting</a></span></div><div class="story__deck-body"><div>In November 2021, news broke of the largest Whooping Crane poaching incident in modern history. In one event, five cranes—approximately 1% of the entire Aransas-Wood Buffalo Population—were killed. For the next seven months, a team of investigators maneuvered through a maze of technical and...</div></div><div class="story__deck-date"><div><time datetime="2025-03-27T12:00:00Z">Mar 27, 2025</time></div></div></div></span></div></div><div class="story"><div class="views-field views-field-field-banner-image"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-representative-image"><div class="field-content"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/story_slider/public/banner_images/2023-12/gray-wolf-gary-kramer-usfws.jpg?h=5a6551d5&itok=NtB0LMh_" width="390" height="295" alt="gray wolf lying down with head turned to camera" class="img-responsive" /></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-fieldset"> <span class="field-content"><div class="story__deck"><div class="views-field views-field-fieldset-1"> <span class="field-content"><div class="category-information"><div class="views-field views-field-field-icon"><div class="field-content"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1" id="Layer_1" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 500 500" style="enable-background:new 0 0 500 500;" xml:space="preserve"><g><path d="M73.7,345.8c0.4-39.9,35-85.1,33.2-128.3c-0.2-16.7-4.3-32.2-11.1-47.2c-9.1-27.3,14.5-65.7,24.1-91.5 c15.5-33.5,51.6-106.2,93.6-62.7c9.1,16.7,25.5,13,40.1,14.3c3.2,0.3,5.2-2.2,7.3-4.1c18-19.2,41-39.3,64.1-14.4 c12.1,11.5,22.2,24.8,30.2,39.4c12.3,25.7,46,84,39.3,110.6c-6.5,15.1-10.5,30.6-11.5,47.2c-1.7,41.9,25.6,76.1,34.5,115.7 c13.3,61.9-20.2,112-75.5,131c-30.3,9-64.2,14.9-86.9,39.2c-6.7,6.7-4.7,6.8-11.1,0.3c-19.5-17.8-43.1-26.5-68.6-31.9 C116,454.3,72.8,411.3,73.7,345.8z"></path></g></svg></div></div><div class="story__deck-category"><div>Wildlife Crime</div></div></div></span></div><div class="story__deck-title"> <span><a href="/press-release/2025-03/reward-information-leading-arrest-criminal-conviction-or-civil-penalty" hreflang="en">Reward for Information Leading to a Arrest, Criminal Conviction or Civil Penalty Assessment</a></span></div><div class="story__deck-body"><div>The U.S. Fish and Wildlife is seeking information regarding the illegal killing of a federally listed endangered gray wolf. The Service is offering a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest, criminal conviction or civil penalty assessment.</div></div><div class="story__deck-date"><div><time datetime="2025-03-19T12:00:00Z">Mar 19, 2025</time></div></div></div></span></div></div><div class="story"><div class="views-field views-field-field-banner-image"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-representative-image"><div class="field-content"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/story_slider/public/images/2025-01/beach-mouse.jpg?h=86cdb1ea&itok=5jyN_rCC" width="390" height="295" alt="cartoon drawing of an Alabama beach mouse with a tan coat next to a shrub" class="img-responsive" /></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-fieldset"> <span class="field-content"><div class="story__deck"><div class="views-field views-field-fieldset-1"> <span class="field-content"><div class="category-information"><div class="views-field views-field-field-icon"><div class="field-content"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1" id="Layer_1" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 500 500" style="enable-background:new 0 0 500 500;" xml:space="preserve"><style type="text/css"> .st0{fill:#FFFFFF;} </style><circle cx="250" cy="250" r="250"></circle><g><g><path class="st0" d="M193.7,355.5H68.5v-211h125.3v45.7h-68.3v33.2h63.2v45.7h-63.2V309h68.3V355.5z"></path></g><g><path class="st0" d="M431.5,355.5h-74.7l-77.1-148.6h-1.3c1.8,23.4,2.7,41.2,2.7,53.5v95.1h-50.5v-211h74.5l76.8,146.6h0.9 c-1.3-21.3-2-38.3-2-51.2v-95.4h50.8V355.5z"></path></g></g></svg></div></div><div class="story__deck-category"><div>Endangered Species Act</div></div></div></span></div><div class="story__deck-title"> <span><a href="/story/2025-01/little-mouse-and-beach-house" hreflang="en">The Little Mouse and the Beach House</a></span></div><div class="story__deck-body"><div>If we were in a storybook, the final line might read: The little Alabama beach mouse, and the people in the beach house lived happily ever after. Reality has more nuances. Yet, the lives of the people and the beach mouse are intertwined, in part through permitting.</div></div><div class="story__deck-date"><div><time datetime="2025-01-07T12:00:00Z">Jan 7, 2025</time></div></div></div></span></div></div><div class="story"><div class="views-field views-field-field-banner-image"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-representative-image"><div class="field-content"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/story_slider/public/banner_images/2023-12/gray-wolf-gary-kramer-usfws.jpg?h=5a6551d5&itok=NtB0LMh_" width="390" height="295" alt="gray wolf lying down with head turned to camera" class="img-responsive" /></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-fieldset"> <span class="field-content"><div class="story__deck"><div class="views-field views-field-fieldset-1"> <span class="field-content"><div class="category-information"><div class="views-field views-field-field-icon"><div class="field-content"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1" id="Layer_1" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 500 500" style="enable-background:new 0 0 500 500;" xml:space="preserve"><g><path d="M73.7,345.8c0.4-39.9,35-85.1,33.2-128.3c-0.2-16.7-4.3-32.2-11.1-47.2c-9.1-27.3,14.5-65.7,24.1-91.5 c15.5-33.5,51.6-106.2,93.6-62.7c9.1,16.7,25.5,13,40.1,14.3c3.2,0.3,5.2-2.2,7.3-4.1c18-19.2,41-39.3,64.1-14.4 c12.1,11.5,22.2,24.8,30.2,39.4c12.3,25.7,46,84,39.3,110.6c-6.5,15.1-10.5,30.6-11.5,47.2c-1.7,41.9,25.6,76.1,34.5,115.7 c13.3,61.9-20.2,112-75.5,131c-30.3,9-64.2,14.9-86.9,39.2c-6.7,6.7-4.7,6.8-11.1,0.3c-19.5-17.8-43.1-26.5-68.6-31.9 C116,454.3,72.8,411.3,73.7,345.8z"></path></g></svg></div></div><div class="story__deck-category"><div>Wildlife Crime</div></div></div></span></div><div class="story__deck-title"> <span><a href="/press-release/2024-12/us-fish-and-wildlife-service-offers-reward-information-regarding-illegal" hreflang="en">U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Offers Reward for Information Regarding the Illegal Killing of a Gray Wolf</a></span></div><div class="story__deck-body"><div>The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking information regarding the illegal killing of a federally listed endangered gray wolf in Morrow County in Eastern Oregon. Morrow County is located west of Highway 395 where gray wolves are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The...</div></div><div class="story__deck-date"><div><time datetime="2024-12-20T12:00:00Z">Dec 20, 2024</time></div></div></div></span></div></div><div class="story"><div class="views-field views-field-field-banner-image"><div class="field-content"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/story_slider/public/images/2024-12/bali-myna-pexels-jimbear-1362571.jpg?h=7b825c24&itok=4l2-cY05" width="390" height="295" alt="A white bird with a crest and blue around its eye sitting on a branch" class="img-responsive" /></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-representative-image"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-fieldset"> <span class="field-content"><div class="story__deck"><div class="views-field views-field-fieldset-1"> <span class="field-content"><div class="category-information"><div class="views-field views-field-field-icon"><div class="field-content"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1" id="Layer_1" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 500 500" style="enable-background:new 0 0 500 500;" xml:space="preserve"><g><path d="M73.7,345.8c0.4-39.9,35-85.1,33.2-128.3c-0.2-16.7-4.3-32.2-11.1-47.2c-9.1-27.3,14.5-65.7,24.1-91.5 c15.5-33.5,51.6-106.2,93.6-62.7c9.1,16.7,25.5,13,40.1,14.3c3.2,0.3,5.2-2.2,7.3-4.1c18-19.2,41-39.3,64.1-14.4 c12.1,11.5,22.2,24.8,30.2,39.4c12.3,25.7,46,84,39.3,110.6c-6.5,15.1-10.5,30.6-11.5,47.2c-1.7,41.9,25.6,76.1,34.5,115.7 c13.3,61.9-20.2,112-75.5,131c-30.3,9-64.2,14.9-86.9,39.2c-6.7,6.7-4.7,6.8-11.1,0.3c-19.5-17.8-43.1-26.5-68.6-31.9 C116,454.3,72.8,411.3,73.7,345.8z"></path></g></svg></div></div><div class="story__deck-category"><div>Wildlife Crime</div></div></div></span></div><div class="story__deck-title"> <span><a href="/story/partnering-disrupt-illegal-trade-asian-songbirds" hreflang="en">Partnering to disrupt the illegal trade in Asian songbirds</a></span></div><div class="story__deck-body"><div>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent LeeAnn Bies led a multi-year investigation into the illegal trade in Asian songbirds, uncovering a systematic trafficking operation that exploited wildlife and people in source countries. </div></div><div class="story__deck-date"><div><time datetime="2024-12-18T12:00:00Z">Dec 18, 2024</time></div></div></div></span></div></div><div class="story"><div class="views-field views-field-field-banner-image"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-representative-image"><div class="field-content"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/story_slider/public/images/2024-10/mapping-our-your-journey.jpg?h=5bb469c4&itok=UCsKPD7f" width="390" height="295" alt="graphic illustration of two people with backpacks looking at a map and a rising sun on the horizon with the text "goal: improving satisfaction" and an arrow pointing to "mapping our your journey"" class="img-responsive" /></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-fieldset"> <span class="field-content"><div class="story__deck"><div class="views-field views-field-fieldset-1"> <span class="field-content"><div class="category-information"><div class="views-field views-field-field-icon"><div class="field-content"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="Layer_1" data-name="Layer 1" viewBox="0 0 500 500"> <path d="M488,394,357.14,210V62.5h8.93c14.85,0,26.79-10.45,26.79-23.44V23.44c0-13-11.94-23.44-26.79-23.44H133.93c-14.85,0-26.79,10.45-26.79,23.44V39.06c0,13,11.94,23.44,26.79,23.44h8.93V210L12.05,394c-32.7,46,5,106,67.08,106H420.87C483,500,520.65,439.94,488,394Zm-334-81.54,53.8-75.78a28.37,28.37,0,0,0,6.47-18V62.5H285.6V218.75a28.81,28.81,0,0,0,6.48,18l53.79,75.78Z" transform="translate(-0.01)"></path></svg></div></div><div class="story__deck-category"><div>Science and Technology</div></div></div></span></div><div class="story__deck-title"> <span><a href="/story/2024-10/personas-journey-maps-and-usability-testing" hreflang="en">Personas, Journey Maps, and Usability Testing</a></span></div><div class="story__deck-body"><div>As part of our efforts to improve the ePermits Customer Experience, we seek to understand the unique needs and experiences of different kinds of permit applicants and permit holders. 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