USFWS National Digital Library

- One very happy heavy equipment operator!
- Emblems; Employees (USFWS); Equipment; Logo; Management; Personnel; Resource management; Service patch; Uniforms; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service;
- A female Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge employee enjoys her work on the refuge.
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- Water Control
- Wildlife refuges; Water management; Employees (USFWS); uniforms; service patch; history;
- A female U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Employee checks the water at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge located in Virginia.
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- Prescribed burn
- Work of the Service;Prescribed burning; Employees (USFWS);
- A firefighter watches a prescribed fire at National Key Deer Refuge.
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- Yellow Rat Snake
- Reptiles; Employees (USFWS); Logo; Wildlife refuges;
- A Fish and Wildlife Service employee holds a yellow rat snake, one of several species found on the refuge.
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- Yellow Rat Snake
- Reptiles; Employees (USFWS); Logo; Wildlife refuges;
- A Fish and Wildlife Service employee holds a yellow rat snake, one of several species found on the refuge.
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- Showing Size of Tree
- Employees (USFWS); Trees; Wildlife refuges; history; uniforms; service patch;
- A Fish and Wildlife Service employee stretches her arms out to show the size of a tree at the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Man holds chainsaw
- Employees (USFWS); Training;
- A Fish and Wildlife Service employee takes the U.S. Forest Service Chainsaw Certification Program at Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Region 3.
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- FWS Biologist with Condor
- FWS Biologist; FWS Employees (USFWS); Endangered species; Patuxent Research Refuge; Maryland
- A FWS biologist is observing a condor in captivity at the Patuxent Research Refuge. The California condor is one of the largest flying birds in the world, with a wing span of more than nine feet. Condors can soar and glide for hours without...
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- Setting Trap for Delmarva Fox Squirrel
- FWS Employees (USFWS); Endangered species; Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge; Maryland
- A FWS biologist is setting a trap to tag the endangered Delmarva Fox Squirrel. This large, slate grey tree squirrel has an unusually full, fluffy tail and white belly. Once found throughout the Delmarva Penninsula, remnant populations of the...
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- Red Cockaded Woodpecker Research
- Carolina Sandhills NWR; Endangered species Research; FWS Employees (USFWS); South Carolina
- A FWS biologist tags a Red-cockaded woodpecker. These woodpeckers are endangered because open forests with big, old pine trees have been replaced by forests with younger, smaller pines. Periodic natural fires needed to control the brushy...
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- Refuge visitor
- Wildlife refuges; Visitor services; Employees (USFWS);
- A FWS employee converses with a refuge visitor
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- FWS employee helps child to fish
- Employees (USFWS); Children; Connecting people with nature; Fishes; Fishing;
- A FWS employee helps a child to fish at the Constitution Gardens fishing event.
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- 2010 Boy Scouts Jamboree FWS activity
- Children; Education outreach; Education; Training; Employees (USFWS); Events
- A FWS employee instructs boy scouts at the 2010 Boy Scouts Jamboree.
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- FWS employee rinses eggs
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Service patch; Uniforms
- A FWS employee rinses eggs at the Carson National Fish Hatchery. Rinsing the eggs aids in fertilization.
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- FWS employee on airboat
- Employees (USFWS); boats;
- A FWS employee smiles for a picture while riding on an airboat.
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- Coastal marsh
- Wildlife refuges; Coastal environments; Employees (USFWS);
- A FWS employee stands writing by coastal marshlands.
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- FWS employee teaches children
- Children; Connecting people with nature; Employees (USFWS);
- A FWS employee teaches children about animal tracks.
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- Prescribed burn
- Fire management; Fires; Prescribed burning; Employees (USFWS); Wildlife refuges;
- A FWS employees closely monitors a prescribed burn on Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge.
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- FWS polar bear biologist with a bear
- Mammals; Management; Scientific personnel (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS); Employees (USFWS); Endangered species; Uniforms; Service patch; Snow; Aircraft;
- A FWS polar bear biologist works with a tranquilized bear on the ice with a helicopter in the background.
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- This is FUN!
- Connecting people with nature; Ecosystem recovery; Employees (USFWS); Environmental quality; Environments (Natural); Flowering plants; Habitat conservation; Habitat restoration; Landscape conservation; Places (Human-made); Plants; Public access;...
- A Girl Scout volunteer shows her pride in planting this tree, after hurricane Ike.
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