USFWS National Digital Library

- Discover nature's best hunting and fishing: the National Wildlife Refuge System.
- Wildlife refuges; Hunting; Fishing; Recreation; Recreation sites;
- Original format fact sheet
- Documents
- Ten years of Pittman-Robertson wildlife restoration 1938 to 1948
- 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...
- Documents
- Beaver Pond
- Wetlands; Wildlife management; Ponds
- Images
- WO 1084 Beaver Pond
- Wetlands; Wetlands; Ponds; Pond
- Images
- North American Wetlands Conservation Act Progress Report 2006-2007
- Wetlands; Habitat conservation; Habitat restoration;
- This document fulfills the requirements of Section 10 and 16 of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act of 1989. It is a biennial assessment of (A) the estimated number of acres of wetlands and habitat for waterfowl and other migratory birds...
- Documents
- Waterfowl population status 2006
- Waterfowl; Population control; Surveying; Habitat conservation; Birds;
- In North America the process of establishing hunting regulations for waterfowl is conducted annually. In the United States the process involves a number of scheduled meetings in which information regarding the status of waterfowl is presented to...
- Documents
- Muscatatuck Script
- Videography;
- Script of the video Muscatatuck NWR...Where Wildlife Comes Naturally.
- Documents
- Autumn Pond Scene
- Trees; Ponds; Wildlife refuges;
- Autumn pond scene at Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Newington, NH.
- Images
- Kings Pool on Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
- Scenics; Ponds; Wildlife refuges;
- Previously known as "Point of Rocks Springs," Kings Pool was named after Charles King who lived in a stone house near the spring. Historical records credit him with being the first to bring a herd of cattle to Ash Meadows. In the 1960's,...
- Images
- Wetlands West of Lake Becharof
- Scenics; Landscapes; Habitat; Wildlife refuges; Becharof National Wildlife Refuge
- Aerial view of wetland ponds.
- Images
- Wetland Ponds in Summer
- Scenics; Landscapes; Habitat; Wetlands; Wildlife refuges; Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge
- Images
- Lake at Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge
- Scenics; Lake; Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge; Colorado; Electronic
- Images
- Basking Northern Red-Belllied Cooters
- Reptiles; Ponds;
- Two adult northern red-bellied cooters basking on a log at Federal Pond in Plymouth, MA.
- Images
- Red-Bellied Cooter and Painted Turtle
- Reptiles; Ponds;
- A red bellied-cooter and a painted turtle bask on a log at Federal Pond in Plymouth, MA.
- Images
- Robert Fields oral history transcript
- Rangelands; Water management; Management; Employees (USFWS); Biography; Energy
- Robert C. Fields oral history interview as conducted by Jerry Grover. Along with working at the locations listed, Robert served in Portland as Refuge Supervisor over California and Nevada. He has also worked on the Garrison Diversion Project, the...
- Documents
- Pond at Monomoy
- Ponds; Wildlife refuges;
- Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, MA.
- Images
- Nutria habitat
- Ponds; Wetlands; Invasive species; Mammals; Rodents;
- A typical nutria habitat at the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- View of vegetation at a vernal pool
- Ponds; Vegetation;
- Vegetation at a vernal pool in the Santa Rosa Plateau
- Images
- Main Water Pipeline Involved in Pond Rehabilitation Project
- Ponds; Fish hatcheries; Work of the Service;
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has received funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to help to complete upgrades at Inks Dam National Fish hatchery. Upgrades will allow the hatchery to breed more fish, harvest the fish...
- Images
- Pond Rehabilitation Project
- Ponds; Fish hatcheries; Work of the Service; Equipment;
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has received funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to help to complete upgrades at Inks Dam National Fish hatchery. Upgrades will allow the hatchery to breed more fish, harvest the fish...
- Images