USFWS National Digital Library

- Yellow Rat Snake
- Reptiles; Employees (USFWS); Logo; Wildlife refuges;
- A Fish and Wildlife Service employee holds a yellow rat snake, one of several species found on the refuge.
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- Deer
- Mammals; Wildlife refuges;
- The National Bison Range is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. It was established in 1908 and is one of the oldest Wildlife Refuges in the nation. A large portion of the 18, 500 acre...
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- Bison
- Mammals; Wildlife refuges;
- The National Bison Range is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. It was established in 1908 and is one of the oldest Wildlife Refuges in the nation. A large portion of the 18, 500 acre...
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- Bison
- Mammals; Wildlife refuges;
- The National Bison Range is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. It was established in 1908 and is one of the oldest Wildlife Refuges in the nation. A large portion of the 18, 500 acre...
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- Bison calf
- Mammals; Wildlife refuges;
- The National Bison Range is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. It was established in 1908 and is one of the oldest Wildlife Refuges in the nation. A large portion of the 18, 500 acre...
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- Juvenile Yellow-crown Night-Heron
- Birds; Shorebirds; Wildlife refuges;
- One of many shorebirds found at Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Devereux Slough Coastal Wetland Project
- Wetland restoration; Wetlands; Habitat restoration; Coastal environments; Coastal restoration; Coastal zone management;
- The California Coastal Conservancy was awarded $1 million to help acquire and permanently protect a 63-acre property in Santa Barbara County, California. This project will also result in the restoration of approximately 13 acres of coastal wetlands...
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- Armadillo
- Mammals; Wildlife refuges;
- One of several unique species found on the refuge
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- Dead loggerhead sea turtle eggs
- Wildlife refuges; Marine mammals;
- Loggerhead sea turtle eggs -- all dead -- from one overwashed nest are pictured on Cape Island at Cape Romain Refuge, SC.
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- Juvenile Western Gull
- Birds; Birds; Seagulls; Gulls
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- Great Egret at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
- Birds; Wading birds; Wildlife refuges;
- The Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge is located near Willows, CA and 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...
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- 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...
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- Maritime Forest on Bulls Island
- Wildlife refuges; Roads;
- One lane dirt road on Bulls Island.
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- Lighthouses
- Buildings, facilities and structures; Wildlife refuges;
- Two historic lighthouses on Lighthouse Island Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge - this one was built in 1857
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- Historic Lighthouses
- Buildings, facilities and structures; Wildlife refuges;
- Historic lighthouses on Lighthouse Island Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge - one, built in 1827, the other in 1957.
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- Historic Lighthouse staircase
- Buildings, facilities and structures; Wildlife refuges;
- One of two historic lighthouses on Lighthouse Island Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Markings on an historic lighthouse
- Buildings, facilities and structures; Wildlife refuges;
- One of two historic lighthouses on Lighthouse Island Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Historic lighthouse markings
- Buildings, facilities and structures; Wildlife refuges;
- FWS employee points to markings on one of two historic lighthouses on Lighthouse Island, Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.
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- USFWS employee Paul Heimowitz discussing nutria on day one of filming with the crew.
- Invasive species; Interpretation; Photography; Mammals; Rodents; Work of the Service; Wildlife management; Employees (USFWS); Education;
- Paul Heimowitz and the film crew begin a joint effort of USFWS and Pangolin Film's to create awareness surrounding the dangers of the spreading non-native nutria populations in the northwest region.
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- Mixing Salmon Eggs and Milt
- Fisheries management; Fishes; Fish hatcheries;
- Jane Chorazy, FWS External Affairs Specialist, assists with one of the many spawning tasks. Here she is mixing the harvested eggs with water and the milt (liquid containing the sperm) from the males.
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