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    • Tagged Nutria

    • Tagged Nutria

    • Aquatic animals; Invasive species; Mammals; Rodents; Wildlife management; Trapping; Tagging;

    • A collar is successfully attached to the nutria. Tagging the animals will help biologists to better understand the nutria and to prevent their spreading.
    • Captured nutria awaits tagging

    • Captured nutria awaits tagging

    • Aquatic animals; Invasive species; Mammals; Rodents; Wildlife management; Trapping; Tagging;

    • A nutria in a cage waits to get a tail tag. Tagging the animals will help biologists better understand the animal and prevent their spread.
    • Transporting Gila Trout into 55 Gallon Drum

    • Transporting Gila Trout into 55 Gallon Drum

    • Threatened species; Fisheries management; Fishes; Fishing; Biologists (USFWS);

    • Jeremy Voeltz, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fishery biologist for the Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, transports native Gila trout into 55-gallon drums that will flown up the Pinalenos Mountains to Frye Creek by helicopter as...
    • Sample Testing of Spawned Salmon

    • Sample Testing of Spawned Salmon

    • Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS); Work of the Service;

    • Scale and genetic testing are performed on some of the fish after they have donated to the spawning process.
    • Spawning Room

    • Spawning Room

    • Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS); Work of the Service;

    • The spawning room at the Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery.
    • Cleaning Equipment

    • Cleaning Equipment

    • Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS); Work of the Service; uniforms; service patch;

    • Everything is cleaned with an iodine solution and water after each use.
    • Holding Area For Fertilized Eggs

    • Holding Area For Fertilized Eggs

    • Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS); Work of the Service;

    • The fertilized eggs are placed in these holding areas with an iodine solution, which kills bacteria.
    • Male Chinook Being Milked

    • Male Chinook Being Milked

    • Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS); Work of the Service; uniforms; service patch;

    • Male Chinooks are milked and the eggs are then fertilized.
    • Rinsing Eggs

    • Rinsing Eggs

    • Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS); Work of the Service;

    • The eggs are rinsed a final time.
    • Female Chinook Being Spawned

    • Female Chinook Being Spawned

    • Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS); Work of the Service;

    • The eggs are removed from the females and placed in a container. Each female Chinook has between 4,000-5,000 eggs.
    • Electroshocking for Steelhead in Eagle Creek

    • Electroshocking for Steelhead in Eagle Creek

    • Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Biologists (USFWS); Employees (USFWS); Work of the Service; Tagging; Threatened species; Monitoring;

    • Electroshocking is a non-lethal process that creates involuntary muscular responses in fish and causes them to float towards the surface of the water.
    • Blackfoot Challenge Tour

    • Blackfoot Challenge Tour

    • Partnerships; Tourism; Wildlife refuges; Biologists (USFWS); Environmental education;

    • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Partners gather for a tour of Blackfoot Valley lead by Service Biologist; Greg Neudecker
    • Nesting Short-tailed Albatross Cover Midway Atoll

    • Nesting Short-tailed Albatross Cover Midway Atoll

    • Birds; Migratory birds; Endangered species; Islands; Wildlife refuges;

    • A male short-tailed albatross protects his chick among other nesting birds. FWS Biologists keep a safe distance using telephoto lenses to get photos of the chick hatched by a Short-tailed albatross pair.
    • Wisdom Returns to Feed Her Chick

    • Wisdom Returns to Feed Her Chick

    • Coastal environments; Marine birds; Migratory birds; Tropical environments; Weather impacts; Wildlife refuges; Islands;

    • Fish and Wildlife Service announced on March 21, 2011 that Wisdom has returned. In the face of tremendous losses of Laysan and black-footed albatross at the Refuge - including an estimated 110,000 chicks and 2,000 adults - to the tsunami that...
    • Bird Interview

    • Bird Interview

    • Birds; Biologists (USFWS); Work of the Service;

    • The lonely job of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Biologist, often spending more time with birds than with people.
    • Lamar National Fish Hatchery

    • Lamar National Fish Hatchery

    • Pennsylvania; FWS Employees (USFWS); Resource management

    • Biologists at Lamar National Fish Hatchery in Pennsylvania work in the laboratory. National Fish Hatcheries either produce eggs for broodstock or rear young fish for stocking into the nation's waters. In 1996, the National Fish Hatchery system...
    • Nutrition Biologist

    • Nutrition Biologist

    • Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Employees (USFWS); Biologists (USFWS); Work of the Service;

    • Heidi Lewis, a nutrition biologist, in the nutrition lab at the Abernathy Fish Technology Center.
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