USFWS National Digital Library

- Salt Water Is Added to the Eggs
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Work of the Service;
- Each batch of eggs is mixed with salt water to assist in fertilization.
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- Cleaning Equipment
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS); Work of the Service; uniforms; service patch;
- Everything is cleaned with an iodine solution and water after each use.
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- Holding Room
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Work of the Service;
- The holding room at Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery where the eggs will live until they hatch.
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- Holding Area For Fertilized Eggs
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS); Work of the Service;
- The fertilized eggs are placed in these holding areas with an iodine solution, which kills bacteria.
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- Male Chinook Being Milked
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS); Work of the Service; uniforms; service patch;
- Male Chinooks are milked and the eggs are then fertilized.
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- Rinsing Eggs
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS); Work of the Service;
- The eggs are rinsed a final time.
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- Chinook Salmon Waiting To Be Spawned
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Work of the Service;
- The Chinook salmon are held here after making their way up the elevator into the spawning room.
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- Female Chinook Being Spawned
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS); Work of the Service;
- The eggs are removed from the females and placed in a container. Each female Chinook has between 4,000-5,000 eggs.
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- Fertilized Eggs Placed in Buckets
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Work of the Service;
- Each bucket holds eggs from three females.
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- 2009 Christmas Bird Count
- Wildlife refuges; Birds; Birdwatching; Monitoring; Connecting people with nature; Recreation
- Birders participate in the 2009 Christmas Bird Count at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
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- Bighorn Sheep at Point of Rocks
- Wildlife refuges; Mammals; Scenics;
- Bighorn Sheep at Point of Rocks on the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
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- Point of Rocks Boardwalk
- Wildlife refuges; Visitor services;
- Point of Rocks Boardwalk at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
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- Spring Outflow Restoration at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
- Rivers and streams; Habitat restoration; Riparian environments;
- Spring Outflow Restoration at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
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- Spring Outflow Restoration at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
- Rivers and streams; Habitat restoration; Riparian environments;
- Spring Outflow Restoration at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
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- Horseshoe Marsh
- Wildlife refuges; Estuarine environments; Wetlands; Scenics;
- Horseshoe Marsh at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
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- Point of Rocks Boardwalk at Kings Pool
- Wildlife refuges; Visitor services;
- Point of Rocks Boardwalk at Kings Pool on Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
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