USFWS National Digital Library

- From the Secretary
- 4 Dear Citizens: This booklet provides information for citizen stewards and landowners, who embody President Bush’s vision of cooperative conservation— a vision built upon innovation, local ideas, inspiration and incentives, and on- the- ground...
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- Fish and Wildlife Programs
- 5 Fish and Wildlife Programs More than one tool may describe the status of species on your property and meet your specific goals. To assist you in learning our language, a glossary of terms is on page 22. Question Your Needs and Concerns Tool Do...
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- Conserving the Elusive Louisiana Pine Snake
- 16 Conserving the Elusive Louisiana Pine Snake: Partners Take Action Candidate Conservation Agreements What are CCAs? Agreements between one or more parties that address the conservation needs of candidate or at- risk species. Both Federal and non-...
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- A One-on-One Relationship with Private Landowners
- 20 A One- on- One Relationship with Private Landowners Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program What is the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program? Through voluntary agreements the Partners program provides expert technical assistance and cost- share...
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- Glossary
- 22 Glossary Species Status categories: at- risk species — species of plants and animals that are Federal candidate species and those that the Service has not identified as candidate species, but are facing threat( s) and are potential...
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- Habitat restoration.
- Adults; Aircraft; Aquatic environments; Aviation; Boating; Boats; Ecosystem recovery; Employees (USFWS); Environmental quality; Environments (Natural); Habitat conservation; Habitat restoration; Law enforcement; Personnel; Resource management;...
- The National Guard provides support by placing christmas trees in critical areas for habitat restoration on the refuge.
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- Buddy Huffaker
- Agriculture; Land development; Podcast;
- Mark Madison speaks with Buddy Huffaker at the Sc3 at the NCTC in Shepherdstown, WV. Buddy is the executive director of the Aldo Leopold Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin, where he works on a variety of land management issues, including the...
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- Stranded Pilot Ray Morris
- Aircraft; Aircraft; ARLIS; Aviation; Alaska
- "Can't Continue Flight"; man bending over cook stove outside plane at night; tarp provides protection.
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- Flatwoods salamander habitat/pond, Ambystoma cingulatum. Fire is necessary to promote habitat quality, notice that sign is singed from recent prescribed burn.
- Ambystoma cingulatum; flatwoods salamander; Endangered species species; amphibian; Georgia; Ft. Stewart Military Base; fire-dependent habitat; Prescribed burninging; Wetlands; isolated Wetlands; values of isolated Wetlands; Department of Defense...
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- Alligator warning sign at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.
- Amphibians; Aquatic animals; Aquatic environments; Coastal environments; Ponds; Predators; Signs; Wetlands; Wildlife management; Reptiles; Threatened species; Wildlife refuges;
- This sign provides a distinct reminder and warning that alligators rule these waters.
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- Closer look.
- Aquaculture; Aquatic environments; Biologists (USFWS); Coastal zone management; Emblems; Employees (USFWS); Fishes; Fishing; Fisheries management; Freshwater fishes; Marine environments; Marine ecology; Personnel; Research; Sampling; Scientific...
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee provides a closer look of a fish retrieved via electrofishing methods.
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- Phil Pister Desert Fishes Council
- Aquatic animals; Aquatic environments; Environmental education; Fisheries management; Fishes; Fish hatcheries; Habitat conservation; Podcast; Public Lecture;
- Phil Pister retired in February 1990 following 38 years as a fishery biologist with the California Department of Fish and Game. He studied wildlife conservation and zoology under A. Starker Leopold at the University of California (Berkeley) and...
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- Leptodea leptodon (scaleshell mussel) rangewide status assessment 1998
- Aquatic animals; Endangered species; Research; Statistics;
- This is the 1998 status assessment of the scaleshell mussel in the United States. It includes biological information on the species, distribution status information and detailed status figures.
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- Florida manatee
- Aquatic animals; Estuarine environments; Mammals; Endangered species;
- Three Sisters Springs in the Crystal River, Florida area provides warm-water refuge for the endangered Florida manatee.
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- Florida manatee
- Aquatic animals; Estuarine environments; Mammals; Endangered species;
- Three Sisters Springs in the Crystal River, Florida area provides warm-water refuge for the endangered Florida manatee.
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- Florida manatee
- Aquatic animals; Estuarine environments; Mammals; Endangered species;
- Three Sisters Springs in the Crystal River, Florida area provides warm-water refuge for the endangered Florida manatee.
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- Florida manatee
- Aquatic animals; Estuarine environments; Mammals; Endangered species;
- Three Sisters Springs in the Crystal River, Florida area provides warm-water refuge for the endangered Florida manatee.
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- Florida manatee
- Aquatic animals; Estuarine environments; Mammals; Endangered species;
- Three Sisters Springs in the Crystal River, Florida area provides warm-water refuge for the endangered Florida manatee.
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- Florida manatee
- Aquatic animals; Estuarine environments; Mammals; Endangered species;
- Three Sisters Springs in the Crystal River, Florida area provides warm-water refuge for the endangered Florida manatee.
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- Florida manatee
- Aquatic animals; Estuarine environments; Mammals; Endangered species;
- Three Sisters Springs in the Crystal River, Florida area provides warm-water refuge for the endangered Florida manatee.
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