USFWS National Digital Library

- Areas of unique interest: the National Wildlife Refuge System.
- Wildlife refuges; Wilderness; Wetlands; Historic sites; Recreation sites;
- Original format fact sheet
- Documents
- Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan
- Document;Wildlife refuges; Planning
- crocodilelake_final.pdf
- Documents
- Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment
- Document;Wildlife refuges; Planning
- crocodilelake_draft.pdf
- Documents
- Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment Lower Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges
- Document;Wildlife refuges; Planning
- lowerfloridakeys_draft.pdf
- Documents
- Explore the world with shorebirds
- Birds; Shorebirds;
- A multidisciplinary education guide for grades 2-12 (with sections on "How to Adapt" for Preschool - 1st grade, home schools, youth groups, and nature centers)
- Documents
- Freshwater mussels
- Mollusks; Rivers and streams; Snorkeling;
- Nathaniel P. Hitt displays freshwater mussels he retrieved from the Potomac River near Shepherd's Island, MD.
- Images
- Guam National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan
- Document;Wildlife refuges; Planning
- Guam-Final.pdf
- Documents
- Manatee Manners: A Guide for Responsible Humanmanatee Interaction ENGLISH Trichechus Manatus
- Videography; Mammals
- Welcome to Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge! Mind your manners when monitoring the meandering mammals that mingle in our winter meeting grounds. In other words: join with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services and our partners here at Crystal...
- Videos
- Snorkeler surveys the Potomac River bottom
- Rivers and streams; Snorkeling; Surveying;
- Periodic surveys of the Potomac River bottom are conducted in order to assess the health of the river.
- Images
- Snorkeler with Florida manatee
- Mammals; Endangered species; Marine mammals
- Manatee congregate inland near warm springs during colder winter months. Snorkeling is one way to get close to the manatee for observation.
- Images
- Snorkeling in the river.
- Rivers and streams; Snorkeling;
- Snorkeler explores the shallows of the Potomac River.
- Images
- Specimens pulled from the Potomac River
- Mollusks; Rivers and streams; Snorkeling;
- U.S. Geological Survey employee Nathaniel P. Hitt holds two mollusks he pulled from the Potomac River while snorkeling.
- Images
- Subject Index
- Aerial photography; Agribusiness; Agricultural ecosystems; Agriculture; Air Pollution; Aircraft; Alpine environments; Amphibians; Amphibious vehicles; Anadromous species; Animal industry; Aquaculture; Aquatic animals; Aquatic birds; Aquatic...
- Images
- Survey of the Potomac River bottom
- Rivers and streams; Snorkeling; Surveying;
- Tanner Haid examines records survey information collected from the Potomac River near Shepherd's Island in MD.
- Images
- Underwater survey of the Potomac River
- Rivers and streams; Snorkeling;
- Tanner Haid conducts an underwater survey of the Potomac River near Shepherd's Island, MD.
- Images
- Videographer obtains underwater footage.
- Rivers and streams; Snorkeling; Underwater photography; Videography; Employees (USFWS);
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Videographer Ryan Hagerty uses specially designed equipment to obtain underwater footage of the Potomac River near Shepherd's Island.
- Images