USFWS National Digital Library

- Conservation Legacy
- Work of the Service; History; Recreation; Wildlife management
- This is a report that describes various programs successfully implemented and various tasks completed, by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs, Division of Federal Assistance. Articles include...
- Documents
- Service employee at work clearing a path.
- Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service; Logo; Employees (USFWS);
- Service employee using a leaf blower to clear a path at Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- Sunset at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
- Wildlife refuges; Waterfowl; Birds;
- Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge is one of California's premier waterfowl refuges. Waterfowl are present from September through March. View hundreds of thousands of geese and ducks from November through January. Many other birds and mammals...
- Images
- Point of Rocks Boardwalk at Kings Pool
- Wildlife refuges; Visitor services;
- Point of Rocks Boardwalk at Kings Pool on Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
- Images
- Sun Through Clouds
- Wildlife refuges; Scenics;
- Image of the sun shining through clouds on the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- Conserving the future: wildlife refuges and the next generation
- Wildlife refuges; Planning; Management
- 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...
- Documents
- Bottomland at Sunset
- Wildlife refuges;
- Receded waters leaves exposed mud at Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- Jameson Island Welcome Sign
- Wildlife refuges; Employees (USFWS); Service patch;
- The Jameson Island unit occupies a large bend of the Missouri River floodplain in Saline County, below the historic community of Arrow Rock. The unit consists of 1,871 acres of bottom land forest of cottonwood, willow, box elder, and other...
- Images
- Blue Heron Trail at Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
- Wildlife refuges;
- Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. Blue Heron Trail, built with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds [project number R8-46].
- Images
- New Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Shop Building
- Wildlife refuges; Buildings, facilities and structures;
- The new shop building on the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge was built with American Recovery & Reinvestment Act funds.
- Images
- Waterfowl at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
- Wildlife refuges; Birds; Waterfowl; Lakes;
- Waterfowl flying over water at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
- Images
- Tagging Nutria
- Wildlife management; Wildlife refuges; Mammals; Rodents; Invasive species;
- A collar is successfully put on a nutria on the Tuatalin River National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- Jim Pfitzer discusses his new one-man play: "Aldo Leopold--A Standard of Change."
- Wildlife management; Podcast; Public Lecture;
- Aldo Leopold - A Standard of Change” is a one-man play written by and starring storyteller Jim Pfitzer, Storyteller, writer, and actor Jim Pfitzer has worked as a naturalist and river guide, lived in Redwood National Park, and traveled the...
- Audio
- Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
- Wetlands; Wildlife refuges;
- View at low light over water at the Stone Lakes Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge sign
- Wetland restoration; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service;
- The Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge was created in September of 1994 ". . .for the development, advancement, management, conservation and protection of fish and wildlife resources ." The refuge has grown to over 10,000 acres...
- Images
- City of Sacramento Intake on Sacramento River
- Water management; Urban environments; Rivers and streams;
- Intake for the pumping station on the Sacramento River at the city of Sacramento
- Images
- Federal Pumping Station for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
- Water management; Rivers and streams;
- Federal pumping station for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
- Images
- Monitoring Station at Knights Landing in the Sacramento River
- Water management; Rivers and streams;
- Surface water monitoring station at Knights Landing on the the Sacramento River. The station provides the Department of Water Resources with stage data.
- Images
- Yolo Bypass
- Water management; Rivers and streams;
- The Yolo Bypass serves as part of a system to prevent flooding in the Sacramento Valley. Weirs connect the bypass to the Sacramento River. The water is eventually drained into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
- Images
- Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area
- Water management; Rivers and streams;
- The Yolo Bypass wildlife area is located between Davis and Sacramento, California. It serves as a a flood bypass for the Sacramento River.
- Images