USFWS National Digital Library

- NC Wildlife Resources Commission volunteer Cynthia Waggoner makes her way through the bog while searching for bog turtles.
- 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...
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- NC Wildlife Resources Commission volunteer Cynthia Waggoner searches for bog turtles.
- 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...
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- Oil boom
- Oil spills;
- An oil boom, used to contain the oil spill along the Gulf Coast, is shown.
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- Oil slick
- Oil spills;
- An oil slick from the oil spill along the Gulf Coast is pictured.
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- Oiled marsh
- Grasses; Oil spills;
- A picture of an marsh partly covered in oil from the oil spill in the Gulf Coast in Barataria Bay off Grand Isle, LA.
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- Oiled pelicans
- Coastal environments; Coastal restoration; Birds; Waterfowl; Oil spills;
- Pelicans covered in oil sit along the Gulf Coast in Barataria Bay off Grand Isle, Louisiana.
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- Oiled pelicans
- Birds; Coastal environments; Coastal restoration; Oil spills; Waterfowl;
- Pelicans covered in oil sit along Barataria Bay off Grand Isle, LA.
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- On the lookout for bog turtles is Service biologist Sue Cameron.
- 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...
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- On the lookout for bog turtles is Wildlife Resources Commission bio tech Dottie Brown.
- 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...
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- Restoration work at Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- Habitat restoration; Wildlife refuges; Ponds;
- John Monts, of Galindo Contracting at the restoration site of Alviso, CA Pond A6 on the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, an effort of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project that was funded, in part, with money from the...
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- Restoration Work at Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- Habitat restoration; Ponds; Wildlife refuges;
- Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge restoration at site of Alviso, CA Pond A6 on the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay NWR, an effort to the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project that was funded, in part, with money from the...
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- Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge Shop Building
- Buildings, facilities and structures; Employees (USFWS); Wildlife refuges;
- New storage building at Llano Seco Unit on the Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge. This building was built with American Recovery & Reinvestment Act funds. It replaced a seismically unsafe shop building.
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- Sandhill Cranes
- Birds; Wading birds; Wetlands; Wildlife refuges; Rivers and streams; Riparian environments;
- Sandhill Cranes on the Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge
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- Service biologist Sue Cameron in her search for bog turtles.
- 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...
- Images
- Service biologist Sue Cameron keeps her eyes open for bog turtles.
- 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...
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- Southern Appalachian bog.
- 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...
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- Sphagnum moss
- Plants;
- This image of sphagnum moss was taken at a Southern Appalachian bog in western North Carolina.
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- Student Interviews Biologist
- Employees (USFWS); Youth; Connecting people with nature; Videography;
- Student Kanisha Allen interviews biologist Roy Averill-Murray for a short film she is working on about desert tortoise recovery.
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- Student works at USFWS for new media projects
- Videography; Youth; Connecting people with nature;
- Student Kanisha Allen is working at the Pacific Southwest Regional Office headquarters in Sacramento, California, creating products for the region's new media web sites.
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- Sue Cameron and Charlie Edens search for bog turtles.
- 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...
- Images