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5/24/2007~SEVEN CALIFORNIA `ROLLER PIGEON' ENTHUSIASTS CHARGED W... Page 4 of 4 <br />people. The Service manages the 95-million-acre National Wildlife <br />Refuge System which encompasses 547 national wildlife refuges, <br />thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It <br />also operates 69 national fish hatcheries, 63 fishery resource offices <br />and 81 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces Federal <br />wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages <br />migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, <br />conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps <br />foreign governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees <br />the Federal Aid program that distributes hundreds of millions of dollars <br />in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to State fish and <br />wildlife agencies. <br />Back to Top <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. <br />_ ....__ <br />Prvac..y_ Notice. <br />I\ <br />J <br />http://www.fws.gov/news/newsreleases/showNews.cfm?newsId=BE93 5795-974F-4768-D... 12/5/2007 <br />