Facing a future of many challenges, such as population growth and climate change, it's vital the Service continues to work with its partners to plan actions that will both promote conservation of natural resources and provide water for people.
Click image below for a detailed map of our jurisdiction, which includes the San Francisco and San Pablo Bays, Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, Suisun Bay, Yolo Bypass and tidal marshes associated with these areas. The surrounding territory is under the Sacramento Fish & Wildlife Office.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Pacific Southwest Region opened the Bay-Delta Fish and Wildlife Office in 2009. Creating the office co-locates the Service with other federal and state agencies to help solve the crucial issues facing Californians in the rapidly evolving Bay-Delta region, such as the delta smelt. We work with the Bureau of Reclamation, State Department of Water Resources, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, Corps of Engineers and other agencies on water projects.
Within the Bay-Delta jurisdiction, the office also has responsibility for environmental contaminants, resource damage assessment and levee work. Upstream of the Bay-Delta, the office has program responsibilities that are related to water storage projects, federal hydropower regulation, and anadromous fishes. We are also responsible for the Coastal Program.
The office is located at 650 Capitol Mall in downtown Sacramento's old main federal building and shares space with the Delta Stewardship Council (formerly CalFed) and NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service - two agencies heavily involved in Delta issues. The office is also just blocks away from other Delta partners, namely California's Natural Resources Agency and Departments of Fish and Wildlife and Water Resources.
Fish & Wildlife offices such as ours do various tasks, including the following
- Protect threatened and endangered species. This includes listing species under the Endangered Species Act and consulting with parties whose projects may affect listed species. See the Endangered Species navigation button.
- Work with landowners, conservation groups and other agencies to develop cooperative conservation and recovery strategies, including recovery plans and conservation banks.
- Monitor and restore the environmental quality of California.
- Plan at the ecosystem level.
U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
The Fish & Wildlife Service also manages the National Wildlife Refuge System, operates fish hatcheries and fishery resource offices, enforces Federal wildlife laws, manages migratory bird populations, conserves and restores habitats such as wetlands, and oversees a Federal Aid program that distributes hundreds of millions of dollars to State fish and wildlife agencies. Visit the Pacific Southwest Regional Office website for more information about these services.
"Conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people."