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- Colorado hookless Cactus
- Plants; Threatened species;
- The Colorado hookless cactus is a barrel shaped cactus that ranges from 1.2 to 4.8 inches (in.) (3 to 12 centimeters (cm)) tall, with exceptional plants up to 12 in. (30 cm) tall. Stems range from 1.6 to 3.6 in. (4 to 9 cm) in diameter. The stems...
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- Colorado hookless Cactus
- Plants; Threatened species;
- The Colorado hookless cactus is a barrel shaped cactus that ranges from 1.2 to 4.8 inches (in.) (3 to 12 centimeters (cm)) tall, with exceptional plants up to 12 in. (30 cm) tall. Stems range from 1.6 to 3.6 in. (4 to 9 cm) in diameter. The stems...
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- Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge
- Wildlife refuges; Wildlife viewing; Scenics;
- Viewing wildlife on the Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge
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- Female Short-tailed Albatross on Chick
- Birds; Migratory birds; Endangered species; Islands; Wildlife refuges;
- This is one of the first images of the female short-tailed albatross with her chick. The chick is the first to be hatched outside of Japan. As of 2010, the short-tailed albatross population is estimated to be 1,200 birds. Of these, the total number...
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- Female Short-tailed Albatross and Chick
- Birds; Migratory birds; Endangered species; Islands; Wildlife refuges;
- This is one of the first images of the female short-tailed albatross with her chick. The chick is the first to be hatched outside of Japan. As of 2010, the short-tailed albatross population is estimated to be 1,200 birds. Of these, the total number...
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- Scenic view of Upper Yosemite Falls
- Parks; Rivers and streams; Scenics; Forests;
- Upper Yosemite Falls falling 1,430 feet over a mountainside in Yosemite National Park
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- Scenic of Upper Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park
- Scenics; Parks;
- View of Upper Yosemite Falls cascading down 1,430 feet over cliff in Yosemite National Park
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- Red Elderberry, Fireweed and Wild Raspberry
- Wildflowers; Wildlife refuges; Berries;
- Much of the lower altitudes of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge are lush with vegetation. Many different berries and flowering plants grow here. Berry pickers have many varieties to from which to choose.
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- Brown Pelicans being released
- Birds; Biologists (USFWS); Personnel; Wildlife management;
- Brown Pelicans being released into wild by USFWS personnel
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- Belden's Landing on the Sacramento River
- Rivers and streams;
- Bridge crossing the sacramento River at Belden's Landing
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- Belden's Landing on the Sacramento River
- Rivers and streams;
- View of the underneath of the bridge crossing the Sacramento River at Belden's Landing.
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- Boat on Montezuma Slough
- Rivers and streams; Riparian environments; Boating; Boats;
- A boat moves through the Montezuma Slough.
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- Montezuma Slough
- Rivers and streams; Boating;
- View of the Montezuma Slough with a piling in the foreground.
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- Montezuma Slough
- Aquatic plants; Aquatic environments; Rivers and streams; Riparian environments; Vegetation; Grasses;
- View of grasses growing by the Montezuma Slough.
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- Montezuma Hills
- Hills; Rivers and streams;
- Montezuma Hills along the Sacramento River
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- Lahontan cutthroat trout
- Threatened species; Fisheries management; Fishes; Biologists (USFWS);
- Fisheries biologist Corene Luton measures a Lahontan cutthroat trout as it moves through the fish passage facility at Marble Bluff Dam.
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- Student works at USFWS for new media projects
- Videography; Youth; Connecting people with nature;
- Student Kanisha Allen is working at the Pacific Southwest Regional Office headquarters in Sacramento, California, creating products for the region's new media web sites.
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- Student Interviews Biologist
- Employees (USFWS); Youth; Connecting people with nature; Videography;
- Student Kanisha Allen interviews biologist Roy Averill-Murray for a short film she is working on about desert tortoise recovery.
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- Flowing River
- Rivers and streams;
- Image of a river taken by a USFWS employee and then submitted to a 2009 Photo Contest.
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- Antelope
- Mammals; Wildlife refuges;
- Antelope on the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge
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