This is a brochure that describes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including a brief history of the Service as well as continuing work to help wildlife conservation.
Work of Service; Personnel; Ships; Boats; Wildlife refuges; Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; Aleutians; Tiglax
Safety measures before setting sail on the M/V Tiglax include instruction on donning a survival suit. This image was taken during the Seabird Marine Mammal Oceanographic Coordinated Investigation (SMMOCI) project.
Work of Service; Birds; Marine birds; Wildlife refuges; Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; Aleutians; Tiglax; Boats; Personnel
Jeff Williams, Rosa Meehan at end of Bird Survey line. Ulak is an annual monitoring site for burrow nesting seabirds such as tufted puffins, storm petrels and Cassin's auklets
Participants of a Bird Walk gather at Beluga Slough in Homer, Alaska during the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival which is held each May on the weekend closest to the 9th of May. The festival is sponsored by Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge...
Bond Swamp NWR, Round Oak, Georgia: Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge sits on the fall line that separates the piedmont plateau and the coastal plains.
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife refuge is in Ajo, Arizona. In the desert, the word is "patience." If you're just passing through, you are not likely to see any wildlife. But if you stop and sit in the shade of a boulder, a large cactus,...
For the past 18 months, the National Wildlife Refuge System has worked to create a vision that will guide the management of the Refuge System during the next decade and beyond. Conserving the Future is built on the foundation and inspiration of...
Lee Metcalf NWR, Stevensville, Montana: All seasons of the year are interesting at this beautiful little refuge set in the midst of the Bitterroot National Forest in southwestern Montana. All manner of birds are found here, from the majestic bald...
