Fire Management; History; Refuge; Employees (USFWS); black and white
10-28-1948 Ernest J. Greenwalt, Manager of the Wichita Wildlife Refuge near Cache, Oklahoma, stands beside the refuge fire-jeep while using the portable radio to contact personnel at refuge headquarters. These radios proved themselves invaluable...
Wildlife refuges; Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; Buildings, facilities and structures; Alaska
The Pribilof Report 1949. St. Paul, Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Government house where U.S. FWS official in charge of both St. Paul and St. George Islands resides.
History; Wildlife refuges; Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge; YUDE; Work of the Service; ARLIS; Personnel; Alaska
The Pribilof Report 1949. Wildlife Refuge sign outside the Mekyoruk Native Alaskan Store. Albert M. Day, Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, pauses to look at it.
Wildlife refuges; Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; Aleutians; Aircraft; Work of Service; Personnel; ARLIS; Alaska
This photo was taken in 1950 on Amchitka Island, Alaska. "L-R: Captain Floyd A. Puckett, C.O. of Air Force Base on Amchitka Island and John Ball, chief of Aircraft Operations for FWS."
Three subspecies of the peregrine falcon inhabit North America: the American (Falco peregrinus anatum), Arctic (Falco peregrinus tundrius), and Peale’s (Falco peregrinus pealei). Peregrine falcons are roughly crow-sized—about 15 to 21 inches...
Stationed at the
Nation’s major
international airports,
ocean ports, and border
crossings, wildlife
inspectors monitor an
annual trade worth
more than $ 1.4 billion.
They stop illegal
shipments, intercept
smuggled wildlife and
wildlife products,...