Lower Great Lakes Fish & Wildlife Conservation Office

Lower Great Lakes Fish & Wildlife Conservation Office For official information, go to fws.gov/office/lower-great-lakes-fish-and-wildlife-conservation
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The Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (LGLFWCO), opened in August 1991, was established by the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 to support and encourage the restoration, protection, maintenance, and enhancement of the fishery resources of the international (lower) Great Lakes. Located in Basom, NY, the LGLFWCO seeks to provide quality technical assistance

to resource management agencies and the public for the protection, restoration, and enhancement of interjurisdictional and international natural resources. The Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act, reauthorized in 1998, guides the activities of the office and outlines the following goals for the Great Lakes basin:
- Restore and maintain self-sustaining fishery resource populations
- Minimize the impacts of contaminants on fish and wildlife populations
- Protect, maintain, and where degraded and destroyed, restore fish and wildlife habitat, including the enhancement and creation of wetlands that result in a net gain of those habitats
- Stop illegal activities adversely impacting fish and wildlife resource
- Restore threatened and endangered species to viable, self-sustaining levels
- Protect, manage, and conserve migratory birds

The Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office along with the Allegheny, Harrison Lake, and White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatcheries, and the Virginia Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office form the Lower Great Lakes and Central Rivers Complex. Together these offices offer unique expertise and technical assistance to state, federal, and tribal partners in managing aquatic species and their habitats in the Great Lakes and North Atlantic-Appalachian regions of the U.S. Geographically, the bi-national significance of the lower Great Lakes also offers unique opportunities and challenges to reach beyond traditional state and federal partners to Canadian provincial and federal government agencies. The LGLFWCO recognizes the value and necessity of partnership, and hopes that by working together, we can foster a healthy diversity of fish and wildlife and their habitats in the Lower Great Lakes.

✨We can't wait to see everyone next Saturday, 9/12!! ✨Lower Great Lakes Fish & Wildlife Conservation Office and Iroquois...
09/04/2026

✨We can't wait to see everyone next Saturday, 9/12!! ✨
Lower Great Lakes Fish & Wildlife Conservation Office and Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge are making our first appearance at the 24th Annual Music Is Art Festival at the Buffalo outer harbor Terminal B from 11am - 11pm. Here, we will unveil our newest hand carved print for everyone to make 'n take home entitled "The Music of Nature" and feature some of the sounds of nature including local bird calls. Stop by for a visit! 🎵

(Print and photo courtesy of Denise Clay/USFWS)

💦Don't let the patterns fool you! There are two different species of fish in this viewer, collected by our field crews i...
09/03/2026

💦Don't let the patterns fool you! There are two different species of fish in this viewer, collected by our field crews in the St. Lawrence River. Comment below with what you think they are:
A) Logperch and sculpin
B) Darter and goby
C) Madtom and goby

🎣Catch the latest Fish of the Week podcast!Get to know the biggest member of the genus Moxostoma: the Greater Redhorse! ...
09/02/2026

🎣Catch the latest Fish of the Week podcast!
Get to know the biggest member of the genus Moxostoma: the Greater Redhorse! This impressive native sucker species is accessible, fun to catch, and not intimidating to handle. Listen at https://player.captivate.fm/episode/65ff6fe0-ab8d-4805-aaaf-7c159ffd5270 or wherever you get your podcasts.

Quickly and easily listen to Fish of the Week! for free!

09/01/2026

Since we recently had a gar post, we thought sharing Green Bay Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office's post https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1aCABcRczs/ was in order. Can you identify the characteristics that make these two species of gar different?

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**End of Watch**The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is mourning federal wildlife officer David Taylor, 38 of Scio, Oregon...
08/31/2026

**End of Watch**
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is mourning federal wildlife officer David Taylor, 38 of Scio, Oregon, who is believed to have died while helping evacuate residents threatened by the Railroad South Fire.

Officer Taylor was going door to door alongside local emergency crews helping families get to safety. His last contact with dispatch came while he was helping a family evacuate their home. Evidence recovered from a structure where he was working to help a resident escape indicates that he died during the evacuation effort. Formal identification remains pending with the medical examiner.

Everything we know about David's actions reflects extraordinary courage, selflessness and devotion to duty.

Our hearts are with his family, friends, fellow officers and all who served alongside him. We will never forget his service.

✨Time for a little sturgeon courtesy of the Visitor Center at Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge...stop by this weekend f...
08/28/2026

✨Time for a little sturgeon courtesy of the Visitor Center at Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge...stop by this weekend for a visit!!

(Photo credit: Denise Clay/USFWS)

Views like these are common place at Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge where public recreation abounds! Whether you're a...
08/26/2026

Views like these are common place at Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge where public recreation abounds! Whether you're a birder, photographer, paddler, hiker or (our personal favorite) angler, there's lots to do on the refuge!

(Photo credit: Denise Clay/USFWS)

✨Can you guess what kind of fish our field crews collected during a survey in Presque Isle, PA?🐟Comment below with your ...
08/24/2026

✨Can you guess what kind of fish our field crews collected during a survey in Presque Isle, PA?🐟

Comment below with your ideas!

(Photo credit: USFWS)

08/21/2026

FROM THE FIELD: With help from National Conservation Training Center's Ryan Hagerty, our office is integrating time saving technology into our field surveys. Here, Ryan is demonstrating flying a drone through a pile of trees and landing it with precision on its designated spot.

(Video credit: USFWS)

08/20/2026

FROM THE FIELD: One of our AIS field crew members recently captured on video a small snapping turtle "attacking" our boat while working in the St. Lawrence River. Now, that's what we call biting off more than you can chew!

(Video credit: Colleen Keefer/USFWS)

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1101 Casey Road
Basom, NY
14013

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8am - 4:30pm
Friday 8am - 4:30pm

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+15859485445

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