The lake in the foreground with the island is Fish Lake. In the background to the right with an island is Waterfowl Lake. The little slivers of lake in the background is Canoe Lake. Canoe Lake is part of the Kenai, pronounced (KEEN EYE) canoe...
Lake Andes NWR, Lake Andes, South Dakota: Sandhill cranes are a stunning sight as they rise from the prairie of Lake Andes Refuge. The lake for which the refuge is named is a typical prairie lake, dependent upon snowmelt and rainfall run-off. ...
Recovered; Reptiles; Work of the Service; Employees (USFWS);
Angela Boyer, an Ohio ES Field Office biologist, holds a Lake Erie Watersnake during the annual survey. The Lake Erie watersnake was removed from of the list of federally endangered and threatened species on August 16, 2011. This species was...
Native Americans revered the lake sturgeon as an important part of their culture that provided food, oil, leather and other staples. Over-harvesting, habitat loss, damming of tributaries and pollution all contributed to the population declines. ...
Fishes; Fisheries management; Resource management; Green Lake National Fishes Hatchery; Maine; electronic
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Green Lake National Fish Hatchery, Ellsworth, Maine (Hancock County) Nikon Coolpix990 digital camera (3.34 megapixels) with a SanDisk CompactFlash memory card, JPEG
Henry Quinlan, Service Fisheries biologist weighs a lake sturgeon along the Bad River in Wisconsin. This fish species is an important biological component of the Great Lakes fish community. By the early 1900's many populations of lake sturgeon...
The Buena Vista Lake shrew formerly occupied the marshlands of the San Joaquin Valley and the Tulare Basin. Its range has become much restricted due to the loss of lakes and sloughs in the area. It has been recorded from the Kern Lake Preserve area...
Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge; Florida; Environmental education;Wildlife refuges
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: CHILDREN BEFORE A WETLAND AT LAKE WOODRUFF NWR. Recreation and education are important functions of the Refuge System. This environmental education program at Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge in Florida is one of...