A small catfish, the chucky madtom is found in the upper Tennessee River system in Tennessee. Currently, only three chucky madtoms have been collected from one stream, Little Chucky Creek, since 2000.
Plants; Invasive species; Habitat restoration; Training; Vegetation; Work of the Service;
A student enrolled in WLD2139 Invasive Plant Management, a course offered at the USFWS National Conservation Training Center examines the root system of a jetbead he dug up - an invasive exotic shrub from Asia most likely spread from landscape...
Plants; Invasive species; Habitat restoration; Training; Vegetation; Work of the Service;
A student enrolled in WLD2139 Invasive Plant Management, a course offered at the USFWS National Conservation Training Center removes jetbead, an invasive exotic shrub from Asia most likely spread from landscape plantings. This student tried to get...
Recreation; Sport fishing; Fishing; Alaska; Children In The Outdoors; Trout; Rainbow; Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
A youngster gleefully watches his first fish being netted, a fat 17 inch rainbow trout; as his father and grandfather celebrate with him. The family outing was on a small lake near the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Swan Lake Canoe System
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, north of Corpus Christi, Texas, is one of the National Wildlife Refuge System’s premier units, in large part because of the role it has played in the recovery of the endangered whooping crane, a 5-foot-tall white...
Biologists at Lamar National Fish Hatchery in Pennsylvania work in the laboratory. National Fish Hatcheries either produce eggs for broodstock or rear young fish for stocking into the nation's waters. In 1996, the National Fish Hatchery system...
Buildings, facilities and structures; Recreation; Hunting; Fishing; Snowmobiling
Building a cabin in sub-arctic Alaska. The cabin foundation is put into place with a block and tackle in the interior of Alaska. The usual mode of transportation to these off-road system structures is snowmobile, or, more commonly called, snow...
refuge centennial; History; Endangered species; Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge; Resource management
By the 1970's, an added responsibility emerged for America’s National Wildlife Refuge System – promoting the recovery of Federally-listed endangered and threatened species, some of which found their last sanctuary on undeveloped tracts of...
Castle Rock a 14-acre island located less than 2 miles off the coast of Crescent City, California. A part of the National Wildlife Refuge System, Castle Rock is the second largest seabird breeding colony along the California coast, hosting more...
