Aerial view of Louisiana refuges showing different types of wetland habitats within the area and with the shoreline and Gulf of Mexico at the upper right side of the image.
Two manatee nuzzling noses together in Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge. Note scars on back on one manatee from boat propeller. For more information about manatees visit
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Manatee playing with a crab trap line in Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge. Trap lines pose a common danger of entrapment for manatee.
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Several men releasing a radio tagged manatee back into the water. Vertical . For more information on manatees visit http://www.fws.gov/northflorida/Manatee/manatees.htm
Two manatee rooting for food in bottom sand of Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge. For more information on the manatee visit
http://www.fws.gov/northflorida/Manatee/manatees.htm
Manatee cow and calf swimming side-by-side in Crystal River. For more information about manatees visit http://www.fws.gov/northflorida/manatee/manatees.htm.
Two manatee surfacing to breathe in Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge. Note scar on back of one manatee from boat propeller. For more information on manatees visit http://www.fws.gov/northflorida/manatee/manatees.htm
Bald cypress trees lining each side of canoe trails in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. For more information about this refuge visit http://www.fws.gov/okefenokee/ .
This photo was taken at the Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Program in Colorado.
The black-footed ferret is considered to be the rarest mammal in North America. In 1988, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service developed...