Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge; New Jersey; Law enforcement; Resource management
GREAT SWAMP NWR LICENSE CHECK. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official checks a hunter's license at Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey. Hunting is permitted on more than half of the nation's national wildlife refuges.
A dramtic shot by Finley and Bohlman of a dead Western Grebe in front of its nest and eggs in an effort to end plume hunting at Malheur Lake. Finley and Bohlman were later successful in ending plume hunting at Malheur when it became a bird refuge...
Hand painted glass slide of Western grebes in Klamath Marsh. Finley and Bohlman wanted to bring an end to plume hunting in Klamath Marsh and with help of thier photograpy of the area in 1905 Klamath became a bird refuge in 1908, ending the plume...
During the early 1800s, wood bison numbers were estimated at 168,000, but by the late 1800s, the subspecies was nearly eliminated.
Excessive hunting was the primary factor leading to population decline. Another factor that is thought to have played...