USFWS National Digital Library

- Laysan Albatross Chick and Adult
- Islands; Wildlife refuges; Wildlife impacts; Birds; Coastal environments; Marine birds; Weather impacts;
- This Laysan albatross chick was only inches away from being covered by debris during the 2011 tsunami. The adult wasn't so lucky. A tsunami generated by a powerful earthquake off the coast of Japan struck the refuge at 11:36 PM on Thursday, March...
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- Log Stockpile
- Structures; Riparian environments; Rivers and streams; Habitat restoration; Wetland restoration; Wetlands; Wildlife refuges; Logging; Lumber industry;
- Logs with root wads still attached are being stockpiled for later use. The logs will be placed in tidal channels to provide large woody debris habitat used by juvenile anadromous fish such as coho salmon.
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- New Meandering Creek
- Structures; Riparian environments; Rivers and streams; Habitat restoration; Wetland restoration; Wetlands; Wildlife refuges;
- A segment of the new meandering channel of Fahys Creek constructed through the Smith Tract. Large woody debris and gravel was placed all along the new stream channel to diversify habitat and stream substrate. Piles of gravel were placed along the...
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- ATV trespass damage and illegal dumping
- Human impacts; Wildlife refuges;
- ATV riders cause damage by riding illegally on the refuge and leaving debris.
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- Squatter debris
- Law enforcement;
- Fish and Wildlife Law enforcement personnel occasionally deal with squatter houseboats that moor illegally on the refuge.
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- Squatter debris
- Law enforcement;
- Fish and Wildlife Law enforcement personnel occasionally deal with squatter houseboats that moor illegally on the refuge.
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- Forsythe intern with beach debris
- Wildlife refuges; Employees (USFWS); Coastal environments; Scientific personnel (USFWS); Pollution; Volunteers;
- Intern at Edwin B. Forsythe NWR posing with a buoy washed up on Holgate beach.
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- Kwethluk River, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
- Scenics; Landscapes; Field Offices; Kenai Fishes and Wildlife Field Office; Wildlife refuges; Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge; YUDE; Kenai FO Gallery; Alaska
- Woody debris in scenic Kwethluk River provides fish habitat. Three-Step Mountain is in the background. Image taken in 1991.
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- Building ruins on Amchitka Island
- Wildlife refuges; Buildings, facilities and structures; History
- Black and white image of military remains on Amchitka Island (Aleutians) including collapsed small buildings and debris. Note: ARLIS
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- Gull Death Due to Plastic Debris Entanglement
- wildlife; Birds; trash; littering; litter; damage
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- Walmart Volunteers
- Volunteers; Wildlife refuges;
- Walmart flood debris clean-up
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- Civilian Conservation Corps, White River National Wildlife Refuge
- Logging; Lumber industry; History; Wildlife refuges;
- Logging at White River National Wildlife Refuge by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Very large tree trunk being transported on a large 8-wheeled cart; driver sits at the head of the vehicle in the center. More felled logs are on the left. Wood...
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- Girl Scouts
- Wildlife refuges; Children; Wildlife restoration; Connecting people with nature;
- Girl Scouts help replant trees and clean up the debris left by Hurricane Ike
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- Americorps Volunteer
- Connecting people with nature; Children; Volunteers;
- Young man helps clear debris from refuge land.
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- Bayou Sauvage Levee 3
- Banks; Boats; Climate effects; Contaminants; Deciduous Trees; Ecosystem recovery; Environmental quality; Habitat fragmentation; Plants; Pollutants; Pollution; Resource management; Trees; Vegetation; Water pollution; Weather impacts; Wildlife...
- Debris left on the refuge in the wake of hurricane Katrina.
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- Bayou Sauvage Levee 5
- Banks; Boats; Climate effects; Contaminants; Deciduous Trees; Ecosystem recovery; Environmental quality; Habitat fragmentation; Plants; Pollutants; Pollution; Resource management; Trees; Vegetation; Water pollution; Weather impacts; Wildlife...
- Debris left on the refuge in the wake of hurricane Katrina.
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- Bayou Sauvage Levee
- Banks; Boats; Climate effects; Contaminants; Deciduous Trees; Ecosystem recovery; Environmental quality; Habitat fragmentation; Plants; Pollutants; Pollution; Resource management; Trees; Vegetation; Water pollution; Weather impacts; Wildlife...
- Debris left on the refuge in the wake of hurricane Katrina.
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- Katrina Storm Damage Bayou Sauvage (8)
- Banks; Climate effects; Contaminants; Deciduous Trees; Ecosystem recovery; Environmental quality; Habitat fragmentation; Plants; Pollutants; Pollution; Resource management; Trees; Vegetation; Water pollution; Weather impacts; Wildlife refuges;
- Debris left on the refuge in the wake of hurricane Katrina.
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