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.
Manatees swim close to the surface and frequently come up for air. They also come to Florida in the summer months. Manatees will probably run into the oil spill in the Gulf, and there could be very serious results.
Work of the Service; Moose; Regional Office; Winter; Mammals; Anchorage; Alaska; Employees (USFWS)
Employees at the Region 7 (Alaska) Regional Office in mid-town Anchorage, must use caution when entering or exiting the building during the long winter months. Moose often times are found bedded down near the parking lot or browsing on birch trees...