ABSTRACT
In the early 1970s, the leadership of the US Fish and Wildlife Service began to make significant changes in the administration of the organization. The major changes were budget formulation, description and justification. To review how the US Fish and Wildlife Service has changed and to gauge with greater accuracy how it must change, it is important to understand the several factors that bring about changes in organizations and their roles. Insofar as the US Fish and Wildlife Service is concerned, there has been a growing understanding of what really affects the wellbeing of wildlife and its habitat. The foregoing are factors to be reckoned with and must be considered in any decisions that affect how the US Fish and Wildlife Service meets its obligations to the public. The scope and degree of federal participation in governmental affairs is a continuing debate and that reflects some of the more obvious differences between two basic political philosophies in the United States.
