Lee Metcalf NWR, Stevensville, Montana: All seasons of the year are interesting at this beautiful little refuge set in the midst of the Bitterroot National Forest in southwestern Montana. All manner of birds are found here, from the majestic bald...
Aldo Leopold - A Standard of Change” is a one-man play written by and starring storyteller Jim Pfitzer, Storyteller, writer, and actor Jim Pfitzer has worked as a naturalist and river guide, lived in Redwood National Park, and traveled the...
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...
Image of the threatened Nelson's Checker-mallow. Willamette Valley prairies support a wide range of interesting plants. Because plants are the core of the prairie, prairie preservation and management should start with a fundamental understanding of...
Image of the threatened Kincaid's Lupine. Willamette Valley prairies support a wide range of interesting plants. Because plants are the core of the prairie, prairie preservation and management should start with a fundamental understanding of plants.
Image of a threatened golden paintbrush. Willamette Valley prairies support a wide range of interesting plants. Because plants are the core of the prairie, prairie preservation and management should start with a fundamental understanding of...
Wildflowers; Prairies; Vegetation; Valleys; Species of concern;
Image of a shaggy horkelia, a species of concern. Willamette Valley prairies support a wide range of interesting plants. Because plants are the core of the prairie, prairie preservation and management should start with a fundamental understanding...
Image of pale larkspur. Willamette Valley prairies support a wide range of interesting plants. Because plants are the core of the prairie, prairie preservation and management should start with a fundamental understanding of plants.
Image of the white-topped aster. Willamette Valley prairies support a wide range of interesting plants. Because plants are the core of the prairie, prairie preservation and management should start with a fundamental understanding of plants.
Image of Bradshaw's lomatium. Willamette Valley prairies support a wide range of interesting plants. Because plants are the core of the prairie, prairie preservation and management should start with a fundamental understanding of plants.
The Taylor's checkerspot was once found throughout grasslands in the Willamette Valley, Puget Sound, and south Vancouver Island. The historic range and abundance of the Taylor's checkerspot is not precisely known because exhaustive searches did not...
Image of an endangered female Fender's Blue Butterfly. Willamette Valley prairies support a wide range of interesting plants. Because plants are the core of the prairie, prairie preservation and management should start with a fundamental...
image of the endangered Willamette Daisy. Willamette Valley prairies support a wide range of interesting plants. Because plants are the core of the prairie, prairie preservation and management should start with a fundamental understanding of...
McCarthy's pioneering work utilized historic photos and contemporary excursions to chronicle the significant changes occurring over the last hundred years in arctic landscapes. Forrest McCarthy has been a wilderness advocate and back country skier...
Wetland restoration; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service;
The Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge was created in September of 1994 ". . .for the development, advancement, management, conservation and protection of fish and wildlife resources ." The refuge has grown to over 10,000 acres...
CW/CT Webinar series, Presented by Dr. Michelle Baker. August 20, 2009
Do I need a comma in this sentence? Should this letter be capitalized? What is the difference between that and which? These questions can plague anyone revising a...
scenics; Grasses; Work of the Service; Wildlife refuges;
Lying along a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Bay, the six units of Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge consists of varied coastal habitat including changing sand dunes. Here one can find such interesting species as the...
