USFWS National Digital Library

- Employee Pocket Guide Conserving the Nature of America 2001
- Document
- Employee_Pocket_Guide01.pdf
- Documents
- Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment
- Document;Wildlife refuges; Planning
- Hakalau Forest-Draft.pdf
- Documents
- Ray Erickson and Dave Marshall oral history transcript
- History; Biography; Employees (USFWS); Wildlife refuges;
- Oral history interview with Ray Erickson and Dave Marshall with Donna Stoball and Mark Madison as interviewers.
- Documents
- Hawaiian monk seal
- Wildlife refuges; Mammals; Endangered species;
- Hawaiian monk seal plays in water at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
- Images
- Short-tailed Albatross Chick Survives Major Storm
- Birds;
- Gale force winds, rain, thunder, and lightning rocked Midway Atoll on Friday night, Feb. 11th, leading to moderate damage and loss of wildlife. Fortunately, no island residents or visitors were hurt and no major infrastructure was damaged. For at...
- Images
- Short-tailed Albatross Pair-bonding Dance
- Birds; Migratory birds; Endangered species; Islands; Wildlife refuges;
- A pair of short-tailed albatrosses dance together on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. This pair later mated and hatched a chick in the 2010/2011 breeding season. As of 2010, the short-tailed albatross population is estimated to be 1,200...
- Images
- Male Short-tailed Albatross and Chick
- Birds; Migratory birds; Endangered species; Islands; Wildlife refuges;
- The proud male protects his chick which recently hatched on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- Black-footed Albatrosses and Laysan Albatrosses
- Birds; Islands; Marine birds; Islands; Wildlife refuges;
- Nesting grounds of Laysan albatross and black-footed albatross at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- Nesting Laysan Albatrosses
- Birds; Islands; Marine birds; Islands; Wildlife refuges;
- A pair of Laysan albatross trading off incubation duties on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- Brown Booby
- Birds; Islands; Marine birds; Islands; Wildlife refuges;
- A brown booby perches near the ocean on the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- White Tern
- Birds; Islands; Marine birds; Islands; Wildlife refuges;
- A curious white tern hovers overhead on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- Laysan Albatross Nesting on Eastern Island
- Birds; Islands; Marine birds; Islands; Wildlife refuges;
- Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is host to the largest remaining colony of albatross in the world. The colony can include more than 500,000 nests on a given year. This image shows typical nest density in areas without the invasive plant,...
- Images
- Laysan Albatross Nesting Amid Marine Debris
- Birds; Islands; Marine birds; Islands; Wildlife refuges;
- Marine debris is a significant issue for seabirds and other wildlife. Shown here are plastic floats and other debris that degrade nesting sites at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- Red-tailed Tropicbird
- Birds; Islands; Marine birds; Islands; Wildlife refuges;
- A red-tailed tropicbird nesting at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- Red-footed Booby
- Birds; Islands; Marine birds; Islands; Wildlife refuges;
- A red-footed booby perches on a limb on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- White Tern
- Birds; Islands; Marine birds; Islands; Wildlife refuges;
- White tern at Midway Atoll National Midlife Refuge
- Images
- Laysan Albatross
- Birds; Islands; Marine birds; Islands; Wildlife refuges;
- A handsome and regal Laysan albatross on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- Red-footed Booby and Two Frigatebirds
- Birds; Islands; Marine birds; Islands; Wildlife refuges;
- A red-footed boozy and two frigatebirds rest on Easter Island, part of the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- Albatross Nesting
- Birds; Islands; Marine birds; Islands; Wildlife refuges;
- Laysan albatross and black-footed albatross nesting at Sand Island in the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- Male Short-tailed Albatross and Chick
- Birds; Migratory birds; Endangered species; Islands; Wildlife refuges;
- This male Short-tailed Albatross checks on his chick that hatched recently on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. As of 2010, the short-tailed albatross population is estimated to be 1,200 birds. Of these, the total number of breeding age birds...
- Images