USFWS National Digital Library

- r4-nc-plr-firefighter uses driptorch to ignite fire
- Fire; prescribed fire; drip torch; firefighter
- Images
- Grazing (Other uses for Wetlands)
- Wetlands; Wildlife management
- Images
- 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-...
- Images
- California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) recovery plan. Third revision.
- Endangered species; Birds; Birds of prey; Captive breeding; Reintroduction; Raptors;
- 1976, (41 FR 187). Long recognized as a vanishing species (Cooper 1890, Koford 1953, Wilbur 1978), the California condor remains one ofthe world’s rarest and most imperiled vertebrate species. Despite intensive conservation...
- Documents
- Eradication Strategies for Nutria in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Wetlands Phase II of the Maryland Nutria Project
- Document
- 2003 nutria protocolfinal6.pdf
- Documents
- National wetlands inventory: A strategy for the 21st century
- Document; Wetlands;
- 21stcentury.pdf
- Documents
- Food from the sea: fish and shellfish of New England.
- History; Aquatic environments; Fishes; Fisheries management; Fishing; Commercial fishing; Overfishing;
- "In New England, the specific job is to spread consumption more uniformly over the nearly 80 species of fish and shellfish that are brought, into local ports each year. Production records 'of the fishing industry show a serious lack of...
- Documents
- Firefighter uses driptorch to apply fire during prescribed burn.
- Fire
- A firefighter from Klamath Basin NWRC uses a drip torch to apply fire at Bear Valley NWR. Prescribed fire is used to reduce accumulated ground fuels, in turn reducing fuel loading and associated wildfire risks.
- Images
- Wildlife viewing at San Luis National Wildlife Refuge
- Recreation; Environmental education; Children; Training; Education outreach; Wildlife viewing; Birdwatching
- A group of children view wildlife near a bridge at the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge in California. Boy uses binoculars.
- Images
- Livestream demo from the NCTC Studio
- Videography;training;social media;BROADCAST;
- A look at how we can help reduce our carbon footprint while we expand our conservation training mission via distance learning. Presented by Randy Robinson and the NCTC Studio Crew. January 10, 2013.
- Videos
- Marsh hawk
- Birds; Birds of prey;
- A marsh hawk, known also as a hen harrier, uses an upright log for a perch.
- Images
- 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
- Maintaining Wetland Habitat
- Wetlands; Employees (USFWS); Equipment; service patch;
- A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee uses tractor to manage a wetland habitat area in Minnesota.
- Images
- Wetland Management
- Wetlands; Employees (USFWS); Equipment; service patch;
- A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee uses tractor to manage a wetland habitat area in Minnesota.
- Images
- Wetland Management
- Wetlands; Employees (USFWS); Equipment; service patch;
- A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee uses tractor to manage a wetland habitat area in Minnesota.
- Images
- Gumbo Lily
- Flowering plants; Plants;
- A white flower among gray rocks.An image of a white flower among red rock. Western North Dakota is the easternmost limit of the range of the beautiful gumbo lily. The plant occurs in nearly all of our western states. This short, tufted plant is...
- Images
- Learning to garden
- Children; Connecting people with nature; Youth; Flowering plants;
- A young girl uses a trowel to dig a hole for plants in the pollinator garden at NCTC.
- Images
- Learning to garden
- Children; Connecting people with nature; Youth; Flowering plants; Plants;
- A young girl uses a trowel to pat down the soil around a plant.
- Images
- Science summary in support of manatee protection area (MPA) design in Puerto Rico [with results of an independently-funded model component, Sheltered Coastal Waters of Puerto Rico]
- Marine mammals; Endangered species;
- Abstract: The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus, hereafter manatee), inhabiting Puerto Rico’s coastal waters, is a subspecies of the endangered West Indian manatee (Federal Register, July 22, 1985. Vol. 50(140):29900-29909). Habitat...
- Documents
- Adaptive harvest management 2002 duck hunting season
- Document; Birds;
- adapt-harvest-mallards-2002.pdf
- Documents