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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is composed of a main office in the Washington, DC, area, referred to as “Headquarters”; eight regional offices, which are described in § 2.2; and a variety of field installations, a nationwide network of law enforcement agents, and a number of field study teams for biological and ecological activities. Headquarters includes the Office of the Director, as well as program areas headed by Assistant Directors.
(a) The address for the Office of the Director is: Office of the Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Main Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Room 3331, Washington, DC 20240-0001.
(b) The address of Headquarters program areas is: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, MS: [Insert appropriate Mail Stop from table], 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803.
| Headquarters program | Mail stop |
|---|---|
| Ecological Services | MS: ES. |
| Fish and Aquatic Conservation, including: | |
| • Division of Fish and Aquatic Conservation Programs | MS: FAC. |
| International Affairs, including: | MS: IA. |
| • Division of Management Authority | MS: IA-DMA. |
| • Division of Scientific Authority | MS: IA-DSA. |
| Information Resource and Technology Management | MS: IRTM. |
| Management and Administration | MS: AMAD. |
| • Service's Information Collection Clearance Officer | MS: JAO. |
| Migratory Birds, including: | MS: MB. |
| • Division of Migratory Bird Management | |
| • Division of Bird Habitat Conservation | |
| • Division of Bird Conservation, Permits, and Regulations | |
| National Wildlife Refuge System | MS: NWRS. |
| Office of Communications | MS: OC. |
| Office of Conservation Investment | MS: OCI. |
| Office of Law Enforcement | MS: OLE. |
| Science Applications | MS: SA. |
(c) The address for the National Eagle and Wildlife Property Repository is: National Fish and Wildlife Repository, 6550 Gateway Road, Bldg. 128 Commerce City, CO 80022.
[79 FR 43963, July 29, 2014, as amended at 91 FR 31370, May 27, 2026]