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- Laysan Island After the Tsunami
- Coastal environments; Marine birds; Migratory birds; Tropical environments; Weather impacts; Wildlife refuges; Islands;
- View looking north towards camp. A tsunami generated by a powerful earthquake off the coast of Japan struck Laysan island late on Thursday, March 10th and continued for the next few hours into the early morning hours of March 11th.All staff are...
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- Laysan Island Encampment Destroyed
- Coastal environments; Marine birds; Migratory birds; Tropical environments; Weather impacts; Wildlife refuges; Islands;
- A tsunami generated by a powerful earthquake off the coast of Japan struck Laysan island late on Thursday, March 10th and continued for the next few hours into the early morning hours of March 11th.All staff are safe. This work site was vacated as...
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- Rat Island, Aleutian Islands
- ALASKA MARITIME NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; AMNWR; Birds; birding; Marine birds ; rats; habitat; Coastal environments; biology. Rat prevention; Aleutian Islands; Aleutians
- Rat Island in the western Aleutians got infested with rats in 1780 when a Japanese sailing ship went aground. It may have been an important seabird colony, but little bird life now exists. Rats in large numbers still persist on Rat Island by ...
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- Sam's first rainbow trout
- Children; Fishing; Connecting people with nature;
- A young Alaskan and his grandfather went out for a day of fishing near Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. The grandson caught his first fish. It is a rainbow trout, 18 1/2 inches long and 11 1/2 inches around.
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- Yugfa, Adak Pirate ship with rats
- Birds; Marine birds ; Coastal environments; Islands
- September 1999. This ship is similar to the vessels that went aground on Afognak Island. The Yugfa was caught by USCG for pirate fishing and was heavily rat infested. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has sent response crews to at least four...
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