NOUN
- 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
How To Use FWS In A Sentence
- USFWS thinks it probably isn't, due to certain morphological characteristics. Archive 2007-12-01
- In July, Gabriela Chavarria was named the top science adviser for the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), based in Washington DC.
- Bagley said FWS also has made grants to national parks and nature preserves in Russia to equip anti-poaching units with personal gear, transportation and communication equipment.
- I have a lot of mixed feelings, but mostly, I would like to see some serious depredation on the wolves - to get them back down to the original numbers FWS promised to maintain - not ten times more than that. Wolfing One Down...
- Besides OFWs, the profile of homebuyers is diversifying to include the so-called yuppies who are employed in fast-moving technology companies as well as international finance firms, not to mention the moneyed individuals-both native as well as foreign-who have learned to invest their surplus capital in real estate. Latest News
- That's why USDA has teamed up with the State of Hawaii and FWS to control - and, if possible, eradicate - the tiny hoppers.
- The FWS had prohibited ‘disking’ firebreaks and farming in designated rat habitat, and the Domenigonis had allowed rat habitat to grow by fallowing their fields.
- USGS and USFWS researchers tested the effectiveness of using iodophor disinfection in walleye and northern pike eggs and found that it eliminated active virus from fertilized eggs. UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World
- The FWS grants program for tiger conservation has been very active in Russia, which ranks third behind only India and Indonesia as the largest recipient.
- Using military surplus equipment like smoke grenades, searchlights, and small airplanes, the FWS herded the birds back into the refuges.