Hermes Copper butterfly is found primarily in San Diego County, California, with a few records of the species documented in Baja California, Mexico. It inhabits coastal sage scrub and southern mixed chaparral and lays its eggs on its larval host...
The Pacific coast population of western snowy plovers breeds on coastal beaches from southern Washington to southern Baja California, Mexico. Plovers lay their eggs in shallow depressions in sandy or salty areas that generally do not have much...
The Pacific coast population of western snowy plovers breeds on coastal beaches from southern Washington to southern Baja California, Mexico. Plovers lay their eggs in shallow depressions in sandy or salty areas that generally do not have much...
A female western snowy plover sits on her nest. The Pacific coast population of western snowy plovers breeds on coastal beaches from southern Washington to southern Baja California, Mexico. Plovers lay their eggs in shallow depressions in sandy or...
Two local broadcast journalists capture video on the north shore of Campbell Lake outside Destin, Florida. The Gulf of Mexico is just beyond the large dunes on the other side of the lake from the cameras.
From left to right standing: John Keys, Commissioner of Reclamation, Tom Weimer, Acting Assist. Secretary for Water and Science, DOI; Mike Chrisman, Secretary for Resources, California; Judge Craig Manson, Assist. Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and...
scenics; Grasses; Work of the Service; Wildlife refuges;
Lying along a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Bay, the six units of Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge consists of varied coastal habitat including changing sand dunes. Here one can find such interesting species as the...