These two native specimens were pulled from the Potomac River during a survey near Shepherd's Island, MD. Of the two, the mollusk on the left - a Brook Floater, is considered a "species of concern".
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.
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...
Wildlife refuges; Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge; Aircraft; Aircraft; Work of Service; Personnel; Native Americans; ARLIS; Alaska
The Pribilof Report 1949. Nunivak Island. "FWS airplane (Grumman Goose), Clarence Rhode, Regional Director at Juneau, in bow of plane attempting to moore it with the aid of Eskimos in kayaks."
Refuge works sprays invasive Cogongrass. Native to Asia, cogongrass is on the list of 100 of the World's Worst Invasive Species published by the World Conservation Union.
The National Bison Range is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. It was established in 1908 and is one of the oldest Wildlife Refuges in the nation.
A large portion of the 18, 500 acre...
The Pacific Southwest Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced their three awardees of the agency’s 2010 Recovery Champion Award. The Duckwater Shoshone Tribe have partnered with us and an interagency team to preserve and...
The Fish and Wildlife Service partners with Tribes in the Pacific Region to assist with species monitoring and habitat conservation. Here, they tag an elk with a GPS collar to track migration patterns. The USFWS has a long history of working with...
This beautiful Elk will be monitored by a special frequency transmitted by the VHF collar around its neck. Data helps us understand migration patterns, mortality rates and habitat use. The USFWS has a long history of working with Native American...
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...
Wildlife refuges; Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge; Villages; ARLIS; Alaska
The Pribilof Report 1949. "Native Alaskan cemetery, where the Kuksokwim River was undermining the caskets and plunging the corpses into the stream just above the city water supply intake."
Starling sitting on dead branch in Siskiyou County, California. A non native species, european starlings were introduced to the United States in Central Park, New York in the early 1890's. All of the European Starlings found today in North...
