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Ashland Fishery Resources Office

The Ashland Fishery Resources Office (FRO) is a field office in Region 3, the "Great Lakes and Big Rivers" Region, of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.  The Regional Office is located at 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111-4056.

The Ashland FRO is responsible for fish and wildlife management assistance to 14 Tribal governments, restoration of native fish and habitats in the Lake Superior basin, ecosystem team priorities (primarily lake sturgeon and coaster brook trout restoration), aquatic nuisance species control, fisheries assistance to 4 National Wildlife Refuges (NWR); 4 National Parks; and 3 National Forests in the Lake Superior region, assist in coordinating the Great Lakes Coastal Program and Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program and development of the new Whittlesey Creek NWR.

Located on U.S. Highway 2 in Ashland, Wisconsin, on the shore of Lake Superior's Chequamegon Bay, the Ashland FRO shares space with the Lake Superior Biological Station (Great Lakes Science Center) and the U.S. National Park Service's Great Lakes Network Office.

Other Service offices in Wisconsin include Fishery Resources Offices at Green Bay and La Crosse, National Fish Hatchery at Iron River and Genoa, the La Crosse Fish Health Center, the Ecological Services Field Office in Green Bay, three Law Enforcement offices, four National Wildlife Refuges, and the Madison Private Lands Office.  The Ashland FRO interacts with resource managers and the public, within three ecosystems (Mississippi Headwaters/Tallgrass Prairie, Upper Mississippi River/Tallgrass Prairie and the Great Lakes ecosystems).

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