Image shows the size of the California Tiger Salamander in relation to the human hand. It was taken March 3, 2009 during a field trip with FWS staff and UC Davis grad students to the Jepson Prairie Reserve. The reserve is owned by the Solano Land...
Invasive species; Interpretation; Photography; Mammals; Rodents; Work of the Service; Wildlife management; Wildlife refuges; Education;
Paul Heimowitz showing the film crew the damage caused by nutria for the USFWS and Pangolin Film's effort to create awareness surrounding the dangers of the spreading non-native nutria populations in the northwest region.
Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is host to the largest remaining colony of albatross in the world. The colony can include more than 500,000 nests on a given year. This image shows typical nest density in areas without the invasive plant,...
Sand Island is the largest of the three islands at Midway Atoll. This picture shows a flooded ares in the aftermath of the tsunami at sunrise. A tsunami generated by a powerful earthquake off the coast of Japan struck the refuge at 11:36 PM on...
Floods; Natural disasters; Wildlife refuges; Buildings, facilities and structures;
This photo, taken May 13, shows the quarters, shop, well house, oil shed and various outbuildings in five feet of water at Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge near Yazoo City, Mississippi. The water overtopped a nearby levee.
This photo, taken May 13, shows the quarters, shop, well house, oil shed and various outbuildings in five feet of water at Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge near Yazoo City, Mississippi. The water overtopped a nearby levee.
Floods; Natural disasters; Wildlife refuges; Buildings, facilities and structures;
Taken May 3, this aerial photograph shows the granary at Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge in White County, Arkansas. The refuge owns the facility, which is run by a co-op farmer.
