The M/V Citrus, a freighter, collided with another ship while loading cargo at sea off of St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs in 1996. The collision punctured some of the Citrus's fuel tanks resulting in bunker fuel oil leaking into the sea oiling...
ALASKA MARITIME NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; AMNWR; Birds; birding; Marine birds ; rats; habitat; Coastal environments; biology. Rat prevention
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Jeff Williams and Art Sowls at a high point on Rat Island in the Aleutians Photo taken Sept. 2001 by Gred Howald
AMNWR; Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; Bering Sea Unit; Stewardship Camp; Biology; Birds; Birding; Research; Pribilofs; St. Matthew; Alaska
Students in Environmental Education Stewardship Camp asst AMNWR Biologist ARt Sowls with a Least Auklet to see if it has brood patches. St. Matthew Island, Pribilofs, 1984
ALASKA MARITIME NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; AMNWR; Birds; birding; Marine birds ; rats; habitat; Coastal environments; biology. Rat prevention. Pribilof Islands; St. Paul
This program is a cooperative effort between the US govenment, thel ocal community and industry. Here Mark Rukovishnikoff, St. Paul Tribal Government/ECO and Art Sowls of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with rat prevention tools by harbor...
David L. Spencer oral history interview with Jim King. Please note: Dave passed away February 9, 2000, before these tapes were transcribed and he had the opportunity to edit the draft.
Military; Biography; History; Employees (USFWS); Youth; Recreation; Management; Hiking; Wilderness; Work of the Service; Wildlife refuges; Public access; Planning;
John Kurtz oral history transcript as conducted by Norman Olson. John Kurtz also spent time in the Phoenix Area Office in charge of refuges in Arizona and New Mexico. He also worked as supervisor for the northern refuges in Alaska.
Prevention program designed to catch rats that get off boats before they can start breeding and become established on the Pribilof Islands. Photo taken June 1996
Rat Island in the western Aleutians got infested with rats in 1780 when a Japanese sailing ship went aground. It may have been an important seabird colony, but little bird life now exists. Rats in large numbers still persist on Rat Island by ...
Usually rats eat the brains and eyeballs. The drop of blood on the neck is a sure sign of a rat attack. Rats typically attack birds on the back of the neck.
July 2001 Mark Rukovishnikoff by "Rat Patrol" sign, close-up of mark by door sign and "rat kill" might be intersesting? In the tradition of fighter aircraft, rat kills are indicated on the "Rat Patrol" truck at St....
