Participants of a Bird Walk gather at Beluga Slough in Homer, Alaska during the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival which is held each May on the weekend closest to the 9th of May. The festival is sponsored by Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge...
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;wildlife refuges;
A Haven for Wildlife. Come down from the lush, enveloping folds of Vermont's majestic Green Mountains and down into the great Champlain Valley, where the land flattens into broad Canadian plains!
Videography;u.s. fish and wildlife service;waterfowl;Wilderness;wildlife refuges;wildlife conservation;
Nature's Timeless Landscape. Charles M. Russell NWR is a sprawling slice of the American West. Stretching more than 125 miles from east to west along the Missouri River, the refuge is not one destination, but many.
This report on the National Wildlife Refuge System is the culmination
of a year-long process involving teams of Service employees who
examined the System within the framework of Wildlife and Habitat,
People, and Leadership. The report was the focus...
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...
Abstract: The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus, hereafter manatee), inhabiting Puerto Rico’s coastal waters, is a subspecies of the endangered West Indian manatee (Federal Register, July 22, 1985. Vol. 50(140):29900-29909). Habitat...
Oral history interview with Lucille Stickell. The interview also includes Nancy Coon, Dr. Richard Coon, and Dr. Russell Hall, who all worked under Dr. Stickell at the Patuxent National Wildlife Research Refuge. This wa ecorded in Ashville, North...
Edward Crateau oral history interview as conducted by Jerry Grover. Along with working at the FWS sites listed, Ed worked at the Berlin National Fish Hatchery and did training at Spearfish. He also worked in Florida on the Apalachicola River, was...
Robert D. (Bob) Jones, Jr. oral history interview as conducted by C.M. (Chuck) Mobley. Mr. Jones is probably better known by his nickname, "Sea Otter Jones."
Henry Loomis oral history interview with George Gentry. Many of Mr. Loomis' family are also included. The interview was conducted with Mr. Loomis, his family, and several non-family members as they toured the St. Vincent's Island National...
David L. Spencer oral history interview with Jim King. Please note: Dave passed away February 9, 2000, before these tapes were transcribed and he had the opportunity to edit the draft.