USFWS National Digital Library

- Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Complex Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment
- Document;Wildlife refuges; Planning
- wheeler_final07.pdf
- Documents
- Alamosa - Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge Complex Colorado Comprehensive Conservation Plan
- Document;Wildlife refuges; Planning
- index.cpd
- Documents
- Comprehensive Conservation Plan Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Document;Wildlife refuges; Planning
- index.cpd
- Documents
- Walt Crissey oral history transcript
- History; Biography; Employees (USFWS); Surveying; Bird banding; Aircraft;
- Walt Crissey oral history interview as conducted by Mark Madison. Walt Crissey flew over much of North America performing various waterfowl surveys.
- Documents
- Sig Olson oral history transcript
- History; Employees (USFWS); Personnel; Migratory birds; Surveying; Aviation;
- Oral history interview with Sig Olson as interviewed by Jim King.
- Documents
- Permits for native species under the Endangered Species Act
- Endangered species; Policies; Law enforcement;
- This is a description of permits required regarding various ways of handling native endangered species. It lists illegal activities pertinent to native endangered species, as well as those activites for which permits may be obtained. Further, it...
- Documents
- Red-cockaded woodpecker
- Birds; Endangered species;
- This is an in-depth description of the red-cockaded woodpecker. It covers a multitude of topics, including history, location, habitat, environmental niche, conservation efforts and more.
- Documents
- R. David Purinton oral history transcript
- History; Employees (USFWS); Personnel; Law enforcement;
- Oral history interview with R. David Purinton as interviewed by Dorothe Norton.
- Documents
- Natural history of the National Conservation Training Center property
- Education; Habitat conservation; Wildlife management;
- This publication is designed to introduce visitors to the plants and animals that can be found at the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Plants, mammal, birds, amphibians and reptiles, various...
- Documents
- Brown pelicans
- Birds; Oil spills; Shorebirds; Wildlife refuges;
- Banded brown pelican at Breton National Wildlife Refuge after booms placed to prepare for possible oil impact from the Deepwater Horizon spill.
- Images
- Canada Goose
- Birds; Bird banding; Migratory birds;
- A close view of a Canada Goose that has been banded.
- Images
- American oystercatcher
- Shorebirds; Waterfowl;
- A banded American oystercatcher taken at Whitney Beach on Longboat Key in Florida.
- Images
- FWS2208 Work of Service (Old Service Patch)
- Historical; Waterfowl Survey; Blackwater NWR; Maryland; Banding; Traps; Nets;
- Images
- FWS3909 Waterfowl Survey (1957)
- Historical; Waterfowl Survey; Canada; Nets; Traps; Banding
- Images
- FWS3912 Waterfowl Survey (1957)
- Historical; Waterfowl Survey; Canada; Banding;
- Images
- FWS3915 Waterfowl Survey (1957)
- Historical; Waterfowl Survey; Canada; Nets; Traps; Banding
- Images
- Banded Rock Rattlesnake
- New Mexico; Reptiles
- Images
- Canada geese with neck bands
- Birds; Waterfowl; Bird banding
- Banded geese band together.
- Images
- Florida Panther Research
- Florida Panther NWR; Florida; Endangered species; research; FWS Employees (USFWS); Resource management; partnerships
- The tranquilized panther is banded for research purposes by FWS personnel. The Florida Panther is one of the most endangered mammals on earth. Only 30 to 50 adults are believed to survive in the wild, in a habitat that has been diminishing for...
- Images
- Black-legged kittiwakes
- Birds; Bird banding; Marine birds;
- A group of seven, some banded, black-legged Kittiwakes on nests in Shoup Bay Colony, Prince William Sound, Alaska.
- Images