USFWS National Digital Library

- Areas of unique interest: the National Wildlife Refuge System.
- Wildlife refuges; Wilderness; Wetlands; Historic sites; Recreation sites;
- Original format fact sheet
- Documents
- J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge
- Wildlife refuges; Wading birds; Shorebirds;
- This is the general brochure for the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge located on Sanibel Island in Florida.
- Documents
- Tidal marshes: the boundary between land and ocean
- Wetlands; Wildlife management; Human impacts; Coastal environments;Estuarine environments; Coastal environments
- Tidal marshes of the United States cover about 13,000 square miles, approximately the combined area of Connecticut and Massachusetts. From a global perspective, marshes form a narrow fringe of intertidal flats along ocean coasts. They are vegetated...
- Documents
- Peregrine Falcon
- species; Birds; Birds
- The peregrine falcon used to be on the List of Federally Threatened and endangered Species, but is now recovered. 1999, for history go to: http://ecos.fws.gov/species_profile/servlet/gov.doi.species_profile.servlets.SpeciesProfile?&spcode=B01H
- Images
- Northern Aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis)
- Raptors; Grasslands; Deserts; Birds of prey; Birds; Habitat restoration; Military;
- Aplomado falcons (Falco femoralis) inhabit desert grasslands and savannas of Latin America, and formerly inhabited desert gasslands and coastal prairies of Texas, New Mexico, and southeastern Arizona. The falcon ranges through most of South...
- Documents
- Peregrine Falcon, juvenile
- peregrine immature young Birds falcon
- A young peregrine falcon peers intently at the camera
- Images
- Birds 17
- Illustrations; Art; Birds; raptors; Birds of prey;
- National wildlife artist Bob Hines (1912 - 1994) bird illustrations including short-eared owl; burrowing owl; great horned owl; golden eagle; bald eagles; yellowthroat; red-shouldered hawk; marsh hawk; harris hawk; osbrey; sparrow hawk; peregrine...
- Images
- Aluag Nye oral history transcript
- History; Wildlife refuges; Birds; Raptors
- Oral history interview with Aluag Nye. The interviewer is unidentified.
- Documents
- Bruce Babbitt oral history speech transcript
- History; Endangered species; Public policies; Policies; Congressional operations;
- Speech transcript of Bruce Babbitt's address to the Society of Environmental Journalists, October 1993, in Durham, NC. Environmental economics;
- Documents
- David B. Marshall oral history transcript
- History; Employees (USFWS); Personnel; Wildlife refuges;
- Oral history interview with David B. Marshall as interviewed by Jerry and Judy Grover.
- Documents
- Gordon Nightingale oral history transcript
- History; Employees (USFWS); Personnel; Wildlife refuges; Management;
- Oral history interview with Gordon Nightingale as interviewed by Thomas Goettel. Also present is Tommy Stubbs.
- Documents
- Jamie Rappaport Clark oral history transcript
- History; Biography; Directors (USFWS); Employees (USFWS); Environmental education; Environments (Natural); Forest conservation; Subpolar environments; Tundra; Wildlife management; Wilderness;
- Oral history interview with Jamie Clark. Brian Hansen, interviewer
- Documents
- Ted Estrara oral history transcript
- History; Biography; Boating; Boats; Coastal environments; Fishes; Fishing; Commercial fishing; Motor vehicles;
- Oral history interview with Ted Estrada with Ed Grossman as interviewer.
- Documents
- Thomas Duncan oral history transcript
- History; Biography; Biologists (USFWS); Employees (USFWS); Wilderness; Wildlife management; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service;
- Oral history interview with Thomas Duncan with Mark Madison as interviewer.
- Documents
- Erwin (Erv) Boeker oral history transcript
- History; Biography; Aircraft; Migratory birds; Tagging; Volunteers; Wildlife refuges; Biologists (USFWS); Employees (USFWS); Waterfowl;
- Erwin (Erv) Boeker oral history interview as conducted by John Cornely.
- Documents
- William Giese, Jr. oral history transcript
- History; Biography; Agriculture; Employees (USFWS); Fishing; Habitat conservation; Law enforcement; Maintenance; Migratory birds; Places (Human-made); Recreation sites; Recreation; Hunting; Human impacts; Scenics; Tourism; Wilderness; Wildlife...
- Oral history interview with William Giese, Jr. Mark Madison as interviewer.
- Documents
- Why save endangered species?
- Habitat restoration; Habitat conservation; Environmental education; Endangered species; Employees (USFWS); Scientific personnel (USFWS);
- Conservation actions carried out in the United States under the Endangered Species Act have been successful in preventing extinction for 99 percent of the species that are listed as endangered or threatened. However, species loss on a global scale...
- Documents
- FWS Employee with Peregrine Falcon
- FWS Employees (USFWS); Endangered species species;Birds; Raptors; Monomoy NWR; Maine; National Wildlife Refuge
- FWS personnel with falcon "hacker." The decline of the Peregrine Falcon coincided with the introduction of the pesticide DDT in 1947. Birds of prey at the top of the food chain, such as falcons, ingested relatively high levels of the...
- Images
- Peregrine Falcon
- falcon Raptors
- Peregrine falcon in flight
- Images
- Endangered species glossary
- Endangered species; Threatened species; Plants; Recovered;
- This glossary is intended to give the meaning of key words but does not necessarily provide a legal definition or thorough description. Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended is Federal legislation that is intended to provide a means to...
- Documents