Bombay Hook NWR, Smyrna, Delaware: The story of Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge is a story of waterfowl--hundreds of thousands of ducks and geese arriving in the fall to rest and feed before heading further south or to winter over. The...
Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Service patch;
Reverse view of Service employees 'crowding' juvenile Tule Fall Chinook Salmon out of a Hatchery 'pond,' or raceway, en route to their entry into the Columbia River.
Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Service patch;
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees move (known as 'crowding' juvenile Tule Fall Chinook salmon to the end of a raceway, or "pond," where the fish will enter an opened raceway gate, swim down a Hatchery channel, and then out the...
Rachel Carson NWR, Wells, Maine: Named for the renowned author of Silent Spring and The Sea Around Us, Rachel Carson Refuge consists of a series of estuarine habitats along the southeastern coast of Maine. Here one will find salt marshes...
Close up of a purple and white flower with red and yellow center. Found in fields and along road sides. A popular garden favorite and can be used for medicinal purposes. A main source of food for butterflies and in the fall birds feed on the seed...
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.
Monarch butterflies are among the few species of butterflies that migrate every year. They have a challenging journey. Every fall, thousands of monarch butterflies fly west to winter in California and Mexico. They cover the trees there with their...
