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- Conserving the Elusive Louisiana Pine Snake
- 16 Conserving the Elusive Louisiana Pine Snake: Partners Take Action Candidate Conservation Agreements What are CCAs? Agreements between one or more parties that address the conservation needs of candidate or at- risk species. Both Federal and non-...
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- Smiling for the camera.
- Adults; Aquatic animals; Aquatic environments; Aquatic plants; Banks; Boating; Boats; Employees (USFWS); Environments (Natural); Habitat conservation; Management; Personnel; Plants; Reptiles; Resource management; Uniforms; Vegetation; Wetlands;...
- A baby alligator seems happy to be receiving so much attention.
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers;
- Port St. Joe, FL: Natalie Williams carefully draws a line on each egg so that she can place it into the crate right side up.
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers;
- Port St. Joe, FL: Jacob Hill holds the egg as Ashley Daniels pads it with sand so that it will not rotate or shift.
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- Atlantic Salmon Sac Fry
- Fishes;
- Atlantic salmon sac fry so called for the nutrient-rich sac that serves as its food source before emerging from the gravel streambed in early spring.
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- Collar Tag for Nutria
- Aquatic animals; Invasive species; Mammals; Rodents; Wildlife management; Trapping; Tagging;
- A collar tag to be put on a nutria. It's designed stretch so it can be put on snugly and a nutria will neither get a limb stuck inside nor have trouble breathing. Tagging the animals will help biologists to better understand the nutria's habits and...
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- Sign Advising Not To Feed the Animals
- Invasive species; Interpretation; Photography; Mammals; Rodents; Work of the Service; Wildlife management; Education; signs;
- Image of a sign advising people not to feed the animals. People are asked not to feed the nutria so that populations will not spread.
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- Laysan Albatross Chick and Adult
- Islands; Wildlife refuges; Wildlife impacts; Birds; Coastal environments; Marine birds; Weather impacts;
- This Laysan albatross chick was only inches away from being covered by debris during the 2011 tsunami. The adult wasn't so lucky. A tsunami generated by a powerful earthquake off the coast of Japan struck the refuge at 11:36 PM on Thursday, March...
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- Gray wolf release
- Endangered species; Mammals; Monitoring; Wildlife management;
- A gray wolf fitted with a radio collar is released into the wild. The gray wolf or Canis lupus, often known simply as the wolf, is the largest extant wild member of the Canidae family. Though once abundant over much of Eurasia, North Africa and...
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- Rush Darter habitat
- Fishes; Endangered species;
- The rush darter is a small fish that grows to two to three inches long. And it’s even rarer than it is tiny: The species, identified in 1999, is known to exist in only three locations in Alabama. There are no figures on the rush darter population...
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- Rush Darter
- Fishes; Endangered species;
- The rush darter is a small fish that grows to two to three inches long. And it’s even rarer than it is tiny: The species, identified in 1999, is known to exist in only three locations in Alabama. There are no figures on the rush darter population...
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- Piping plover chick and the big wave
- Wildlife refuges; Wildlife viewing; Scenics; Endangered species; Migratory birds;
- Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) chick looks so small in comparison to the size of the wave behind him.
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- Piping plover chick and adult
- Wildlife refuges; Wildlife viewing; Scenics; Endangered species; Migratory birds;
- Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) chick looks so small in comparison to the size of his parent
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- Pagosa skyrocket flower
- Plants; Endangered species;
- Ipomopsis polyantha is an herbaceous biennial 12 to 24 inches (in) (30 to 60 centimeters (cm)) tall, branched from near the base above the basal rosette of leaves. Deeply divided leaves with linear segments are scattered up the stem. Stems and...
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- Pagosa skyrocket flowers
- Plants; Endangered species;
- Ipomopsis polyantha is an herbaceous biennial 12 to 24 inches (in) (30 to 60 centimeters (cm)) tall, branched from near the base above the basal rosette of leaves. Deeply divided leaves with linear segments are scattered up the stem. Stems and...
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- Pagosa skyrocket flowers and syrphid fly
- Plants; Endangered species;
- Ipomopsis polyantha is an herbaceous biennial 12 to 24 inches (in) (30 to 60 centimeters (cm)) tall, branched from near the base above the basal rosette of leaves. Deeply divided leaves with linear segments are scattered up the stem. Stems and...
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- Pagosa skyrocket flowers
- Plants; Endangered species;
- Ipomopsis polyantha is an herbaceous biennial 12 to 24 inches (in) (30 to 60 centimeters (cm)) tall, branched from near the base above the basal rosette of leaves. Deeply divided leaves with linear segments are scattered up the stem. Stems and...
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- Pagosa skyrocket flowers
- Plants; Endangered species;
- Ipomopsis polyantha is an herbaceous biennial 12 to 24 inches (in) (30 to 60 centimeters (cm)) tall, branched from near the base above the basal rosette of leaves. Deeply divided leaves with linear segments are scattered up the stem. Stems and...
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- Pagosa skyrocket habitat
- Plants; Endangered species;
- Ipomopsis polyantha is an herbaceous biennial 12 to 24 inches (in) (30 to 60 centimeters (cm)) tall, branched from near the base above the basal rosette of leaves. Deeply divided leaves with linear segments are scattered up the stem. Stems and...
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- Pagosa skyrocket plant
- Plants; Endangered species;
- Ipomopsis polyantha is an herbaceous biennial 12 to 24 inches (in) (30 to 60 centimeters (cm)) tall, branched from near the base above the basal rosette of leaves. Deeply divided leaves with linear segments are scattered up the stem. Stems and...
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