Similarity of Appearance (Threatened); Surveying; Reptiles; Partnerships; Work of the Service;
The bog turtle is the smallest turtle in North America. The species is protected under the Endangered Species Act and faces great threats from both poaching and habitat degradation as the wetlands where they live have disappeared dramatically over...
Similarity of Appearance (Threatened); Surveying; Reptiles; Partnerships; Work of the Service;
The bog turtle is the smallest turtle in North America. The species is protected under the Endangered Species Act and faces great threats from both poaching and habitat degradation as the wetlands where they live have disappeared dramatically over...
Similarity of Appearance (Threatened); Surveying; Reptiles; Partnerships; Work of the Service;
The bog turtle is the smallest turtle in North America. The species is protected under the Endangered Species Act and faces great threats from both poaching and habitat degradation as the wetlands where they live have disappeared dramatically over...
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Volunteer Meredith Wilson closes off an area for dune protection as part of a berm building effort at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge in response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Volunteer Meredith Wilson responding to a stranded Kemp's Ridley Sea turtle that was called in on the turtle stranding hotline by a local resident near the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge in Alabama.
Drew Wirwa, USFWS employee makes his way across a lagoon to inspect the status of 1,300 nesting brown pelicans at North Island, Breton National Wildlife Refuge, along with volunteer Kelby Ouchly (L), and Jack Bohannan, Refuge Manager for Breton,...
Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge doesn't let the weather or lack of Visitor Services facilities stop them from getting kids outside to enjoy nature.
Refuge staff and Friends continue to provide environmental education programs to thousands of...
Volunteer helps inventory a nest of hatched turtles in order to determine productivity. This hatchling was found in the nest - it did not get out on its own. It was taken to the water due to the heat of the day and to protect it from being...
Volunteer helps inventory a nest of hatched turtles in order to determine productivity. This hatchling was found in the nest - it did not get out on its own. It was taken to the water due to the heat of the day and to protect it from being...