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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers;
- Port St. Joe, FL: The temperature in this cooler must be monitored by a thermometer, which is installed after filling in the first layer of eggs.
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- By dawn's early light
- Connecting people with nature; Employees (USFWS); Work of the Service;
- Mike Rowe, the popular host of the Discovery Channel series "Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe," brings his show to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in April 2010. The star and crew...
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- Young fawn
- Fires; Prescribed burning;
- A young fawn the day after a prescribed burn.
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- Grumman N703 Returning to Sand Point
- Jim King Collection; Work of the Service; Transportation; Aircraft; Amphibious vehicles; Alaska
- Grumman N703 returning to Sand Point after a long patrol.
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- Olaus Murie with his Dog
- refuge centennial; History
- Olaus Murie (1889 - 1963) led a life worthy of a dozen adventure novels, and his conservation legacy is still carried on by his wife, Mardy. The son of Norwegian immigrants, Murie joined after college the Carnegie Museum’s expeditions to Hudson...
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- Assessment after Jamacha fire in San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
- Fire management; Biologists (USFWS); Scientific personnel (USFWS); Wildlife impacts;
- John Martin, FWS Refuge Biologist, examines snake (possibly a rosy boa) killed by the wildfire on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Monitoring and Assessment Team at San Diego National Wildlife Refuge after Jamacha fire
- Fire management; Wildlife impacts; Wildlife refuges; Wildlife restoration; Scientific personnel (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS);
- James Roberts, FWS Fire Management and John Martin, FWS Refuge Biologist assess fire damage to the environment and threatened and endangered species at the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Kings Pool on Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
- Scenics; Ponds; Wildlife refuges;
- Previously known as "Point of Rocks Springs," Kings Pool was named after Charles King who lived in a stone house near the spring. Historical records credit him with being the first to bring a herd of cattle to Ash Meadows. In the 1960's,...
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- Servicing Grumman Widgeon N703 in 1953
- Jim King Collection; Transportation; Aircraft; Amphibious vehicles; Alaska
- Servicing Grumman Widgeon N703 after patrol flight Sand Point, Alaska.
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- Egg Storage
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes;
- After getting rinsed the eggs are placed in storage containers at the Carson National Fish Hatchery.
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- Turtle nest hatchery
- Reptiles; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service;
- Replacing the top on a 25 nests hatchery after completing nest relocation on Cape Island, SC.
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- First Catch of Stocked Gila Trout
- Threatened species; Fisheries management; Fishes; Fishing;
- John Marvin of Sierra Vista, Arizona caught the first Gila trout in Arizona just moments after the native fish were stocked in Frye Mesa Reservoir in the Pinaleno Mountains on Feb. 23, 2010. Marvin, a member of the San Pedro Fly Casters...
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- Sample Testing of Spawned Salmon
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS); Work of the Service;
- Scale and genetic testing are performed on some of the fish after they have donated to the spawning process.
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- Cleaning Equipment
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS); Work of the Service; uniforms; service patch;
- Everything is cleaned with an iodine solution and water after each use.
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- Chinook Salmon Waiting To Be Spawned
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Work of the Service;
- The Chinook salmon are held here after making their way up the elevator into the spawning room.
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- Runoff on San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
- Erosion; Water conservation; Water management; Wildlife refuges;
- Runoff on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge after a sever rain created pools which submerged vegetation.
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- Laysan Island after the Tsunami
- Coastal environments; Marine birds; Migratory birds; Tropical environments; Weather impacts; Wildlife refuges; Islands;
- View of shoreline looking towards the National Marine Fisheries Service camp. A tsunami generated by a powerful earthquake off the coast of Japan struck Laysan island late on Thursday, March 10th and continued for the next few hours into the early...
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- Laysan Island After the Tsunami
- Coastal environments; Marine birds; Migratory birds; Tropical environments; Weather impacts; Wildlife refuges; Islands;
- View looking north towards camp. A tsunami generated by a powerful earthquake off the coast of Japan struck Laysan island late on Thursday, March 10th and continued for the next few hours into the early morning hours of March 11th.All staff are...
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- Boat Dock Damaged by Tsunami
- Islands; Wildlife refuges; Wildlife impacts; Buildings, facilities and structures; Coastal environments; Weather impacts;
- Boat dock damage in Midway Atoll harbor after a tsunami generated by a powerful earthquake off the coast of Japan struck the refuge at 11:36 PM on Thursday, March 10th and continued for the next few hours. Fortunately, Midway residents received...
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- Chicks and Adults Washed into Vegetation During Tsunami
- Islands; Wildlife refuges; Wildlife impacts; Birds; Coastal environments; Marine birds; Weather impacts;
- The chicks and adults got washed up into big piles of dead vegetation after a tsunami generated by a powerful earthquake off the coast of Japan struck the refuge at 11:36 PM on Thursday, March 10th and continued for the next few hours. On March 15,...
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