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.
For the past 18 months, the National Wildlife Refuge System has worked to create a vision that will guide the management of the Refuge System during the next decade and beyond. Conserving the Future is built on the foundation and inspiration of...
Wildlife management; Fisheries management; Game management; Grants;
Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937, now referred to as The Pittman-Robertson
Wildlife Restoration Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 669-669k), provides federal assistance to the 50 States,
the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern...
This classification, to be used in a new inventory of wetlands and deepwater habitats of the United
States, is intended to describe ecological tax, arrange them in a system useful to resource managers,
furnish units for mapping, and provide...
Videography;u.s. fish and wildlife service;waterfowl;wetlands;wildlife refuges;recreation;
Where Wildlife and People Naturally Come Together. The Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Office is located in the northeast corner of North Carolina, in the town of Columbia.
"William Sladen is Bi-polar" - An interview with Dr. William Sladen as part of the "Conservationists in Action Series" hosted by Dr. Mark Madison, Historian at NCTC. Recorded in 2008.
John Marvin of Sierra Vista, Arizona caught the first Gila trout in Arizona just moments after the native fish were stocked in Frye Mesa Reservoir in the Pinaleno Mountains on Feb. 23, 2010. Marvin, a member of the San Pedro Fly Casters...
Recreation; Sport Fishing; Fishes; Fishes; Trout; Alaska; Rainbow; Trout; Fly Rod
Alaska angler Paulo Wolcoff with a native rainbow trout caught with a fly rod on a southcentral Alaska stream. It takes a dedicated angler ready to brave cold, windy spring weather to bring these hard fighting fish to shore. The trout was released...
David Warnberg with a very nice fly rod caught red (sockeye) salmon taken on the Kenai River near the confluence of the Russian River. This is one of the most popular fisheries in Alaska. Although you can use a spinning or baitcasting rod, if you...
Rangelands; Water management; Management; Employees (USFWS); Biography; Energy
Robert C. Fields oral history interview as conducted by Jerry Grover. Along with working at the locations listed, Robert served in Portland as Refuge Supervisor over California and Nevada. He has also worked on the Garrison Diversion Project, the...
Ipomopsis polyantha is an herbaceous biennial 12 to 24 inches (in) (30 to 60 centimeters (cm)) tall, branched from near the base above the basal rosette of leaves. Deeply divided leaves with linear segments are scattered up the stem. Stems and...
The Shorebird Sister Schools Program presents an activity that explores the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon
Gulf Oil Spill on coastal birds and the work of many dedicated professionals helping in species recovery, with a
focus on career...
Jack Fillio oral history transcript as conducted by Dorothe Norton. Jack Fillio also worked at Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey before it combined with Barnegat to form the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.
Military; International conservation; Biography; History; Waterfowl; Legislation; Game management; Management;
Gary Myers oral history transcript as conducted by Mark Madison. Gary Myers started working as a biologist in the Game and Fish Department in Colorado before moving on to the Colorado Division of Wildlife as assistant director and eventually...
