Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Scientific personnel (USFWS); Work of the Service; Uniforms; Service patch;
Fish Biologist Richard Glenn from the Abernathy Fish Technology Center studies fish DNA with the help of a PCR machine. This device is used to amplify copies of DNA samples to assist the scientists in identifying genetic variations in fish...
Adults; Children; Connecting people with nature; Education; Education outreach; Environmental education; Interpretation; Leisure activities; Public access; Recreation; Vegetation; Visitor services; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service; Youth;
Children really get to experience the life of a bear. One of the many programs available at the refuge.
Personnel; Work of the Service; Transportation; Aircraft; Aviation; Employees (USFWS)
Agent King with axe over shoulder prepares to walk to an illegal beaver set about 1/2 mile in background. N702 airplane. 20 miles SW Galena, Alaska, April 1954. Jim King Collection
Personnel; Work of the Service; Transportation; Aircraft; Employees (USFWS); Aviation; History
Note: "2. Agent King with Boeing Y-L 15 at Minto, Alaska. April 1954" Plane is on frozen river. Jim King Collection. Aircraft used in apprehension and conviction of violators.
Transportation; Aircraft; Aviation; Work of the Service; Employees (USFWS); History
Agent Tremblay with U.S. Commissioner Allen of Nenana (tallest) and three local Nenana residents April 1954. Jim King Collection. Aircraft used in apprehension and conviction of violators.
Work of the Service; Personnel; Employees (USFWS);Transportation; Aircraft; Native Americans; Poaching
Note: "3. Tremblay and US Commissioner Allen and three local residents. Aircraft used in apprehension and conviction of violators. N 702 and N 783." April, 1954. Jim King Collection
USFWS employee Elizabeth Labunski takes the air temperature and wind readings while on transect during the Prince William Sound Seabird and Sea Mammal Survey in Alaska.
History; Work of the Service; Personnel; ARLIS; Alaska
The Pribilof Report 1949; Albert M. Day, director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, and H. Chester Sabeck, Alaska Native Services chief reindeer herder, Kotzebue, Alaska.
History; Aircraft; Aircraft; Aviation; Work of the Service; ARLIS; Alaska
Nome, Alaska. Grumman Goose patrol plane used by the Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska. Albert M. Day, Director of the Service is standing in cargo pit in bow of the plane.
History; The Pribilof Report 1949; Wildlife refuges; Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge; Work of the Service; Personnel; ARLIS; Alaska
Bethel, Alaska. Albert M. Day, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and L.T. Oldroyd of the University of Alaska, inspecting the Bethel Cemetery. This cemetery was undermined by the Kuskokwim River just above the city water intake.
History; Wildlife refuges; Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge; YUDE; Work of the Service; ARLIS; Personnel; Alaska
The Pribilof Report 1949. Wildlife Refuge sign outside the Mekyoruk Native Alaskan Store. Albert M. Day, Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, pauses to look at it.
Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Biologists (USFWS); Employees (USFWS); Work of the Service; Tagging; Threatened species; Monitoring;
The fish are placed in anesthetic to slow their breathing and make them easier to handle while tagging the steelhead. Biologists use this tracking information to see if the hatchery fish that are spawning here are affecting the survival and...
