AMNWR; Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; Birds rehabilitation; Rats; Biology; Islands; Invasive species; Work of the Refuge
December 1997 "Shipwreck Response Kits like this are stored in strategic locations along Alaska's coast so that the refuge and cooperators can quickly deploy traps and poison to prevent rats from coming ashore from sinking or grounded...
Biologist Dean Kildaw's work for Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge included weighing and banding Red-legged Kittiwakes. These images are from St. George Island in the Pribilofs of Alaska's Bering Sea.
Alaska; Islands; Research; Coastal environments; Scenics; Work of the Service; Employees (USFWS)
Close-up view of Chagulak Island field crew in 1990 in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge with gear and a view of the mountains and birds in the sky.
AMNWR; Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; Gulf of Alaska Unit; Biology; Islands; Research; Coastal environments; Scenics; Birds; Black-legged Kittiwakes
Counting and measuring Black-legged Kittiwake chicks on the cliffs of E. Amatuli Island in the Barrens off the tip of the Kenai Peninsula is part of the many tasks completed every summer by biologists and technicians from Alaska Maritime National...
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...
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; AMNWR; Birds; Marine birds; Coastal environments; Islands; Biology; work of the refuge;
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...
Participants of a Bird Walk gather at Beluga Slough in Homer, Alaska during the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival which is held each May on the weekend closest to the 9th of May. The festival is sponsored by Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge...
Visitor Services; Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; Visitor Centers; Buildings, facilities and structures, facilities and structures
The Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center opened in Homer Alaska in December 2003. It brings the remote, off-shore island world of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge to the visitor in dynamic exhibits, an award winning film and...