USFWS Coastal Program in Hawaii worked with partners to construct a predator fence at Ka‘ena Point Natural Area Reserve on O‘ahu, benefiting the Laysan albatross and other native species.
The California Coastal Conservancy was awarded $1 million to help restore 438 acres of leveed grazing lands to a mosaic of open water, tidal channels, intertidal marsh, riparian woodland, and uplands. This project is part a larger effort being...
Connecting people with nature; Children; Vegetation; Habitat restoration;
Students planted native vegetation at Shin Kee, just outside of Stockton. As part of the restoration project, the students planted willows, buttonwillows and sedges along the banks and levees of the area.
Employees (USFWS); Wildlife refuges; Wildlife management; Work of the Service; Uniforms;
Protecting and conserving migratory and native species of birds, mammals, fish, endangered species, and other wildlife is the primary responsibility of the Service's refuge managers.
Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Buildings, facilities and structures;
The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act enabled the USFWS to rehabilitate water well pumps for fish production at the Lahontan National Fish Hatchery Complex.
The Lahontan National Fish Hatchery Complex was authorized in 1956 to mitigate the...
Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Lakes; Threatened species;
Approximately 8,000 Lahontan cutthroat trout were stocked into Fallen Leaf Lake on August 5, 2010, a mile south of Lake Tahoe, as part of the continuing effort to reintroduce the native species to the Tahoe Basin.
Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Lakes; Threatened species;
Approximately 8,000 Lahontan cutthroat trout were stocked into Fallen Leaf Lake on August 5, 2010, a mile south of Lake Tahoe, as part of the continuing effort to reintroduce the native species to the Tahoe Basin.
Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Lakes; Threatened species;
Approximately 8,000 Lahontan cutthroat trout were stocked into Fallen Leaf Lake on August 5, 2010, a mile south of Lake Tahoe, as part of the continuing effort to reintroduce the native species to the Tahoe Basin.
Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Lakes; Threatened species;
Approximately 8,000 Lahontan cutthroat trout were stocked into Fallen Leaf Lake on August 5, 2010, a mile south of Lake Tahoe, as part of the continuing effort to reintroduce the native species to the Tahoe Basin.
Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Lakes; Threatened species;
Approximately 8,000 Lahontan cutthroat trout were stocked into Fallen Leaf Lake on August 5, 2010, a mile south of Lake Tahoe, as part of the continuing effort to reintroduce the native species to the Tahoe Basin.
Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Lakes; Threatened species;
Approximately 8,000 Lahontan cutthroat trout were stocked into Fallen Leaf Lake on August 5, 2010, a mile south of Lake Tahoe, as part of the continuing effort to reintroduce the native species to the Tahoe Basin.
Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Lakes; Threatened species;
Approximately 8,000 Lahontan cutthroat trout were stocked into Fallen Leaf Lake on August 5, 2010, a mile south of Lake Tahoe, as part of the continuing effort to reintroduce the native species to the Tahoe Basin.
Fisheries management; Work of the Service; Habitat restoration;
The project to restore geomorphic form and function of creek on Sycan Marsh to accommodate year-round fish passage of Red band trout, bull trout, Klamath speckled dace and Native chub was funded in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act...
Atlantic salmon spend the first two years of life in the fresh water habitats of their native stream (occasionally three, depending upon food availability). At two years of age, the fish undergo the process of smoltification, resulting in changes...
The Sacramento splittail is a hardy minnow native to the upper San Francisco Estuary and the Central Valley in California. It once swam in lakes and rivers throughout the Central Valley and in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, but massive...
Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge is located In the Mission Valley of Northwest Montana, within the boundaries of the Flathead Indian Reservation. It is about 5 miles south of Ronan and 50 miles north of Missoula. The primary purpose of the refuge...
