Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; AMNWR; Coastal environments; Islands; Marine birds; work of the refuge; Scenics
The motor vessel Tiglax is essential to managing the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge and collecting information on related marine resources. It is used mainly to transport Service personnel, equipment, and supplies between work sites...
The Cougar Ace is a 654-foot car carrier owned by Tokyo-based Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. The ship has been listing since problems arose during a required open-sea transfer of ballast water on July 23rd, 2006, approximately 230 miles south of Adak. This...
The Cougar Ace is a 654-foot car carrier owned by Tokyo-based Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. The ship has been listing since problems arose during a required open-sea transfer of ballast water on July 23rd, 2006, approximately 230 miles south of Adak. This...
The Cougar Ace is a 654-foot car carrier owned by Tokyo-based Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. The ship has been listing since problems arose during a required open-sea transfer of ballast water on July 23rd, 2006, approximately 230 miles south of Adak. This...
September 1999. This ship is similar to the vessels that went aground on Afognak Island. The Yugfa was caught by USCG for pirate fishing and was heavily rat infested. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has sent response crews to at least four...
Kevin Duffy, a fisheries technician for dam owner Avista, uses a radio antenna to track tagged bull trout in a stream that feeds into Noxon Reservoir. Biologists track a handful of tagged fish daily to try and learn about their migratory movements,...
From left to right, volunteer Katie Snipes, Refuge Manger Kevin Godsea, and ES biologist Melissa Bimbi relocating loggerhead sea turtle nests into a hatchery on Cape Island, SC.
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; AMNWR; Birds; Marine birds; Coastal environments; Islands; Biology; work of the refuge; Aleutians; Aleutian Islands