July 9, 2010 - Port St. Joe, FL: Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Tom Strickland (in blue) stands and watches as the nest excavation begins. Photo by Denise Rowell, USFWS.
July 9, 2010 - Port St. Joe, FL: A crowd of trained sea turtle volunteers watch as USFWS biologist Dianne Ingram digs for the next egg. Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Tom Strickland, watches as he holds a cooler full of eggs shut. Photo by...
This report on the National Wildlife Refuge System is the culmination
of a year-long process involving teams of Service employees who
examined the System within the framework of Wildlife and Habitat,
People, and Leadership. The report was the focus...
Rangelands; Water management; Management; Employees (USFWS); Biography; Energy
Robert C. Fields oral history interview as conducted by Jerry Grover. Along with working at the locations listed, Robert served in Portland as Refuge Supervisor over California and Nevada. He has also worked on the Garrison Diversion Project, the...
Scenics; Rivers and streams; Mountains; Snow; Wildlife refuges; History
Open view of the Chandalar River Valley in summer with snow covered peaks in the distance. The Chandalar River is in the northern interior of the state of Alaska. It flows into the Yukon River less than 50 miles west of Fort Yukon, Alaska.
Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge; California; Birds; Shorebirds; Endangered species
FWS biologist examines a dead California least tern at its nest on Seal Beach in California. The interior population of least tern was listed as endangered in 1985. Populations along the East and West coasts are not endangered. The interior...
Vince Mathews, Regional Coordinator: Eastern Interior, Western Interior & Coordinating Committees for the Kuskokwim & Yukon Rivers throwing a cup of water in the air at 40 degrees below zero. Taken at the Federal Building in Fairbanks on...
Welcomes new youth hires into the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service & Department of the Interior. Includes information on other youth programs and educates youth on other federal employment opportunities, including YCC, SCEP, STEP, and SCA.
Sixty years ago, a major battle in the midst of the Pacific, fought with aging equipment and inexperienced pilots and against incredible odds, turned the tide of World War II. On June 5, 2002, the Department of the Interior and U.S. Fish and...
Bridging the Gaps is about understanding and accepting people from each of the four generations, and learning to interact in ways that increase engagement, satisfaction and productivity.
Waterfowl; Population control; Surveying; Habitat conservation; Birds;
In North America the process of establishing hunting regulations for waterfowl is conducted annually. In the United States the process involves a number of scheduled meetings in which information regarding the status of waterfowl is presented to...
This document fulfills the requirements of Section 10 and 16 of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act of 1989. It is a biennial assessment of (A) the estimated number of acres of wetlands and habitat for waterfowl and other migratory birds...
