Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge; KNWR; Recreation; Tourism; Landscapes; Wildlife viewing; Tundra; Rivers and streams; Scenics; Aerial photography photography; Native Villages;
Located near the western border of the Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, these two villages are found at the confluence of the Alatna and Koyukuk Rivers. Photo taken in August, 2006
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge; Florida;invasive Plants control; non-native; Invasive species
SPRAYING MELALUKA PLANT. Foreign plants and animals that establish themselves in domestic ecosystems sometimes become highly invasive and aggressive - displacing or out competing beneficial native species. Here, a FWS biologist at Loxahatchee NWR...
Starling sitting on dead branch in Siskiyou County, California. A non native species, european starlings were introduced to the United States in Central Park, New York in the early 1890's. All of the European Starlings found today in North...
Atlantic salmon spend the first two years of life in the fresh water habitats of their native stream (occasionally three, depending upon food availability). At two years of age, the fish undergo the process of smoltification, resulting in changes...
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A Texas Cattle Rancher Who “ Became a Believer”
“ We’re just ‘ wildlifing’ it all over the place, and we’re
happy to do it,” Bob Long said. Long is enhancing
habitat on his 550- acre property to benefit the Houston
toad, an...
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Montana: Endangered Species Grants
Help Keep “ Big Sky Country” Big
“ That’s one of the most productive bull trout streams
in the country,” said Fish and Wildlife Service
biologist Bob Lee of the headwaters of the Bull River
in...
"The Pribilof Report 1949" King Island Eskomos plying their ivory carving craft beneath their skin umiaks on the beach near Nome where they have a summer camp. Only the simplest of hand tools are used for carving the walrus ivory tusks.
Berries; Biological control; Coastal environments; Coastal restoration; Ecosystem recovery; Environmental quality; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat restoration; Invasive species; Islands; Vegetation; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service;
This worker makes an impact on the Brazilian Pepper plant. It is an exotic invasive species which overtakes native plants to the Florida gulf coast and elsewhere.
