This publication is designed to introduce visitors to the plants and animals that can be found at the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Plants, mammal, birds, amphibians and reptiles, various...
North American Waterfowl Management Plan oral history transcript of panel discussions. The first discussion features Red Hunt, Harvey Nelson, Rollie Sparrowe, Dick Hopper, George Finney, and Bob Streeter (moderator). The second discussion...
Paul Schmidt oral history interview with Norm Olson as interviewer. The interview was conducted during the Fish and Wildlife Service Retirees’ Reunion at the MCM Elegant Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Note: Mr, Schmidt was, at the time of...
Reed Coleman oral history interview as conducted by Mark Madison and Steve Laubach. Reed mainly talks about the Leopold Memorial Reserve, how it got started, who helped start it and various aspects of the Reserve.
This is a report on the results of the National Wetland Inventory survey of Maine. It includes explaination of methodology and graphs of wetland information by county.
A Mt. Charleston Blue Butterfly rests on a rock. The Mt. Charleston blue butterfly is a distinctive subspecies of the wider ranging Shasta blue butterfly, a member of the Lycaenidae family. The subspecies is known only to occur at high elevations...
View looking north towards camp. A tsunami generated by a powerful earthquake off the coast of Japan struck Laysan island late on Thursday, March 10th and continued for the next few hours into the early morning hours of March 11th.All staff are...
Aerial view of the Ni-les'tun Unit of Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge. Phase I construction of the 418-acre tidal marsh restoration project can be seen. Full restoration of the site will occur in Sept 2011.
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...
The FWS is currently monitoring the two populations of the Mountain Yellow-Legged frog; the endangered Southern California population found in California and Nevada and all the mountain yellow-legged frogs that occur north of the Tehachapi...
The FWS is currently monitoring the two populations of the Mountain Yellow-Legged frog; the endangered Southern California population found in California and Nevada and all the mountain yellow-legged frogs that occur north of the Tehachapi...
The Colorado butterfly plant is a member of the evening primrose family and is a short-lived perennial herb with one to several reddish, pubescent stems that are 50–80 centimeters (cm) (2–3 feet) tall. The lower leaves are lance-shaped with...
Many ships travel Great Circle Routes from Asia to the west coast of the US and back. Many of these ships have no tracking devices or oil-spill contingency plans, if they have no planned stops at US ports. When wrecks and groundings occur the risk...
Many ships travel Great Circle Routes from Asia to the west coast of the US and back. Many of these ships have no tracking devices or oil-spill contingency plans, if they have no planned stops at US ports. When wrecks and groundings occur the risk...
Channel bass or red drum usually occur in great supply along the coast from New York to Florida and Florida to Texas. Average large channel bass weigh between 30 and 40 pounds but some have been found to weigh up to 75 pounds.
Wildlife inspectors work closely
with Service special agents and
counterparts from the U. S. Customs
Service and other Federal agencies
that police international trade.
They staff special enforcement
task forces that conduct inspection
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