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 refuges; Villages; Buildings, facilities and structures; History
The Pribilof Report 1949. Theater and roadhouse, Northern Commercial Company's Bethel Theater has movie poster posted on front of building "Beyond Glory," a 1948 movie. Bethel is the town where the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge...
Wildlife refuges; Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge; Work of Service; Personnel; ARLIS; Alaska
"Jeep used for patrol on east side of [Kodiak] island where there is a good road. Kalsin Bay in background." Frank Beals and W. A. Elkins of FWS office, Juneau.
Wildlife refuges; Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; Buildings, facilities and structures; Alaska
The Pribilof Report 1949. St. Paul, Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Government house where U.S. FWS official in charge of both St. Paul and St. George Islands resides.
Okefenokee NWR, Folkston, Georgia: To enter Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is to step into another world. There is an ethereal, other-worldly quality to this "Land of the Trembling Earth," where a heavy step can set great trees to...
Wildflowers; Prairies; Vegetation; Valleys; Species of concern;
The peacock larkspur is found only in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Presently, the natural vegetation of the Willamette Valley is experiencing a threat not altogether different in magnitude from the Missoula Floods - human development. Since...
Great Meadows NWR, Sudbury, Massachusetts: Great Meadows Refuge is a green oasis in the midst of highly populated eastern Massachusetts. Just 15 miles from downtown Boston, it is adjacent to Minuteman National Historical Park, where the first...
At sunset when most herons are flying toward their roosting places, the black-crowned night herons are leaving the trees where they have spent the day scattering over the marshes to feed. By foraging at night, these birds avoid competition with...
At sunset when most herons are flying toward their roosting places, the black-crowned night herons are leaving the trees where they have spent the day scattering over the marshes to feed. By foraging at night, these birds avoid competition with...
The American Bittern is found all across the country but prefers habitats that include freshwater wetlands with tall emergent vegetation where they can hide. Although you may not see them, you would have no problem hearing them as Bitterns have a...
Divers happened upon 15 white-tipped reef sharks sleeping next to the northwest seawall, where there are usually only one to three white-tips indicating that it may have been mating season for the sharks. The sharks were photographed in...
Pine savannas are open, nearly treeless, fire-dependent plant communities dominated by well-developed ground cover and some low-growing shrubs with only scattered trees. The refuge is approx. 5216 acres pine savanna.
The original presettlement...
Pine savannas are open, nearly treeless, fire-dependent plant communities dominated by well-developed ground cover and some low-growing shrubs with only scattered trees. The refuge is approx. 5216 acres pine savanna.
The original presettlement...
Pine savannas are open, nearly treeless, fire-dependent plant communities dominated by well-developed ground cover and some low-growing shrubs with only scattered trees. The refuge is approx. 5216 acres pine savanna.
The original presettlement...
Pine savannas are open, nearly treeless, fire-dependent plant communities dominated by well-developed ground cover and some low-growing shrubs with only scattered trees. The refuge is approx. 5216 acres pine savanna.
The original presettlement...
