This is a brochure that describes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including a brief history of the Service as well as continuing work to help wildlife conservation.
Work of the Service; Wildlife management; Birds; Waterfowl; Employees (USFWS); Personnel; Biologists (USFWS); Research
Biological Technician Scott Freeman candles a scoter egg to see at what stage of incubation the nest is during a white-winged scoter breeding ecology study on the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge.
Work of the Service; Personnel; Employees (USFWS);Transportation; Aircraft; Native Americans; Poaching
Note: "3. Tremblay and US Commissioner Allen and three local residents. Aircraft used in apprehension and conviction of violators. N 702 and N 783." April, 1954. Jim King Collection
Work of the Service; Personnel; Employees (USFWS); Snow; History; Ice;
Paul Fischer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fisheries biologist, uses hand auger to bore a hole in the ice on the Tanana River so an underwater TV camera can be lowered. Art Libraries Society (ARLIS)
Work of the Service; Personnel; Employees (USFWS); History
Black and white image enscribed: "Jim Bartonek, Cross Island, Beaufort Sea, north of Sagavanirktok River. Eider nests in this cabin in 1969." Trapper's cabin made of large, vertically-placed logs with plank roof originally covered with...
Work of the Service; Moose; Regional Office; Winter; Mammals; Anchorage; Alaska; Employees (USFWS)
Employees at the Region 7 (Alaska) Regional Office in mid-town Anchorage, must use caution when entering or exiting the building during the long winter months. Moose often times are found bedded down near the parking lot or browsing on birch trees...