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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is the federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting, and enhancing fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. USFWS programs cover migratory birds, endangered species, interjurisdictional fish and marine mammals, and inland sport fisheries. Public-facing data is shared primarily through web tools and downloadable datasets such as the Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS), Information for Planning and Consultation (IPaC), and the Service Catalog (ServCat) rather than a consolidated public API program.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Conservation, Endangered Species, Federal Government, Fisheries, and Wildlife.

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18.6/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
2 APIs
ConservationEndangered SpeciesFederal GovernmentFisheriesWildlife

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 18.6/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

USFWS Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)

The Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS) is the USFWS portal for threatened and endangered species data, critical habitat designations, recovery plans, and Section 7 ...

USFWS Service Catalog (ServCat)

The Service Catalog (ServCat) is the USFWS reference library for reports, datasets, and other documents produced by or for the agency. ServCat is backed by an internal services ...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Fish And Wildlife Service Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Fish And Wildlife Service Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Fish And Wildlife Service Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Fish And Wildlife Service Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Other 4

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Data
Data
 ECOS
ECOS
 IPaC
IPaC
 ServCat
ServCat

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: fish-and-wildlife-service
name: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/fish-and-wildlife-service.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fish-and-wildlife-service/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Conservation
- Endangered Species
- Federal Government
- Fisheries
- Wildlife
description: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is the federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting, and
  enhancing fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. USFWS programs cover
  migratory birds, endangered species, interjurisdictional fish and marine mammals, and inland sport fisheries. Public-facing
  data is shared primarily through web tools and downloadable datasets such as the Environmental Conservation Online System
  (ECOS), Information for Planning and Consultation (IPaC), and the Service Catalog (ServCat) rather than a consolidated public
  API program.
created: '2024-12-03'
modified: '2026-07-25'
apis:
- aid: fish-and-wildlife-service:ecos
  name: USFWS Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
  tags:
  - Critical Habitat
  - Endangered Species
  - Environmental Data
  - Wildlife
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/
  description: The Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS) is the USFWS portal for threatened and endangered species
    data, critical habitat designations, recovery plans, and Section 7 consultations. ECOS exposes structured species profiles
    and downloadable datasets, but does not currently publish a stable, fully documented public API contract.
  properties:
  - url: https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/
    type: Portal
  - url: https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/report
    type: Reports
- aid: fish-and-wildlife-service:servcat
  name: USFWS Service Catalog (ServCat)
  tags:
  - Document Repository
  - Reference Library
  - Reports
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/
  description: The Service Catalog (ServCat) is the USFWS reference library for reports, datasets, and other documents produced
    by or for the agency. ServCat is backed by an internal services layer; while the catalog is publicly browseable, a public
    API contract is not currently published.
  properties:
  - url: https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/
    type: Portal
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/fish-and-wildlife-service-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/USFWS
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usfws
- type: Website
  url: https://www.fws.gov
- type: Data
  url: https://www.fws.gov/library/collections/data
- type: ECOS
  url: https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/
- type: IPaC
  url: https://ipac.ecosphere.fws.gov/
- type: ServCat
  url: https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.fws.gov/apps/
integrations:
- name: Celebrating America's 250 Anniversary
- name: Our Services
- name: Sea Turtles Program Volunteers
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com