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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

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News from the Asheville Field Office

Updated July 10, 2026

2026

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Snapshot: Post-Helene Reforestation Comes to Southern Appalachia's Roan Mountain

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Snapshot: Staff Come Together to Search for Human History Before Restoration Groundbreaking

2025

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Snapshot: Tropical Storm Helene’s Impacts on Area Bats Slowly Come Into Focus

Snorkeling swimming along the bottom of a shallow river

Snapshot: Biologists find mussels persisting through two tropical storms

2024

Three people standing behind a tractor loading a seed planter

Snapshot: Planting the Seeds of Pollinator Conservation. Literally.

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September 6, 2024

Snapshot: Endangered Spider Search at the Top of the Smoky Mountains

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September 19, 2024

Snapshot: North Carolina Biologists Learn to Listen for Bats

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September 26, 2024

Snapshot: Rare Spider Monitoring Season Comes to a Close in the Smoky Mountains Backcountry

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September 26, 2024

Snapshot: College Students Begin Semester-Long Service With Day at Asheville Pollinator Garden

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November 6, 2024

Snapshot: Biologists Begin Assessing Area Streams Post-Hurricane Helene

Two people using chainsaws to cut up a tree

November 12, 2024

Snapshot: Biologists Descend on North Carolina Wetland to Counter Invasive Tree

Man kneeling down, using loppers to cut small stems

November 13, 2024

Snapshot: Biologists Assess Hurricane's Impacts to Wetlands

2023

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Red Spruce Restoration Kicks Off in North Carolina’s Black Mountains

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Snapshot: Teaming Up In Search of Endangered White Irisette

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Snapshot: Pollinator Garden Comes to Asheville, North Carolina Community

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Snapshot: 48 hours in search of one of the world’s rarest spiders

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Snapshot: Haywood County, N.C. Students Learn About River Life First-Hand

Several kids running toward a shallow river, some holding nets

Snapshot: Yancey and Mitchell County, N.C. Students Explore Local Streams

2022

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Snapshot: Abandoned Mine Lays the Foundation for Rare Bat Recovery

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Charlotte, N.C.-Area Workshop Teaches Community Members About Mussels

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Roosting structures for endangered bats installed on French Broad River bridges

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Snapshot: Experts Come Together to Develop Strategy for Red Spruce Restoration

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Service Creates a Home for Pollinators in Asheville, N.C.

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Snapshot: Students in North Carolina's Yancey County Hit The Water

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Tracking a needle in a haystack – monitoring the endangered spruce-fir moss spider

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Snapshot: Mitchell County, N.C. Students Learn About Animals of the North Toe River

2021

Female biologist standing in cave, in protective white suit with headlamp, holding a small gray bat.

Casual sighting leads to endangered bat discovery

A line of individuals, each with bags of young trees, walks down a trail into a forest

Snapshot: Red spruce planted at Whigg Meadow on Cherokee National Forest

Two people, both wearing helmets, are bent over along the edge of a stand of small trees

Snapshot: Cutting Trees to Conserve One of America's Rarest Habitats

Two people, back-to-back, planting in cleared soil

Snapshot: Pollinator Garden Installed in Asheville's River Arts District

2020

Three biologists walking through a mine passage, shining flashlights at the walls

White-nose syndrome diminishes North Carolina bat populations

2019

Field with flowers growing amidst solar panels

Service and partners see opportunities for declining pollinators on solar farms

Two snorkelers in a river, heads above water, conversing

Mussel returns to French Broad River after 100-year absence

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Mapping the sky islands of Southern Appalachia

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Big-eared bat mystery solved in North Carolina

2018

Biologist kneeling on the ground in a forest, holding a young tree with root ball that she's about to plant

Women lead the effort on Appalachian mountain-top forests

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Endangered mussel making a comeback in the French Broad River

2017

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North Carolina Biologist Recognized for Work to Recover Endangered Species

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