USFWS National Digital Library

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- Stationed at the Nation’s major international airports, ocean ports, and border crossings, wildlife inspectors monitor an annual trade worth more than $ 1.4 billion. They stop illegal shipments, intercept smuggled wildlife and wildlife products,...
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- Regrowth
- Adults; Agricultural ecosystems; Agriculture; Amphibious vehicles; Aquatic environments; Aquatic plants; Banks; Biological control; Boating; Boats; Coastal environments; Ecosystem recovery; Emblems; Equipment; Fire management; Foliage; Habitat...
- FWS employee examines an area of regrowth from an airboat.
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- Regrowth
- Adults; Agricultural ecosystems; Agriculture; Aquatic environments; Aquatic plants; Banks; Biological control; Boating; Boats; Coastal environments; Ecosystem recovery; Emblems; Equipment; Fire management; Foliage; Habitat conservation; Habitat...
- Area of regrowth.
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- This fish is trouble.
- Adults; Aquatic environments; Biologists (USFWS); Boating; Boats; Ecosystem recovery; Emblems; Employees (USFWS); Environmental quality; Fishes; Fishing; Habitat conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat restoration; Management; Personnel;...
- A Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge employee holds an Asian carp, (Invasive species), for the camera.
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- The ones that did not get away.
- Adults; Aquatic environments; Biologists (USFWS); Boating; Boats; Ecosystem recovery; Emblems; Employees (USFWS); Environmental quality; Fishes; Fishing; Habitat conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat restoration; Management; Personnel;...
- Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge employees hold an Asian carp, (Invasive species), for the camera.
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- The fish are jumping.
- Adults; Aquatic environments; Biologists (USFWS); Boating; Boats; Ecosystem recovery; Emblems; Employees (USFWS); Environmental quality; Fishes; Fishing; Habitat conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat restoration; Management; Personnel;...
- These Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge employees electrofish for the Asian carp, (Invasive species).
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- Tree catches fish.
- Adults; Aquatic environments; Biologists (USFWS); Boating; Boats; Ecosystem recovery; Emblems; Employees (USFWS); Environmental quality; Fishes; Fishing; Habitat conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat restoration; Management; Personnel;...
- This Asian carp, (Invasive species), jumps up to the trees to escape the long arm of the biologists.
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- Fish flying in formation.
- Adults; Aquatic environments; Biologists (USFWS); Boating; Boats; Ecosystem recovery; Employees (USFWS); Fishes; Fishing; Personnel; Population control; Resource management; Service patch; Uniforms; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service; Invasive...
- These Asian carp seem to be flying in formation as they jump out of the water to flee from the electrofishing.
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- Prescribed burn
- Adults; Biological control; Fire management; Foliage; Grasslands; Habitat conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Invasive species; Personnel; Prescribed burning; Resource management; Uniforms; Vegetation; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service;...
- Prescribed burn on the refuge.
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- Prescribed burn
- Adults; Biological control; Fire management; Foliage; Grasslands; Habitat conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Invasive species; Personnel; Prescribed burning; Resource management; Uniforms; Vegetation; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service;...
- Smoke filled prescribed burn on the refuge.
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- Subject Index
- Aerial photography; Agribusiness; Agricultural ecosystems; Agriculture; Air Pollution; Aircraft; Alpine environments; Amphibians; Amphibious vehicles; Anadromous species; Animal industry; Aquaculture; Aquatic animals; Aquatic birds; Aquatic...
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- WOE153 Waterfowl Survey Airplane control panel
- Aircraft;
- Waterfowl Survey; WOE153
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- Jim Voelzer oral history transcript
- Aircraft; Aviation; Biologists (USFWS); Employees (USFWS); Biography; History; Surveying; Management; Migratory birds; Bird banding; Waterfowl;
- Jim Voelzer oral history transcript as conducted by John Cornely.
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- Rat trap setting, Kiska Island
- AMNWR; Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; Aleutian Island Unit; Islands; Rat control
- Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge biologist Jeff Williams sets a rodent trap on Kiska Island
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- Phragmites again!
- Aquaculture; Aquatic environments; Aquatic plants; Biological control; Ecosystem recovery; Employees (USFWS); Environmental quality; Foliage; Habitat conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat restoration; Invasive species; Resource management;...
- Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge employee inspects a patch of phragmites, an invasive species on the refuge.
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- The 100th meridian initiative: a strategic approach to prevent the westward spread of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance species
- Aquatic animals; Aquatic environments; Biological control; Habitat conservation; Invasive species; Population control; Work of the Service;
- This is a plan to prevent zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance species from spreading westward. This document includes background on the issue, including the current and potential impacts, ecological, economic and otherwise, the spread of these...
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- Leptodea leptodon (scaleshell mussel) rangewide status assessment 1998
- Aquatic animals; Endangered species; Research; Statistics;
- This is the 1998 status assessment of the scaleshell mussel in the United States. It includes biological information on the species, distribution status information and detailed status figures.
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- Capturing nutria
- Aquatic animals; Invasive species; Mammals; Rodents; Wildlife management; Trapping; Tagging;
- A safe trap awaits a nutria to venture out of the water and investigate. The animals are trapped in order to tag them to better understand the habits of nutria and to control populations.
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- Status of the double-crested cormorant (phalacrocorax auritus) in North America
- Aquatic birds; Birds; Endangered species; Migratory birds; Monitoring; Research; Statistics; Waterfowl;
- This is a status assessment of the double-crested cormorant in North America as of 2001. It includes general information on the bird, biological information and area-specific population information for throughout North America.
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- Erosion control
- Aquatic environments; Aquatic plants; Banks; Climate change; Climate effects; Coastal environments; Coastal restoration; Erosion; Foliage; Habitat conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat restoration; Landscape conservation; Marine...
- Medium shot of errosion control.
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