USFWS National Digital Library

- Fire management at San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
- Fire management; Personnel; Wildlife refuges; Wildfires;
- San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Manager Jill Terp explains how creating defensible space between the refuge lands and bordering residential areas can prevent potential spread of wild fire to private homes.
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- Runoff Pools on San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
- Erosion; Water conservation; Water management; Wildlife refuges;
- Pools of run off on the san Diego National Wildlife refuge threaten to submerge plant life.
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- Clearing the Way on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
- Work of the Service; Equipment; Employees (USFWS);
- The San Diego National Wildlife Refuge received 3 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants. One to build an energy efficient headquarters and visitor center, a second one to replace 2+ miles of boundary fencing, and a third to repair drainage...
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- Runoff on San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
- Erosion; Water conservation; Water management; Wildlife refuges;
- Runoff on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge after a sever rain created pools which submerged vegetation.
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- Run Off at the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
- Water conservation; Water management; Erosion; Wildlife refuges;
- Run off is a problem at the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Run Off on San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
- Erosion; Water conservation; Water management; Wildlife refuges; signs;
- An image depicting the severity of the run off on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge. Run off can cause erosion, damaging conserved habitats.
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- Assessment after Jamacha fire in San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
- Fire management; Biologists (USFWS); Scientific personnel (USFWS); Wildlife impacts;
- John Martin, FWS Refuge Biologist, examines snake (possibly a rosy boa) killed by the wildfire on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Adam Taylor, San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Youth Conservation Corp. Leader
- Employees (USFWS); Work of the Service; Youth; Wildlife refuges; Connecting people with nature
- Portrait of Adam Taylor, Youth Conservation Corp Leader on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Monitoring and Assessment Team at San Diego National Wildlife Refuge after Jamacha fire
- Fire management; Wildlife impacts; Wildlife refuges; Wildlife restoration; Scientific personnel (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS);
- James Roberts, FWS Fire Management and John Martin, FWS Refuge Biologist assess fire damage to the environment and threatened and endangered species at the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Runoff Rushing Into Fields
- Erosion; Water conservation; Water management; Wildlife refuges;
- Runoff on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge rushes into fields to form pools.
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- Elegant Terns
- Birds; Wildlife refuges;
- Elegant Terns at San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
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- American Avocet chick
- Birds; Wildlife refuges;
- American Avocet chick at San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
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- Bird by Run Off Pool
- Erosion; Water conservation; Water management; Wildlife refuges; Birds;
- Severe run off on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge created pools large enough to draw the attention of birds.
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- WO8736 San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
- Scenics; Scenics;
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- Measuring Surface Runoff
- Erosion; Water conservation; Water management; Wildlife refuges; Employees (USFWS); uniforms; service patch;
- A USFWS employee measures the depth of runoff on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Measuring Surface Runoff
- Erosion; Water conservation; Water management; Wildlife refuges; Employees (USFWS); uniforms; service patch;
- A USFWS employee measures the depth of runoff by the side of a road on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Fire crews protect community from Jamacha fire
- Fire management; Scientific personnel (USFWS); Wildlife refuges; Wildlife impacts;
- CalFire and US Fish & Wildlife Service Engine 58 crew implement a progressive hoselay to protect the community of Spring Valley from the Jamacha Fire burning on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Salt Marsh bird's beak
- Endangered species; Plants; Vegetation;
- View of the endangered Salt Marsh bird's beak.
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- Fuel break separates Jamacha fire from community
- Fire management; Urban environments; Wildlife refuges;
- The fuel break maintained by the US Fish & Wildlife Service is easily seen between the burned area and the community. One home with wood shingle roofing was damaged by air-borne fire embers. The home was saved by the firefighters but the other...
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- USFWS Hoselay to Combat Jamacha Fire
- Fires; Fire management; Wildlife impacts; Wildlife impacts; Wildlife refuges;
- US Fish & Wildlife Service Engine 58 supports a hoselay to protect the neighborhood adjacent to Jamacha Fire.
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