Located along the meandering Bitterroot River and surrounded by majestic towering mountains, the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge offers spectacular viewing opportunities of the landscape and wildlife. The Refuge's location in the scenic and...
Anaho Island Refuge is a rocky island that rises from the waters of Pyramid Lake in Washoe County, Nevada. The refuge was established for the benefit and protection of colonial nesting species and other migratory birds. It supports breeding...
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."
Wildlife; Birds; Birds of prey; Endangered species; History;
This chick was named "General". It was found in a nest site near Los Angeles, California. Finley took chick home with him to Jennings Lodge. The chick became so accustomed to Finley that it did not live in a cage. Later as an adult it was...
Wildlife; Endangered species; Wildlife restoration; Captive breeding; Reintroduction;Rare species
Published August 8, 1988. The Black-footed Ferret Recovery Plan outlines steps for recovery of the black-footed ferret (Mustela niorioes) throughout its historical range. Evidence suggests that the ferret was widely distributed and was probably...
Work of Service; Personnel; Ships; Boats; Wildlife refuges; Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; Aleutians; Tiglax
Safety measures before setting sail on the M/V Tiglax include instruction on donning a survival suit. This image was taken during the Seabird Marine Mammal Oceanographic Coordinated Investigation (SMMOCI) project.
Work of the Service; Employees (USFWS); Wildlife management; Tagging; Monitoring; Mammals; Boreal forests; Service patch
Wildlife biologist Mark Bertram carefully injects tranquilizer into a denning black bear in order to collect data and attach a radio collar which was part of a black bear breeding, denning, and movement study on the Yukon Flats National Wildlife...
Work of the Service; Personnel; Nunivak; Aircraft; aircraft; Grumman Goose; Wildlife refuges; Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge; ARLIS; Alaska
The Pribilof Report 1949. "Eskimos helping a party from FWS airplane to shore. This was the group investigating living condiditons among the Alaska Natives. Dr. Mark Dawber has just stepped ashore. Albert M. Day, Larry Stevens, L. T....
