USFWS National Digital Library

- Fishing licence compliance check.
- Aquatic environments; Connecting people with nature; Emblems; Employees (USFWS); Fishing; Icons; Law enforcement; Personnel; Public access; Recreation; Resource management; Service patch; Sport fishing; Tourism; Uniforms; Visitor services; Wildlife...
- Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge Law Enforcement officer checks for compliance of fishing licence.
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- Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan
- Document;Wildlife refuges; Planning
- bigbranchmarsh_final.pdf
- Documents
- Checking on the young ones.
- Adults; Aquatic animals; Aquatic environments; Aquatic plants; Banks; Boating; Boats; Employees (USFWS); Environments (Natural); Habitat conservation; Management; Personnel; Plants; Reptiles; Resource management; Uniforms; Vegetation; Wetlands;...
- Checking on the health and growth of the wildlife, is all part of a days work on the refuge.
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- Adults and children pretend to be bears.
- Adults; Children; Connecting people with nature; Education; Education outreach; Environmental education; Interpretation; Leisure activities; Public access; Recreation; Vegetation; Visitor services; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service; Youth;
- Children really get to experience the life of a bear. One of the many programs available at the refuge.
- Images
- Red Cockaded woodpecker, (Endangered species), nest box site.
- Birds; Endangered species; Environments (Natural); Habitat conservation; Indigenous populations; Places (Human-made); Conifers; Trees; Wildlife management; Wildlife refuges; Wildlife restoration; Work of the Service;
- Close up shot of a Red Cockaded woodpecker, (Endangered species), nest box site.
- Images
- Invasive Cogan grass
- Aquatic environments; Aquatic plants; Foliage; Grasses; Habitat fragmentation; Invasive species; Wildlife refuges;
- Cogan grass is an invasive species that grows on the refuge.
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- Entrance sign to the Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge.
- Buildings, facilities and structures; Foliage; Interpretation; Signs; Tourism; Wildlife refuges;
- Entrance sign to the Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- Big Branch Marsh visitor center.
- Buildings, facilities and structures; Public access; Tourism; Visitor services; Wildlife refuges;
- Exterior view of the Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge visitors center.
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- Big Branch Marsh visitor center.
- Buildings, facilities and structures; Public access; Tourism; Visitor services; Wildlife refuges; Adults; Children; Exhibits;
- Families prepare to tour the refuge by stopping by the visitor center.
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- Family enjoying refuge
- Aquatic environments; Children; Connecting people with nature; Leisure activities; Recreation; Wildlife viewing; Wildlife refuges;
- Father and children enjoying the water views from a wooden catwalk.
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- WOE177 Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge before/after Hurricane Katrina
- Hurricane Katrina; Natural Disturbance; Katrina; Devastation; WOE177
- Images
- Medium shot of the Red Cockaded woodpecker, (Endangered species), nest box site.
- Birds; Endangered species; Environments (Natural); Habitat conservation; Indigenous populations; Places (Human-made); Conifers; Trees; Wildlife management; Wildlife refuges; Wildlife restoration; Work of the Service;
- Medium shot of the Red Cockaded woodpecker, (Endangered species), nest box site.
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- Big Branch Marsh visitor center.
- Buildings, facilities and structures; Public access; Tourism; Visitor services; Wildlife refuges; Adults; Children; Exhibits;
- Mother and son view an exhibit at the visitor center.
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- Even mom wants to get in on the fun.
- Adults; Children; Connecting people with nature; Education; Education outreach; Environmental education; Interpretation; Leisure activities; Public access; Recreation; Teens; Vegetation; Visitor services; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service;...
- Mother watches as her daughter plays firefighter with the refuge staff.
- Images
- Big Branch Marsh visitor center.
- Buildings, facilities and structures; Public access; Tourism; Visitor services; Wildlife refuges; Adults; Children; Exhibits;
- People enjoying the exhibits inside the visitor center.
- Images
- Pleasant Pines.
- Birds; Endangered species; Environments (Natural); Habitat conservation; Indigenous populations; Places (Human-made); Conifers; Trees; Wildlife management; Wildlife refuges; Wildlife restoration; Work of the Service;
- Pine tree forest habitat for the Red Cockaded woodpecker, (Endangered species).
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- Firefighting made fun and easy.
- Adults; Children; Connecting people with nature; Education; Education outreach; Environmental education; Interpretation; Leisure activities; Public access; Recreation; Teens; Vegetation; Visitor services; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service;...
- Precise placement of the water is the key to successful firefighting, as this boy discovers.
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- Early morning ducks.
- Aquatic birds; Aquatic environments; Aquatic plants; Birds; Grasses; Panoramics; Plants; Scenics; Vegetation; Waterfowl; Wetlands; Wildlife refuges;
- Several ducks gather for breakfast in the marsh on the refuge.
- Images
- One last great bear growl.
- Adults; Children; Connecting people with nature; Education; Education outreach; Environmental education; Interpretation; Leisure activities; Public access; Recreation; Vegetation; Visitor services; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service; Youth;
- Students express themselves like a bear with a big growl for the camera.
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- I'm a better bear than you.
- Adults; Children; Connecting people with nature; Education; Education outreach; Environmental education; Interpretation; Leisure activities; Public access; Recreation; Vegetation; Visitor services; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service; Youth;
- Students prepare for a race of the bears as part of the environmental education experience.
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