Contacting
the Office:
1499
Bradfordton Road
Springfield, IL 62707
Phone: 217-793-9554
Fax: 217-793-2835
TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay)
Email: Springfield@fws.gov or MidwestNews@fws.gov
Office
Facts
•
Established: 1996
• Staff: two
Special Agents one LE support technician
• The Springfield
Field Office also adminsters the following LE offices
in Illinois and Indiana:
Barrington, IL
Peoria, IL
Rosemont, IL
Indianapolis, IN
Law Enforcement
Objectives
•
To protect and conserve native and foreign wildlife
through the enforcement of federal laws
• To promote and
encourage voluntary compliance with federal wildlife
laws through public education and the creation of a
deterrent effect
Law
Enforcement Priorities
•
To investigate violations that have a significant impact on wild
populations of federally protected species, such as
those violations involving commercial exploitation
and/or habitat destruction and modification
• To investigate
violations that involve wild populations of species
protected by state or foreign laws, with emphasis on
interstate and foreign commercial exploitation
• To provide
support and assistance to enforcement activities on
Service lands, such as National Wildlife Refuges, and
to other federal agencies on lands they manage
• To promote
awareness of, and support for, federal wildlife laws
and the role of law enforcement in protecting our
wildlife resources and heritage
Laws Enforced
•
Migratory Bird Treaty Act
• Duck Stamp Act
• Bald and Golden
Eagle Protection Act
• National
Wildlife Refuge Act
• Lacey Act
• Airborne
Hunting Act
• Endangered
Species Act
• Marine Mammal
Protection Act
• Archaeological
Resource Protection Act
• African
Elephant Conservation Act
• Wild Bird
Conservation Act
