FWS PERSONNEL WITH EXOTIC BIRD. All exotic or wild species of parrots as well as captive-bred parrots which are listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) also are protected under the Wild Bird Conservation...
Structures; Riparian environments; Rivers and streams; Habitat restoration; Wetland restoration; Wetlands; Wildlife refuges; Water management; Monitoring;
Laura Brophy (left) of Greenpoint Consulting and masters candidate student Megan MacClullan (right) download data from a groundwater well. Fourteen wells are located within the restoration area and four are in the control (natural) marsh to...
Historic sites; Wildlife refuges; Buildings, facilities and structures;
One of several historic buildings located at William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge. The Fiechter Barn is located about 250 feet north of the Fiechter House. It is a large, well built farm building from the early twentieth century. The exact...
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. Notice the leaves are...
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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...
A juvenile Kittletz's murrelet, caught on the water of Kachemak Bay, Alaska. This bird was weighed and measured during a project to examine plumage characteristics. Juvenile plumages are not well defined for Kittlitz's, there is a need to...
Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Buildings, facilities and structures;
The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act enabled the USFWS to rehabilitate water well pumps for fish production at the Lahontan National Fish Hatchery Complex.
The Lahontan National Fish Hatchery Complex was authorized in 1956 to mitigate the...
View of shoreline looking towards the National Marine Fisheries Service camp. A tsunami generated by a powerful earthquake off the coast of Japan struck Laysan island late on Thursday, March 10th and continued for the next few hours into the early...
Floods; Natural disasters; Wildlife refuges; Buildings, facilities and structures;
This photo, taken May 13, shows the quarters, shop, well house, oil shed and various outbuildings in five feet of water at Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge near Yazoo City, Mississippi. The water overtopped a nearby levee.
This photo, taken May 13, shows the quarters, shop, well house, oil shed and various outbuildings in five feet of water at Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge near Yazoo City, Mississippi. The water overtopped a nearby levee.
Adults; Buildings, facilities and structures; Emblems; Employees (USFWS); Maintenance; Personnel; Public access; Service patch; Structures; Uniforms; Visitor services; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service;
Anahuac Narional Wildlife Refuge employee rebuilding the wall and taking pride in a job well done.
Ipomopsis polyantha is an herbaceous biennial 12 to 24 inches (in) (30 to 60 centimeters (cm)) tall, branched from near the base above the basal rosette of leaves. Deeply divided leaves with linear segments are scattered up the stem. Stems and...
Ipomopsis polyantha is an herbaceous biennial 12 to 24 inches (in) (30 to 60 centimeters (cm)) tall, branched from near the base above the basal rosette of leaves. Deeply divided leaves with linear segments are scattered up the stem. Stems and...
