Environmental Sciences; Agriculture; Environmental quality; Erosion; Farms and farming; Human impacts; Ranching; Soil conservation; Soil management; Water conservation; Water management;
Water loss and erosion from irrigation runoff due to unregulated watering.
Environmental Sciences; Chemical spills; Contaminants; Environmental quality; Human impacts; Industries; Mineral industry; Mining; Pollutants; Pollution, Water; Rivers and streams; Water pollution;
Videographer recording effects of acid mine runoff in stream in Preston County, West Virginia.
Two manatee nuzzling noses together in Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge. Note scars on back on one manatee from boat propeller. For more information about manatees visit
http://www.fws.gov/northflorida/manatee/manatees.htm
Trash is sometimes dumped on national wildlife refuges. Here is an example of where people have dumped household refuse at a refuge. This requires additional resources to clean up an haul away these materials.
Wildflowers; Prairies; Vegetation; Valleys; Species of concern;
The peacock larkspur is found only in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Presently, the natural vegetation of the Willamette Valley is experiencing a threat not altogether different in magnitude from the Missoula Floods - human development. Since...
The Pacific Coast population of the western snowy plover is federally listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 as threatened. Threats include poor reproductive success, resulting from human disturbance, predation, and inclement weather,...
Several men releasing a radio tagged manatee back into the water. Vertical . For more information on manatees visit http://www.fws.gov/northflorida/Manatee/manatees.htm
Public health warning sign for elevated levels of selenium in fish and waterfowl taken from the Stewart Lake Waterfowl Management Area in Stewart, Utah, posted by the Utah Department of Health.
One of several rivers that pass under the Dalton Highway, these rivers are gateways for invasive plants to move down the river system into refuges like the Kanuti, and Koyukuk NWR; Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge; KNWR; Recreation; Tourism;...
Okefenokee NWR, Folkston, Georgia: To enter Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is to step into another world. There is an ethereal, other-worldly quality to this "Land of the Trembling Earth," where a heavy step can set great trees to...
Manatee playing with a crab trap line in Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge. Trap lines pose a common danger of entrapment for manatee.
For more information about manatees visit
http://www.fws.gov/northflorida/Manatee/manatees.htm
