Hawaii - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), a bureau within the Department of the Interior, administers the national wildlife refuges. According to their web site the objectives of the USFWS are the following:
- Assist in the development and application of an environmental stewardship ethic for our society, based on ecological principles, scientific knowledge of fish and wildlife, and a sense of moral responsibility.
- Guide the conservation, development, and management of the Nation's fish and wildlife resources.
- Administer a national program to provide the public opportunities to understand, appreciate, and wisely use fish and wildlife resources.
"[They] manage the 150 million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System of more than 560 National Wildlife Refuges and thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. Under the Fisheries program [they] also operate 70 National Fish Hatcheries, 65 fishery resource offices and 86 ecological services field stations."
The wildlife refuges in Hawaii are:
- Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
- Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge
- Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge
- Huleia National Wildlife Refuge
- James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge
- Kakahaia National Wildlife Refuge
- Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge
- Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge
- O'ahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge
- Pearl Harbor National Wildlife Refuge
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