USFWS National Digital Library

- Fishing
- lake; man; Recreation;Wyoming
- Images
- FWS Biologist Sifting Sediments For Contaminant Analysis
- environmental issues;Employees (USFWS)
- Images
- California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) recovery plan. Third revision.
- Endangered species; Birds; Birds of prey; Captive breeding; Reintroduction; Raptors;
- 1976, (41 FR 187). Long recognized as a vanishing species (Cooper 1890, Koford 1953, Wilbur 1978), the California condor remains one ofthe world’s rarest and most imperiled vertebrate species. Despite intensive conservation...
- Documents
- Gray Wolf
- Mammals; animal; wildlife; Reintroduction; canine; carnivore; Predators; Resource management
- Captured gray wolf in pen - as part of the effort to restore gray wolf populations in the United States to self-sustaining levels, and remove the species from the endangered species list, wild wolves were captured in Canada, given health...
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- Cassin’s sparrow (aimophila cassinii) status assessment and conservation plan Biological Technical Publication BTP-R6002-2000
- Birds;
- cassins_sparrow_status00.pdf
- Documents
- Oil field pollution
- Environmental Sciences; Biologists (USFWS);Contaminants;Environmental quality;Oil spills;Petroleum industry;Pollution, Water
- Commercial oil field water holding facility. Excavated area for water, with oil-covered banks, corroded drain pipes and pieces of machinery, and oil-covered skim on water.
- Images
- J.N. 'Ding' Darling National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan
- Document;Wildlife refuges; Planning
- ding-darling-final.pdf
- Documents
- Duck carcass
- Environmental Sciences; Aquatic birds; Birds; Contaminants;Pollution control;Environmental quality; Lakes; Migratory birds; Waterfowl;
- Duck carcass laying near dry shore of Rasmus Lee Lake in Wyoming.
- Images
- Florida panther recovery plan. Technical/agency draft.
- Endangered species; Wildlife management; Wildlife restoration; Reintroduction;
- First recovery plan approved 12/7/1981. First revision approved June 1987. Second revision approved: 3/13/1995. The Florida panther is the last subspecies of Puma still surviving in the eastern United States. Historically occurring throughout the...
- Documents
- Collecting wetland samples
- Environmental Sciences; Aquaculture;Aquatic animals;Employees (USFWS)
- Fish and Wildlife Employee collecting invertebrates contained in wetland samples.
- Images
- Collecting avocet eggs for analysis
- Environmental Sciences; Biologists (USFWS);Pollutants;
- Fish and Wildlife Service biologist collects avocet eggs from the nest for selenium analysis.
- Images
- Studying avocet egg
- Environmental Sciences; Biologists (USFWS);Pesticides;Pollutants
- Fish and Wildlife Service biologist studying avocet egg. Vertical.
- Images
- Measuring mallard eggs
- Environmental Sciences; Pollutants;Waterfowl;
- Fish and Wildlife Service worker measuring mallard eggs for study. Vertical.
- Images
- Checking gill nets
- Environmental Sciences; Biologists (USFWS); Employees (USFWS);
- Fish and Wildlife Service worker on boat checking gill net full of fish.
- Images
- Fish and Wildlife Service Biologist Taking Stream Samples
- Environmental Sciences; Contaminants;Environmental quality;Pesticides;Pollution, Water;
- Fish and Wildlife Service worker sifting cored sediments from riverbed for contaminant analysis. Vertical.
- Images
- Contaminant analysis
- Environmental Sciences; Biologists (USFWS);Coastal restoration;Employees (USFWS);Contaminants;
- Fish and Wildlife Service worker with cored sediment samples from riverbed for contaminant analysis.
- Images
- Fulfilling the Promise The National Wildlife Refuge System
- Document
- fulfillprom_summ.pdf
- Documents
- Dead bird in oil pit
- Environmental Sciences; Birds; Contaminants; Environmental quality; Human impacts; Oil production; Oil spills; Petroleum industry; Pollutants; Oil production;
- Gloved hand pointing to bird carcass covered in thick oil in oil pit.
- Images
- Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assesment J.N. 'Ding' Darling National Wildlife Refuge
- Document;Wildlife refuges; Planning
- jndingdarling_draft.pdf
- Documents
- First Catch of Stocked Gila Trout
- Threatened species; Fisheries management; Fishes; Fishing;
- John Marvin of Sierra Vista, Arizona caught the first Gila trout in Arizona just moments after the native fish were stocked in Frye Mesa Reservoir in the Pinaleno Mountains on Feb. 23, 2010. Marvin, a member of the San Pedro Fly Casters...
- Images