USFWS National Digital Library

- Work (Wildlife)
- History; Wildlife refuges; Wildlife management;
- The long watch - spotting antelope kids for tagging in Round Mountain area.
- Images
- WOE8 Biologist tag a female horseshoe crab on Bowers Beach, Delaware
- Fisheries management; Fishes; research; tagging; Wildlife management; fishes; Aquatic environments; Aquatic environments; monitoring; Fisheries management
- crab; crabs; biologist; electronic; animal; WOE8
- Images
- WOE53 Adult Palid Sturgeon at Natchitoches NFH
- Fishes; Fishes; Fisheries management;
- Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera (3.34 megapixels) with a SanDisk CompactFlash memory card, jpeg format; 1600x1200, 802KB; Electronic; Employees (USFWS); WOE53
- Images
- Weighing Steelhead
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Biologists (USFWS); Employees (USFWS); Work of the Service; Tagging; Threatened species; Monitoring;
- Chee Xiong, an Oregon State University STEP student, weighs steelhead prior to tagging in Eagle Creek. Biologists use this tracking information to see if the hatchery fish that are spawning here are affecting the survival and productivity of the...
- Images
- Weighing Caged Nutria
- Aquatic animals; Invasive species; Mammals; Rodents; Wildlife management; Trapping; Tagging; Biologists (USFWS);
- Every nutria is weighed before tagging. Tagging the animals will help biologists to better understand the habits of nutria and prevent their spreading
- Images
- Waterfowl hunting and baiting
- Document; Birds;
- waterfowlhunting04.pdf
- Documents
- USFWS at Work B-Roll
- Videography;u.s. fish and wildlife service;Employees (USFWS);
- HD B-Roll Stock Footage. Produced by the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) videographers.
- Videos
- Tribal Biologist Monitor Elk's Health Before Release
- Partnerships; Monitoring; Tagging; Mammals;
- Animals are tested for diseases, parasites, sex, age and overall health. Data collected from the GPS collars identify where the animals live and their migration patterns. The USFWS has a long history of working with Native American governments in...
- Images
- Trapped Nutria
- Aquatic animals; Invasive species; Mammals; Rodents; Wildlife management; Trapping; Tagging;
- These nutria were safely trapped the night before and will be tagged to learn more about their habits.
- Images
- Togiak National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan Revision Significant Planning Issues
- Document;Wildlife refuges; Planning
- togiak_planning01.pdf
- Documents
- Togiak National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan Revision Significant Planning Issues
- Document;Wildlife refuges; Planning
- togiak_revisedplanning01.pdf
- Documents
- Thomas Duncan oral history transcript
- History; Biography; Biologists (USFWS); Employees (USFWS); Wilderness; Wildlife management; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service;
- Oral history interview with Thomas Duncan with Mark Madison as interviewer.
- Documents
- The Grand beaver lodge on Scoter Camp Lakes
- Work of the Service; Wildlife management; Animal Tagging; Bird banding; Habitat; Lakes; Scenics; Landscapes; Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge; YFNWR; Species; Birds; Waterfowl
- Biological Technicians stand on a large beaver lodge in Scoter Camp Lakes to find strategic locations to set up nets for trapping scoters for tagging.
- Images
- Technician weighs a male scoter
- Work of the Service; Employees (USFWS); Wildlife management; Tagging; Bird banding; Birds; Waterfowl; Aquatic environments;
- Biological Technician Laura Kennedy weighs a white-winged scoter drake during a scoter breeding ecology study at Scoter Camp Lake in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- Tagging Steelhead
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Biologists (USFWS); Employees (USFWS); Work of the Service; Tagging; Threatened species; Monitoring;
- Shela Davis, a seasonal biologist, takes a turn at steelhead tagging. Biologists use this tracking information to see if the hatchery fish that are spawning here are affecting the survival and productivity of the wild fish.
- Images
- Tagging Seal Pup at Tolstoi Rookery
- Species; Marine mammals; Wildlife management; work of the service; ARLIS; Alaska
- Tolstoi Rookery, crew tagging seal pup.
- Images
- Tagging Nutria with Radio Telemetry Devices
- Aquatic animals; Invasive species; Mammals; Rodents; Wildlife management; Trapping; Tagging; Biologists (USFWS);
- 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.
- Images
- Tagging Nutria
- Wildlife management; Wildlife refuges; Mammals; Rodents; Invasive species;
- A collar is successfully put on a nutria on the Tuatalin River National Wildlife Refuge.
- Images
- Tagging Equipment
- Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Biologists (USFWS); Employees (USFWS); Work of the Service; Tagging; Threatened species; Monitoring;
- Biologists use this equipment to tag steelhead in Eagle Creek. Biologists use this tracking information to see if the hatchery fish that are spawning here are affecting the survival and productivity of the wild fish.
- Images
- Tagging a horseshoe crab
- fisheries management; fishes; fishing;
- Biiologist Sheila Eyler from the FWS Maryland Fisheries Resouce Office, Annapolis, MD is tagging a female horseshoe crab on Bowers Beach, Delaware. The male and female horseshoe crabs come up during high tides, couple together, and spawn on the...
- Images