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| Nationally, the Service manages the approximately 100 million acre National Wildlife Refuge System, consisting of more than 540 National Wildlife Refuges and thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. Under the Fisheries program we also operate 69 National Fish Hatcheries, 64 fishery resource offices and 78 ecological services field stations.We enforce Federal wildlife laws, protect endangered species, manage migratory birds, restore nationally significant fisheries, conserve and restore wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and help foreign governments with their international conservation efforts. We also oversee the Federal Aid program, which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing, hunting and boating equipment to State fish and wildlife agencies. Nationally, the Service employs approximately 8,000 people at facilities across the United States. We are a decentralized organization with a headquarters office in Washington, D.C., seven regional offices and approximately 700 field units.Headquartered in Anchorage, the Alaska Region employs approximately 500 people and is augmented by hundreds of others who work part time or as volunteers during field seasons. These highly dedicated and professional individuals perform a wide range of duties in the biological services and in a variety of support services, working out of offices in some 16 communities statewide.
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