The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service does studies to find out how these animals affect habitat and other species. Biologists adjust the collar on this nutria prior to releasing him.
A gray wolf fitted with a radio collar is released into the wild. The gray wolf or Canis lupus, often known simply as the wolf, is the largest extant wild member of the Canidae family. Though once abundant over much of Eurasia, North Africa and...
Transportation; Aircraft; Aircraft; Work of the Service; Wildlife refuges; Togiak National Wildlife Refuge; Togiak Gallery
Togiak Refuge uses aircraft as an essential tool to accomplish our goals. Radio telemetry, aerial surveys, law enforcement patrols, and field crew support are some important uses.
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...
Work of the Service; Employees (USFWS); Wildlife management; Tagging; Monitoring; Mammals; Boreal forests; Service patch
Wildlife biologist Mark Bertram carefully injects tranquilizer into a denning black bear in order to collect data and attach a radio collar which was part of a black bear breeding, denning, and movement study on the Yukon Flats National Wildlife...
Several men releasing a radio tagged manatee back into the water. Vertical . For more information on manatees visit http://www.fws.gov/northflorida/Manatee/manatees.htm
Emblems; Equipment; Management; Monitoring; Motor vehicles; Personnel; Radio telemetry; Research; Resource management; Scientific personnel (USFWS); Service patch; Vehicles; Volunteers; Wildlife management; Work of the Service; Wildlife refuges;
Searching for a critter, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service volunteer using radiotelemetry.