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- Sea turtle nest relocation
- Oil spills; Employees (USFWS); Reptiles; Relocation;
- June 28, 2010: USFWS prepares for the sea turtle nest relocation on Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Bonnie Strawser, USFWS.
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- Agent Jim King and small plane N702
- Personnel; Work of the Service; Transportation; Aircraft; Aviation; Employees (USFWS)
- Agent King with axe over shoulder prepares to walk to an illegal beaver set about 1/2 mile in background. N702 airplane. 20 miles SW Galena, Alaska, April 1954. Jim King Collection
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- Preparing Tags
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Biologists (USFWS); Employees (USFWS); Work of the Service; Tagging; Threatened species; Monitoring; service patch;
- Chee Xiong, an Oregon State University STEP student, prepares tags for steelhead on Eagle Creek. Biologists use this tracking information to see if the hatchery fish that are spawning here are affecting the survival and productivity of the wild...
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- Preparing to Tag Steelhead
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Biologists (USFWS); Employees (USFWS); Work of the Service; Tagging; Threatened species; Monitoring;
- Chee Xiong, an Oregon State University STEP student, prepares to tag steelhead in Eagle Creek. Biologists use this tracking information to see if the hatchery fish that are spawning here are affecting the survival and productivity of the wild fish.
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- Bald Eagle
- Birds; Raptors; Birds of prey; Birdwatching;
- A bald eagle prepares to take flight from a fence post.
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- Testing Samples
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS); Work of the Service;
- Nathan Hyde, a biological technician, prepares a sample of fish food to test in the Nitrogen Analyzer, which reads the percent nitrogen of each sample, which then calculates the protein level by running a multiplication formula.
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- Pine Grosbeak
- Birds; Birdwatching;
- A male Pine Grosbeak prepares to take flight from the ground.
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- Monitoring Water Quality
- Employees (USFWS); Monitoring; history; uniforms; service patch;
- A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee prepares to monitor water quality.
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- Predator Control
- Predator control; Wildlife refuges; Employees (USFWS); history; uniforms; service patch;
- A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee prepares a device to prevent predators from preying on nesting birds and their eggs.
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- Healing Waters
- Fishes; Fishing; Recreation; Wildlife refuges; connecting people with nature;
- A wounded soldier prepares to go canoeing on Cash Lake at the Patuxent Research Refuge.
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- Searching for waterfowl nests
- Work of the Service; Wildlife management; Habitat; Forestss; Wetlands; Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge; YFNWR
- A nest searching team prepares to begin their hike through the forests and marshes looking for waterfowl nests on the Yukon Flats NWR.
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- Pilot Robert Meek Prepares for Patrol Flight from Wrangell Beach.
- Work of the Service; Aircraft; Widgeon NC 722; Personnel; ARLIS; Alaska
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- Buckets of sand
- Children; Connecting people with nature; Coastal environments; Recreation;
- Young boy prepares to build a sand castle at the beach.
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- Juvenile red-throated loon
- Birds; Aquatic birds; Migratory birds;
- A juvenile red-throated loon prepares to fly out of the water.
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- FWS Biologist Prepares Cages for Black-Footed Ferret
- Endangered species;Partnerships
- This photo was taken at Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Program in Colorado. The black-footed ferret is considered to be the rarest mammal in North America. In 1988, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service developed the "Black-footed Ferret...
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