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Noun: United States Fish and Wildlife Service
  1. An agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife and their habitats; assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric dams and thermal pollution
    - US Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS

Type of: agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office

Part of: Department of the Interior, DoI, Interior, Interior Department

Encyclopedia: United States Fish and Wildlife Service