Animals

The mission of the USDA Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the nation's forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. The agency employs wildlife biologists to help manage our national forests to ensure that we provide quality habitat for diverse wildlife species that occur on national forests, from microscopic mollusks all the way to grizzly bears and bighorn sheep!

Our biologists help design habitat restoration projects to benefit wildlife populations and maintain biodiversity, as well as, establish and maintain vital partnerships with Universities, collaboratives, non-governmental organizations, and federal and state agencies. We use the best scientific information to inform our habitat restoration work and monitor the effects of our action to inform future projects.