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Dear Citizens:
This booklet provides information for citizen stewards and
landowners, who embody President Bush’s vision of cooperative
conservation— a vision built upon innovation, local ideas, inspiration
and incentives, and on- the- ground...
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Karner Blue – A Butterfly Captivates Wisconsin
“ Instead of hearing, ‘ I don’t have that butterfly on
my property,’ I hear, ‘ How can I get some of that wild
lupine seed?’ ‘ You should see the lupine patch
I have going!’ or...
Wildlife refuges; Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge; Work of Service; Personnel; ARLIS; Alaska
"Jeep used for patrol on east side of [Kodiak] island where there is a good road. Kalsin Bay in background." Frank Beals and W. A. Elkins of FWS office, Juneau.
"The Pribilof Report 1949" King Island Eskimo men plying their ivory carving craft beneath their skin umiaks on the beach near Nome where they have a summer camp. Only the simplest of hand tools are used for carving the walrus ivory...
"The Pribilof Report 1949" King Island Eskomos plying their ivory carving craft beneath their skin umiaks on the beach near Nome where they have a summer camp. Only the simplest of hand tools are used for carving the walrus ivory tusks.
History; Endangered species; Birds; Birds of prey; Perching birds; Photography;
A condor perching on a dead snag above its nesting site near Los Angeles. "The old pine where the condor perched had fallen to decay. An automobile road now curves up the mountain above Eaton Canyon. The condor family pictured in these pages...
A fisher is photographed at night while trying to take bait. Fishers are opportunistic predators that hunt exclusively in forested habitats where prey is abundant and vulnerable to capture. Their diverse diet includes birds, porcupines, snowshoe...
A juvenile black-crowned night heron standing on tree limb. At sunset, when most herons are flying toward their roosting places, the black-crowned herons are leaving the trees where they have spent the day scattering over the marshes to feed. By...
A Papillon helicopter carries a 55-gallon drum of native Gila trout up to Frye Creek on Feb. 23, 2011 in the Pinalenos Mountains of Arizona where the fish will be stocked. The project, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, created...
After being removed from a Hatchery raceway where they have spent the past few months, Tule Fall Chinook salmon pre-smolts swim down this channel, out the Hatchery intake pipe their parents entered six months ago, and enter the Columbia River.
Animals are tested for diseases, parasites, sex, age and overall health. Data collected from the GPS collars identify where the animals live and their migration patterns. The USFWS has a long history of working with Native American governments in...
